MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 11, 2007--Nash Finch Company (Nasdaq:NAFC), today announced a donation of 1,500 books through Nash Finch's NFC Foundation as part of the first Lift Up America event at a Major League Baseball game. In addition, Nash Finch is providing 1,500 cans of Our Family(R) Chicken Noodle soup and 1,500 boxes of Our Family(R) Fruit Snacks. The Lift Up America event takes place on June 12, 2007, at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis. Lift Up America (www.LiftUpAmerica) is a collaboration of companies working with professional and college sports teams and local nonprofit agencies to provide the gifts of food, hearing and comfort to our nation's less fortunate.

Alec Covington, Nash Finch CEO commented, "At Nash Finch Company, we believe wholeheartedly that education plays a key role in building strong communities. Our Feeding Imagination educational program, which has donated more than 15,000 books since last October, gives books to help meet the pressing needs of children and agencies in our community, such as after school and summer reading programs, literacy initiatives and establishing a new library for students. We are pleased to add our support to the good work of Lift Up America and the other corporate and nonprofit sponsors of this event."

Nash Finch Company 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 31 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(R), Family Thrift Center(R) and Sun Mart(R) trade names. Further information is available on the Company's website at www.nashfinch.com.

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Nash Finch Company

Nash Finch Company

Originally established in 1885 and incorporated in 1921, today Nash Finch Company is the second largest publicly traded wholesale food distributor in the United States. The Company distributes food products and provides support services to a variety of retail formats including conventional supermarkets, military commissaries, multicultural stores and extreme price stores. Nash Finch Company operates in 31states, the District of Columbia, Europe, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Iceland, the Azores and Honduras.

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