EXHIBIT 99.1


      MICHAEL J. SHEA TO JOIN MAC-GRAY AS CFO, NEIL F. MACLELLAN NAMED COO


CAMBRIDGE, Mass.   The appointment of Michael J. Shea as executive vice
president and chief financial officer of Mac-Gray Corporation (NYSE: TUC -
news), a leading provider of convenience services including card- and coin-
operated laundry equipment and reprographics equipment, was announced today by
chairman and chief executive officer Stewart MacDonald.

Executive vice president Neil F. MacLellan, who has served as interim chief
financial officer since late August, was named chief operating officer of
Mac-Gray.

Mr. Shea, 48 years old, served until recently as chief financial officer of
A.D.A.P., Inc., a retailer of auto parts. Prior to that he was executive vice
president and chief financial officer of Grossman's, Inc., a building materials
retailer.

Prior to these positions, Mr. Shea worked for Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc., a
manufacturer and distributor of juice products, where he served as vice
president of logistics for five years and vice president, controller for five
years. A certified public accountant, he also worked for six years at the public
accounting firm of Deloitte-Touche.

"We're delighted to have an executive of Michael Shea's experience and abilities
join our management team," Mr. MacDonald said. "His arrival as CFO will also
enable Neil MacLellan to turn his attention to other areas, and together we will
be working to continue the steady, consistent growth of Mac-Gray's revenues and
profits."

Mr. Shea will join Mac-Gray following the Thanksgiving holiday.

Mac-Gray, founded in 1927, is one of the nation's leading providers of laundry
equipment and service to the multi-housing industry. In March, 1998 it acquired
Intirion Corporation, which produces the MicroFridge(R) family of compact
refrigerators/freezers with microwave ovens. MicroFridge is the leading choice
of college and university housing officers for on-campus installation, and is
used as well on military bases and in assisted-living facilities and the
hotel/motel markets. In April, 1998 Mac-Gray acquired Copico, Inc., the leading
provider of vended reprographics services to the academic and public library
markets in the Northeast and Florida.

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