Exhibit 32.1

SECTION 1350 CERTIFICATION OF THE CHIEF EXCECUTIVE

OFFICER AND CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

In connection with the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Nash Finch Company, (the “Company”) for the period ended October 9, 2004 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), we, Ron Marshall, Chief Executive Officer, and LeAnne M. Stewart, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18. U.S.C. Section 1350, that to our knowledge:

(1)the Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2)the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company as of the dates and for the periods expressed in the Report.

Date:	November 17, 2004
		By:	/s/ Ron Marshall
		Name:  Ron Marshall
		Title: Chief Executive Officer
		By:	/s/ LeAnne M. Stewart
		Name:  LeAnne M. Stewart
		Title:		Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

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