MINNEAPOLIS -- (Business Wire)

Nash-Finch Company (Nasdaq: NAFC), a Minneapolis-based food distributor, announced today that its board of directors has declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of 18 cents per share of common stock. The dividend is payable June 1, 2012 to shareholders of record at the close of business on May 18, 2012. It is the Company’s 343rd consecutive quarterly cash dividend. There are 12,221,082 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, Egypt and Bahrain. 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.

Contacts:

Nash-Finch Company
Bob Dimond, 952-844-1060

Source: Nash-Finch Company