Cintas Bids for UniFirst Again

Cintas, a big maker of workplace products, has submitted another offer to acquire smaller uniform supplier UniFirst, showing no signs of giving up after nearly four years of failing to get a deal done.

- BY LAUREN THOMAS

This time, it is bidding $5.2 billion and vowing to make sure the transaction clears any regulatory hurdles by including a sizable break fee to sweeten the deal.