EXCERPTS FROM MINUTES OF
                          BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING OF
                              NASH FINCH COMPANY ON
                                  APRIL 9, 1996


RESOLVED, that effective May 1, 1996, the director elected to serve as Board
Chair, if such director is not a present full time employee of Nash Finch
Company or its subsidiaries, shall, in addition to and not in lieu of any other
compensation paid to such director as an outside member of this Board of
Directors, be compensated with a monthly retainer equal to two times the amount
of the monthly retainer paid to outside members of this Board of Directors
generally; and that, upon becoming effective, this resolution shall supercede
any resolution heretofore adopted by this Board of Directors pertaining to
compensation of the Board Chair.