Nash Finch delivers higher earnings, sales

Nash Finch Co, a leading national food distributor, announced that earnings for fiscal 2003 increased to $35.1 million, compared with $23.6 million for fiscal 2002. Total sales for fiscal 2003 rose to $4.0 billion versus $3.9 billion in fiscal 2002.

For the fourth quarter of fiscal 2003, net earnings were $13.0 million, compared with $7.6 million in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2002. Total sales for the 2003 fourth quarter were $1.011 billion, versus year-ago sales of $880.8 million.