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Nash-Finch Company (Nasdaq: NAFC), a Minneapolis-based food distributor, today announced that its board of directors has declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of 18 cents per share of common stock. The dividend is payable December 4, 2009 to shareholders of record at the close of business on November 20, 2009. It is the Company’s 333rd consecutive quarterly cash dividend. There

are 12,841,406 shares of common stock outstanding.

Nash-Finch is a Fortune 500 company and one of the leading food distribution companies in the United States. Nash-Finch's core business, food distribution, serves independent retailers and military commissaries in 36 states, the District of Columbia, Europe, Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Azores and Egypt. The Company also owns and operates a base of retail stores, primarily supermarkets under the Econofoods®, Family Thrift Center®, AVANZA®, Family Fresh Market® and Sun Mart® trade names. Further information is available on the Company's website, www.nashfinch.com : .



Nash-Finch CompanyBob Dimond, 952-844-1060