EX-12.1 2 a05-12080_1ex12d1.htm STATEMENTS REGARDING COMPUTATION OF RATIOS

Exhibit 12.1

 

NASH FINCH COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES

COMPUTATION OF RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES

 

 

 

Fiscal Year Ended

 

Forty Weeks
Ended

 

 

 

December
30, 2000

 

December
29, 2001

 

December
28, 2002

 

January
3, 2004

 

January
1, 2005

 

October 8,
2005

 

Fixed Charges:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest expense on indebtedness

 

$

34,848

 

$

35,506

 

$

30,429

 

$

34,729

 

$

27,181

 

$

18,684

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rent expense (1/3 of total rent expense)

 

8,405

 

8,803

 

8,595

 

9,838

 

9,901

 

7,878

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total fixed charges

 

$

43,253

 

$

44,309

 

$

39,024

 

$

44,567

 

$

37,082

 

$

26,562

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Earnings:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income before provision for income taxes

 

$

27,499

 

$

36,292

 

$

50,132

 

$

51,933

 

$

19,199

 

$

45,502

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fixed charges

 

43,253

 

44,309

 

39,024

 

44,567

 

37,082

 

26,562

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total earnings

 

$

70,752

 

$

80,601

 

$

89,156

 

$

96,500

 

$

56,281

 

$

72,064

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ratio

 

1.64

x

1.82

x

2.28

x

2.17

x

1.52

x

2.71

x