Vendor · #2490 by total payments to the State of Delaware

Unifirst Corporation

Unifirst Corporation has been paid $1.2 million by the State of Delaware since FY2018, primarily through Services for Children, Youth, Families's Secure Care division.

High activityARP federal fundsRecent payments
$1.2M
total payments · FY18–FY26
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Jul 11, 2017First payment
Jun 25, 2026Last payment
6,445Payments
0Documents
6Programs
5Agencies

Relationships

Programs

ProgramAgencyAmountYears
Secure Care Services for Children, Youth, Families $226,847 FY18–FY26
Polytech School District Dept of Education $195,122 FY18–FY26
Seaford School District Dept of Education $142,463 FY18–FY26
Laurel School District Dept of Education $115,348 FY18–FY26
Smyrna School District Dept of Education $103,001 FY18–FY26
Brandywine School District Dept of Education $81,261 FY18–FY26
Seaford Esser III #7-21 Federal — American Rescue Plan $43,334 FY23–FY25

Money

Where it goes
Secure Care
$227K
By category
Clothing & Incidentals
$570K
Custodial Supplies
$170K
Laundry Service
$156K
Equipment Supp & Maint Mat
$93K
Clothing & Linens
$89K
Which pot of money
General Fund
$306K
Local Funds
$225K
Deldot Operational
$48K
Capital Projects
$39K
Federal Funds
$28K
By fiscal year
FY18$117K
FY19$117K
FY20$139K
FY21$119K
FY22$142K
FY23$172K
FY24$138K
FY25$116K
FY26$116K
State credit-card purchases $83K · 8 years
Fiscal yearAmountTransactions
FY18$6,28541
FY19$7,59838
FY20$22,50588
FY21$9,94436
FY22$5,18723
FY23$3,98822
FY24$11,17830
FY26$16,27844
Who swipes, and for what
DepartmentCategoryAmountTransactions
Dept of TransportationMens-Womens-Childrens... $46,597249
Dept of Safety and HomelandMens-Womens-Childrens... $18,14421
Dept of Natrl Res and Env ContMens-Womens-Childrens... $10,87640
Del Tech and Comm CollegeMens-Womens-Childrens... $6,05111
Dept of StateMens-Womens-Childrens... $1,2941

Source: state employee credit-card dataset, matched by merchant name. FY2025 is missing from the state portal.

How the spending is booked 10 account lines
AccountAmountLine items
Clothing & Incidentals$355,9001,147
Custodial Supplies$91,461411
Equipment Supp & Maint Mat$81,008616
Laundry Service$59,257152
Maintenance$47,800525
Clothing & Linens$47,328486
Building/Grounds Repair$4855
Instructional Supplies$4382
Other Professional Service$3663
Food$181

Fund and account lines come from the expenditure-detail dataset (source ↗), which itemizes payments at a finer grain than the checkbook.

Yearly totals — full table 9 fiscal years
Fiscal yearTotalChecks
FY18$117,4401,199
FY19$117,086877
FY20$138,565524
FY21$118,880497
FY22$141,859611
FY23$172,380740
FY24$137,573647
FY25$115,949639
FY26$116,299711
Browse every payment 6,445 checks →
Recent payments latest 15 checks
DateDepartmentCategoryAmount
Jun 25, 2026 Dept of EducationClothing & Incidentals $124
Jun 25, 2026 Dept of EducationClothing & Linens $88
Jun 24, 2026 Dept of EducationClothing & Incidentals $124
Jun 23, 2026 Services for Children, Youth, FamiliesClothing & Incidentals $387
Jun 23, 2026 Services for Children, Youth, FamiliesClothing & Incidentals $368
Jun 23, 2026 Dept of EducationClothing & Linens $88
Jun 22, 2026 Dept of EducationClothing & Linens $122
Jun 22, 2026 Dept of EducationClothing & Linens $130
Jun 22, 2026 Dept of EducationClothing & Linens $122
Jun 22, 2026 Dept of EducationClothing & Linens $129
Jun 18, 2026 Services for Children, Youth, FamiliesClothing & Incidentals $387
Jun 18, 2026 Dept of TransportationMaintenance $36
Jun 18, 2026 Services for Children, Youth, FamiliesClothing & Incidentals $368
Jun 16, 2026 Dept of EducationClothing & Linens $122
Jun 12, 2026 Dept of TransportationMaintenance $33

Source: State of Delaware checkbook · synced 2026-07-25. Open source dataset ↗

Source datasets

State checkbook (payments) · synced 2026-07-25 data.delaware.gov/d/5s6n-7hpx ↗
ARP transparency (federal funds) data.delaware.gov/d/e2rw-zi3s ↗