The Nash Finch Company is a Fortune 500 company based in Edina, Minnesota

Edina, Minnesota

Edina is a city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States, and a first-ring suburb situated immediately southwest of Minneapolis. Edina began as a small farming and milling community in the 1860s. The population was 47,941 at the 2010 census.-Geography:...

, United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

. The company is involved in food distribution to private companies, primarily independent supermarkets, and military commissaries; and the operation of retail stores.

Discrepency: According to the Wiki Safeway page, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safeway_Inc. Safeway is the second largest. Nash Finch claims on their website to be the second largest. Someone please clarify.

History

The origins of the Nash Finch Company go back to 1885 when Fred Nash opened a small candy and tobacco shop in the Dakota Territory

Dakota Territory

The Territory of Dakota was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from March 2, 1861, until November 2, 1889, when the final extent of the reduced territory was split and admitted to the Union as the states of North and South Dakota.The Dakota Territory consisted of...

 town of Devils Lake

Devils Lake, North Dakota

As of the 2000 Census, there were 7,222 people, 3,127 households, and 1,773 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 3,508 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 89.23% White, 0.22% African American, 7.84% Native American, 0.28%...

. In 1899, the company's operations were moved to Grand Forks, North Dakota

Grand Forks, North Dakota

Grand Forks is the third-largest city in the U.S. state of North Dakota and the county seat of Grand Forks County. According to the 2010 census, the city's population was 52,838, while that of the city and surrounding metropolitan area was 98,461...

 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

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Minneapolis , nicknamed "City of Lakes" and the "Mill City," is the county seat of Hennepin County, the largest city in the U.S. state of Minnesota, and the 48th largest in the United States...

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Today

Nash Finch Company, headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, is the second largest publicly traded wholesale food distributor in the United States, in terms of revenue, serving the retail grocery industry and the military commissary and exchange systems. Annual sales are approximately $5.2 billion.

The Company distributes food products and provides support services to a variety of retail formats including conventional supermarkets, military commissaries, multicultural stores and extreme value stores.

Nash Finch Company'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.
Nash Finch also operates retail stores under the banners Avanza Supermarket, Econofoods

Econofoods

Econofoods is a chain of grocery stores located in Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, South Dakota, North Dakota, and Wyoming. Econofoods is part of the Nash Finch Company, and is one of several supermarket brands operated by the company. The company is based out of Minneapolis, Minnesota...

, Family Fresh Market, Family Thrift Center, Pick 'n Save, Prairie Market, SunMart Foods, Savers Choice and Wholesale Food Outlet.

External links

• Nash Finch Company website
• Nash Finch Company's charitable giving foundation