NFC Foundation Announces Grant Recipients

The NFC Foundation, a Nash Finch Company (Nasdaq: NAFC) charitable organization, today announced recent grants made totaling $100,000. The NFC Foundation provides funding to selected nonprofits within Nash Finch’s geographic operating areas, primarily in the foundation’s focus areas of hunger relief and shelter.

The organizations that received recent grants were:

• Fisher House Foundation – Fisher House Foundation offers a number of programs supporting military personnel and their families, including providing military families with food and other supplies during times of need. The NFC Foundation grant of $25,000 to the Fisher House Foundation will be used to help support the Fisher House program and to assist the children of our military personnel pursue higher education though the Scholarships for Military Children program administered by DeCA commissaries.
• Hope for the City – Hope for the City was established by Dennis and Megan Doyle to fight poverty, hunger, and disease by utilizing corporate surplus to help meet the needs of the underserved in their community. The NFC Foundation grant of $15,000 helps Hope for the City fund the Lunch Box for Kids program. This critical program is designed to combat summer hunger by meeting the needs of Minnesota families who find their food supply stretched because of decreased food shelf donations and increased demands for meals at home when children are not receiving breakfast and lunch at school. Hope for the City also receives donated surplus product from the Nash Finch Midwest Food Show twice each year.
• Loaves and Fishes – Loaves and Fishes in Minnesota served 338,000 meals through approximately 4,000 volunteers across nine dining sites in 2010. The NFC Foundation grant of $25,000 helps Loaves and Fishes continue to provide hot meals to those in need in the Twin Cities. In addition, Nash Finch continues to sponsor a monthly serving team of employees at one of the Loaves & Fishes locations.
• Special Olympics Minnesota – Special Olympics Minnesota offers children and adults with intellectual disabilities year-round sports training and competition. Through Special Olympics’ athletic, health and leadership programs, people with intellectual disabilities transform themselves, their communities and the world. A donation of $20,000 assists Special Olympics Minnesota in their efforts to provide exciting opportunities to these athletes and their families. Further, for many years Nash Finch has served as the presenting sponsor of the Summer Games, allowing hundreds of company associates in Minneapolis the opportunity to volunteer at this exciting event.
• Neighbors Inc. – Neighbors Inc. is a nonprofit, social-service agency serving the Northern Dakota County communities of Inver Grove Heights, South St. Paul, West St. Paul, Mendota Heights, Mendota, Sunfish Lake and Lilydale. The $15,000 grant from the NFC Foundation will be used to fund the Summer School Meal Program which provides meals to summer school children, many of whom are living in poverty and would not have a nutritious breakfast or lunch otherwise.

"The NFC Foundation’s support of our Summer School Meal Program is what allows us to offer this vital service to the community,” commented John Kemp, Executive Director, Neighbor’s Inc. "This program will provide an estimated 27,000 meals, both breakfast and lunch, to students who otherwise would go hungry.”

"Whether funding programs that support our military heroes and their families, or grants to help organizations providing food and shelter in our communities, the NFC Foundation is committed more than ever to make a difference in the lives of those in need around us,” concluded Brian Numainville, Chair of the NFC Foundation. "It is our privilege to be able to provide much needed financial support, as well as volunteers through Nash Finch, to these dedicated nonprofit organizations serving our communities.”

About the NFC Foundation

The NFC Foundation, a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit established by Nash Finch Company, exists to aid people in need throughout the communities where Nash Finch associates live and work. The NFC Foundation primarily focuses on relief efforts related to hunger and shelter, and provides assistance through financial contributions to nonprofits, as well as through associate volunteerism. In 2010, the NFC Foundation and Nash Finch were named a local Jefferson Awards Winner for corporate giving by the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal. More information on the NFC Foundation is available at www.nfcfoundation.org.

About Nash-Finch

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.