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                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.1

                                AMENDMENT TO THE
                    UNIFIRST CORPORATION PROFIT SHARING PLAN

WHEREAS, Unifirst Corporation (the "Employer") established the Unifirst
Corporation Profit Sharing Plan (the "Plan") to provide retirement income and
other benefits for certain of its employees and their beneficiaries; and

WHEREAS, Section 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code (the "Code") has been
amended, effective for years after 1999, to permit qualified 401(k) plans such
as the Plan to adopt certain "safe harbor" provisions which will make the Plan
easier to administer; and

WHEREAS, the Employer has determined to amend the Plan so that it will include
a "safe harbor" matching contribution feature in accordance with Code Section
401(k)(12)(B).

NOW, THEREFORE, effective as of January 1, 2000 the Plan is amended as follows:

1.   The first, second, and third "bullet" clauses of Section 3.2 are amended to
     read as follows:

--   has completed at least one year of service under the elapsed time method
     described in Section 2.2 before that last day of the plan year, except that
     this condition is not a requirement to be allocated Code Section
     401(k)(12)(B) matching contributions described in Section 5.2

--   has been paid for 1,000 or more hours of service in the plan year,
     except that:

     --    effective as of January 1, 1994 this requirement need not be met if
           the participant's status as an active employee ended during the plan
           year due to retirement on or after normal retirement age, on account
           of permanent and total disability, or death; and

     --    effective as of January 1, 2000, this condition is not a requirement
           to be allocated Code Section 401(k)(12)(B) matching contributions
           described in Section 5.2.

--   is employed or has "employment-type credit" and is a member of an eligible
     employee class on the last day of such plan year, except that

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           this requirement need not be met if the participant was a member of
           an eligible class and this status ended during the plan year due to
           retirement on or after normal retirement age, on account of permanent
           and total disability, or death; and

           effective as of January 1, 2000, this condition is not a requirement
           to be allocated Code Section 401(k)(12)(B) matching contributions
           described in Section 5.2.

2.   Section 4.1, which describes the sources of contributions to the Plan, is
     amended by striking the first seven lines and replacing them with the
     following eight lines so that it is clear that the Employer will contribute
     Code Section 401(k)(12)(B) matching contributions to the Plan in addition
     to such discretionary profit sharing contributions as its Board may
     authorize:

      4.1 SOURCES OF CONTRIBUTIONS. Contributions to the plan will be from the
following sources:

--    The employer,

      --    which will deposit amounts according to participants' Code Section
401(k) compensation reduction elections; and

      --    which will make matching contributions to participants' account in
accordance with Code Section 401(k)(12)(B) and as described more fully in
Section 5.2; and

      --    which may contribute additional discretionary profit sharing
amounts, if approved by its board, which amounts will be shared according to
ratios based on compensation and excess compensation, as described in Section
5.2; and

3.   In Section 5.2 the first and second "bullet" clauses are amended and a new
     third "bullet clause" is added:

--   Amount of additional employer contributions. For each plan year each
     participating employer in the plan will contribute the amount necessary to
     make matching contributions to participants' accounts in accordance with
     Code Section 401(k)(12)(B) and such additional "profit sharing" amounts as
     its board of directors determines.

--   Eligibility for additional employer matching and profit sharing
     contributions and forfeitures. Code Section 401(k)(12)(B) matching
     contributions and additional profit sharing employer contributions and
     forfeitures will only be shared by participants who have satisfied the
     special service requirements described in Section 3.2.

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--   How Code Section 401(k)(12)(B) matching contributions are to be allocated:

     --    Step 1:  in an amount equal to 100% of the participant's Code
section 401(k) deferrals, but not to exceed 3% of the participant's
compensation for the plan year; and

     --    Step 2:  in an amount equal to 50% of the participant's Code section
401(k) deferrals which exceed 3% of the participant's compensation for the plan
year, with no matching contribution required with respect to 401(k) deferrals
in excess of 5% of the participant's compensation for the plan year.

4.   In Section 7.1 the first "bullet" clause is amended:

--   A participant has fully vested interest at all times in his account
     attributable to his own 401(k) deposits, to his 401(k)(12)(B) matching
     contributions, to his "after-tax" employee contributions, if any, and to
     his rollover accounts, if any.

5.   Section 12.2 is amended by inserting the following new "bullet" clause as
     the first clause:

--   In any plan year in which the requirements of Code Section 401(k)(12) are
     met, limitation of 401(k) percentages of highly compensated employees under
     this Test 2 of this Section 12.2 is not required.

6.   Sections 12.3 is amended by inserting the following new "bullet" clause as
     the first clause:

--   In any plan year in which the requirements of Code Section 401(k)(12) are
     met, limitation of 401(m) percentages of highly compensated employees under
     this Section 12.3 is not required.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Amendment is adopted.

                                  UniFirst Corporation

                                  By: /s/ John B. Bartlett
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                                  Title: Sr. Vice President
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Date: December 6, 1999

                                       3Exhibit 4.6

                              CERTIFICATE OF TRUST
                                       OF
                             EARTHGRAINS FINANCING I

                  This  Certificate  of Trust of  Earthgrains  Financing  I (the
"Trust") is being executed and filed on behalf of the Trust by the  undersigned,
as trustees,  to form a business trust under the Delaware Business Trust Act (12
Del. C. Section 3801 et seq.) (the "Act").

                  1.       Name.  The name of the business trust  formed  hereby
is Earthgrains Financing I.

                  2.  Delaware  Trustee.  The name and  business  address of the
trustee  of  the  Trust  in the  State  of  Delaware  is The  Bank  of New  York
(Delaware), White Clay Center, Route 273, Newark, DE 19711.

                  3.  Effective  Date.  This   Certificate  of  Trust  shall  be
effective upon filing.

                  In witness  whereof,  the undersigned  have duly executed this
Certificate of Trust in accordance with Section 3811(a)(1) of the Act.

                                                The Bank of New York (Delaware),
                                                as Delaware trustee

                                                By: /S/ Michael Santino
                                                   -----------------------------
                                                Michael Santino
                                                Senior Vice President

                                                 /S/ Michael A. Salamone
                                                --------------------------------
                                                Michael A. Salamone
                                                Trustee

                                                 /S/ Mark H. Krieger
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                                                Mark H. Krieger
                                                TrusteeExhibit 4.7

                                 TRUST AGREEMENT
                                       OF
                             EARTHGRAINS FINANCING I

                  THIS TRUST  AGREEMENT  (the "Trust  Agreement")  is made as of
April  10,  2000,  by and among  The  Earthgrains  Company,  as  Depositor  (the
"Depositor"),  and the  individual  trustees  identified on the  signature  page
hereto (the "Trustees").

                  The Trustees hereby agree as follows:

                  1. The trust created  hereby (the  "Trust")  shall be known as
"Earthgrains  Financing I" in which name the Trustees or the  Depositor,  to the
extent provided herein,  may conduct the business of the Trust, make and execute
contracts, and sue and be sued.

                  2. The Depositor hereby assigns,  transfers,  conveys and sets
over to the Trust the sum of $10.  The  Trustees  hereby  declare that they will
hold the trust estate in trust for such persons as are or may become entitled to
a beneficial  interest in the trust  estate.  It is the intention of the parties
hereto that the Trust created  hereby  constitute a business trust under Chapter
38 of  Title  12 of the  Delaware  Code,  12 Del.  Code  ss.  3801 et seq.  (the
"Business  Trust  Act"),  and  that  this  document   constitute  the  governing
instrument  of the Trust.  The  Trustees are hereby  authorized  and directed to
execute and file a certificate  of trust in the office of the Secretary of State
of the State of Delaware in the form attached hereto.

                  3. The  Depositor  and the  Trustees  intend to enter  into an
amended and  restated  Trust  Agreement,  satisfactory  to each such  party,  to
provide  for the  contemplated  operation  of the Trust  created  hereby and the
Preferred or Capital Securities and Common Securities referred to therein. Prior
to the execution and delivery of such amended and restated Trust Agreement,  the
Trustees shall not have any duty or obligation  hereunder or with respect to the
trust  estate,  except as required by law or as may be necessary to obtain prior
to such execution and delivery any licenses,  consents or approvals  required by
applicable law or otherwise.  Notwithstanding  the  foregoing,  the Trustees may
take all  actions  deemed  proper as are  necessary  to effect the  transactions
contemplated herein.

                  4.  The  Depositor,  as  Depositor  of the  Trust,  is  hereby
authorized,  in its discretion,  (i) to prepare and file with the Securities and
Exchange  Commission (the "Commission") and to execute,  in the case of the 1933
Act  Registration  Statement  and 1934 Act  Registration  Statement  (as  herein
defined),  on behalf of the Trust,  (a) a Registration  Statement (the "1933 Act
Registration   Statement"),   including  all  pre-effective  and  post-effective
amendments  thereto,  relating to the  registration  under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the "1933 Act"),of the Preferred or Capital  Securities of the
Trust,  (b) any  preliminary  prospectus or  prospectus  or  supplement  thereto
relating to the  Preferred  or Capital  Securities  of the Trust  required to be
filed pursuant to the 1933 Act, and (c) a Registration  Statement on Form 8-A or
other  appropriate form (the "1934 Act Registration  Statement"),  including all
pre-effective   and   post-effective   amendments   thereto,   relating  to  the
registration  of the  Preferred  or Capital  Securities  of the Trust  under the
Securities  Exchange  Act of  1934,  as  amended;  (ii) if and at  such  time as

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determined by the  Depositor,  to file with the New York Stock Exchange or other
exchange,  or the National  Association  of  Securities  Dealers  ("NASD"),  and
execute on behalf of the Trust a listing application and all other applications,
statements, certificates, agreements and other instruments as shall be necessary
or desirable to cause the  Preferred  or Capital  Securities  of the Trust to be
listed on the New York  Stock  Exchange  or such other  exchange,  or the NASD's
Nasdaq National Market;  (iii) to file and execute on behalf of the Trust   such
applications,  reports,  surety bonds,  irrevocable  consents,  appointments  of
attorney  for service of process and other  papers and  documents  that shall be
necessary or desirable to register the  Preferred or Capital  Securities  of the
Trust  under the  securities  or "Blue  Sky" laws of such  jurisdictions  as the
Depositor,  on behalf of the Trust,  may deem  necessary or  desirable;  (iv) to
execute and deliver  letters or documents to, or instruments  for filing with, a
depository relating to the Preferred or Capital Securities of the Trust; and (v)
to execute, deliver and perform on behalf of the Trust an underwriting agreement
with one or more  underwriters  relating  to the  offering of the  Preferred  or
Capital Securities of the Trust.

                  In the event that any filing  referred to in this Section 4 is
required  by the rules and  regulations  of the  Commission,  the New York Stock
Exchange or other exchange,  NASD, or state  securities or "Blue Sky" laws to be
executed on behalf of the Trust by the Trustees, the Trustees, in their capacity
as trustees of the Trust,  are hereby  authorized to join in any such filing and
to  execute  on  behalf  of the  Trust  any and all of the  foregoing,  it being
understood that the Trustees,  in their capacity as trustees of the Trust, shall
not be required to join in any such filing or execute on behalf of the Trust any
such document  unless  required by the rules and  regulations of the Commission,
the New York Stock  Exchange or other  exchange,  NASD,  or state  securities or
"Blue Sky" laws.

                  5.  This  Trust  Agreement  may be  executed  in  one or  more
counterparts.

                  6. The  number of  Trustees  initially  shall be three (3) and
thereafter  the number of  Trustees  shall be such number as shall be fixed from
time to time by a written instrument signed by a majority of the Trustees, which
may increase or decrease the number of Trustees;  provided, however, that to the
extent required by the Business Trust Act, one trustee of the Trust shall either
be a natural  person who is a  resident  of the State of  Delaware  or, if not a
natural person, an entity which has its principal place of business in the State
of Delaware.  Subject to the foregoing,  the Depositor is entitled to appoint or
remove  without  cause any trustee of the Trust at any time.  Any trustee of the
Trust may resign upon thirty days' prior notice to the Depositor.

                  7. The  Depositor  hereby agrees to (i) reimburse the Trustees
for all reasonable expenses  (including  reasonable fees and expenses of counsel
and other experts) and (ii) indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Trustees and
any of the  officers,  directors,  employees  and  agents of the  Trustees  (the
"Indemnified   Persons")   from  and  against  any  and  all  losses,   damages,
liabilities,  claims, actions, suits, costs, expenses,  disbursements (including
the  reasonable  fees and expenses of counsel),  taxes and penalties of any kind
and  nature  whatsoever  (collectively,  "Expenses"),  to the  extent  that such
Expenses  arise out of or are imposed  upon or asserted at any time against such
Indemnified Persons with respect to the performance of this Trust Agreement, the
creation,

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operation or termination of the Trust or the transactions  contemplated  hereby;
provided,  however,  that the  Depositor  shall not be required to indemnify any
Indemnified  Person  for  any  Expenses  which  are  a  result  of  the  willful
misconduct, bad faith or gross negligence of such Indemnified Person.

                  8.  This  Trust  Agreement  and  the  rights  of  the  parties
hereunder  shall be governed by and  interpreted in accordance  with the laws of
the State of Delaware and all rights and remedies shall be governed by such laws
without regard to the principles of conflict of laws.

                  IN WITNESS WHEREOF,  the parties hereto have caused this Trust
Agreement to be duly executed as of the day and year first above written.

                                                THE BANK OF NEW YORK (DELAWARE),
                                                as Delaware trustee

                                                By:  /S/ Michael Santino
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                                                Michael Santino, Senior Vice
                                                  President

                                                  /S/ Michael A. Salamone
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                                                Michael A. Salamone, as Trustee

                                                  /S/ Mark H. Krieger
                                                --------------------------------
                                                Mark H. Krieger, as Trustee

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