Ruddick Corporation (NYSE: RDK) reported that at its Annual Meeting of the Shareholders today the current eleven directors were reelected to the Board of Directors to serve until the next Annual Meeting of Shareholders. Shareholders also ratified the appointment of KPMG LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for the fiscal year ending September 27, 2009.

The Company also announced 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 April 1, 2009, to shareholders of record on March 13, 2009.

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