Commitments and Contingencies

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

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Note 15 - Commitments and Contingencies 

Roundy’s Supermarkets, Inc. v. Nash Finch

                On February 11, 2008, Roundy’s Supermarkets, Inc. (“Roundy’s”) filed suit against us claiming we breached the Asset Purchase Agreement (“APA”), entered into in connection with our acquisition of certain distribution centers and other assets from Roundy’s, by not paying approximately $7.9 million that Roundy’s claimed was due under the APA as a purchase price adjustment.  We answered the complaint denying any payment was due to Roundy’s and asserted counterclaims against Roundy’s for, among other things, breach of contract, misrepresentation, and breach of the duty of good faith and fair dealing.  In our counterclaim we demanded damages from Roundy’s in excess of $18.0 million.

On September 14, 2009, we entered into a settlement agreement with Roundy’s that fully resolved all claims brought in the lawsuit.  Under the terms of the settlement agreement, both parties agreed to dismiss their claims against the other in exchange for a release of claims.  Neither party was required to pay any money to the other.   We recorded a $7.6 million gain in fiscal 2009 which represented the reversal of the liability we had recorded in conjunction with the disputed APA purchase price adjustment.

Other

                We are also engaged from time-to-time in routine legal proceedings incidental to our business.  We do not believe that these routine legal proceedings, taken as a whole, will have a material impact on our business or financial condition.