Nash Finch Company
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The Nash Finch Company is a Fortune 500 company based in Edina, Minnesota, United States. The company is involved in food distribution to both private companies and the military. The Nash Finch Company is traded under the symbol "NAFC" on NASDAQ.
[edit] History
The origins of the Nash Finch Company go back to 1895 when Fred Nash opened a small candy and tobacco shop in the Dakota Territory town of Devils Lake. In 1899, the company's operations were moved to Grand Forks, North Dakota where Harry Finch joined the firm and wholesaling started. In 1905, a partnership was started with produce brokerage C.H. Robinson Company, another Grand Forks business. In 1919, the company moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota.
[edit] Today
In 2004, the company had about $4 billion dollars in sales. The company currently operates 80 retail stores, under the Econofoods, Family Thrift Center, Sun Mart, Prairie Market, Wholesale Food Outlet, and Family Thrift Center brands. They offer store brands under the Our Family, Value Choice and Fame private label. It currently employs about 10,000 people, and operates in 28 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, Europe, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Iceland, Azores, and Honduras. Nash Finch operates distribution centers in Saint Cloud, Minnesota; Cedar Rapids, Iowa; Omaha, Nebraska; Sioux Falls, South Dakota; Westville, Indiana; Cincinnati, Ohio; Lima, Ohio; Fargo, North Dakota; Rapid City, South Dakota; Norfolk, Virginia; Lumberton, North Carolina; and Savannah, Georgia.
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| Minnesota-based Corporations |
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| Minnesota-based Fortune 500 Corporations (by size): Target Corporation | UnitedHealth Group | Best Buy | Travelers | 3M | Supervalu | U.S. Bancorp | Northwest Airlines | CHS | General Mills | Medtronic | Xcel Energy | Land O'Lakes | Thrivent Financial for Lutherans | C. H. Robinson Worldwide | Hormel | Nash Finch | Ecolab | The Mosaic Company |
| Minnesota-based Fortune 1000 Corporations (by size): Companies listed above, plus PepsiAmericas | Bemis Company | Pentair | St. Jude Medical | Alliant Techsystems | Valspar | Patterson Companies | Minnesota Life | Regis Corporation | Polaris Industries | Toro | Deluxe Corporation | Donaldson Company | Fastenal | H.B. Fuller | Federated Mutual Insurance | Ceridian |
| Major Minnesota-based non-public or externally owned corporations (alphabetically): Andersen Windows | Cargill | Carlson Companies | Dairy Queen | Musicland | Schwan Food Company |
