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Company Profile
Nash-Finch Company operates as a wholesale food distributor in the United States. The company's Military segment distributes grocery products to the United States military commissaries and exchanges in the United States and the District of Columbia, Europe, Puerto Rico, Cuba, the Azores, and Egypt. Its Food Distribution segment sells and distributes various branded and private label grocery products and perishable food products to approximately 1,800 independent retail locations through its 14 distribution centers. This segment also provides various services, including promotional, advertising, and merchandising programs- installation of computerized ordering, receiving, and scanning systems- retail equipment procurement assistance- accounting, budgeting, and payroll contract services- consumer and market research- remodeling and store development services- supply chain through Internet services- and securing existing grocery stores. The company's Retail segment operates corporate-owned stores under the Sun Mart, Econofoods, AVANZA, Family Thrift Center, Pick n Save, Family Fresh Market, Prairie Market, and Wholesale Food Outlet banners primarily in the Upper Midwest, in the states of Colorado, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. This segment's conventional grocery stores offer a range of grocery products and services, such as fresh meat counters, delicatessens, bakeries, eat in cafes, pharmacies, banks, and floral departments, as well as provides check cashing, fax services, and money transfer services- and operates corporate-owned pharmacy and convenience store. As of January 1, 2011, the company served 107 retail stores under the IGA banner and 58 retail stores under Food Pride banner- and operated 45 conventional supermarkets, 5 AVANZA grocery stores, 1 Wholesale Food Outlet grocery store, and 1 other retail stores. Nash-Finch Company was founded in 1885 and is based in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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