Ruddick Corporation (NYSE: RDK) today reported that its Board of
Directors, at a regularly scheduled meeting, declared a quarterly
dividend in the amount of $0.12 per share to be paid on January 1, 2009,
to shareholders of record on December 12, 2008.
Ruddick Corporation is a holding company with two primary operating
subsidiaries: Harris Teeter, Inc., a leading regional supermarket chain
with operations in eight states along the eastern seaboard and the
District of Columbia, and American & Efird, Inc., one of the world’s
largest global manufacturers and distributors of industrial sewing
thread, embroidery thread and technical textiles.
Ruddick Corporation
John B. Woodlief
Vice President – Finance
and Chief Financial Officer
704-372-5404
