AmeriPride Services Inc., Minnetonka, MN, recently announced the acquisition of First Class Linen in Mississippi. The production facility in Durant and its two service centers in Richland and Olive Branch will now operate as AmeriPride’s 30th U.S. branch, according to a news release. In addition to the customers, facilities and equipment, AmeriPride has kept almost the entire workforce of First Class Linen. AmeriPride also announced the acquisition of Model Laundry in Thief River Falls, MN. On Sept. 1, AmeriPride began servicing Model Laundry’s existing accounts out of its Hibbing, MN, branch and service centers. AmeriPride did not purchase property or ...