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RUDDICK CORPORATION
NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
TO BE HELD ON
FEBRUARY 18, 2010
To our Shareholders:
The Annual Meeting of the Shareholders of Ruddick Corporation will be held in the Auditorium, 12th
Floor, Two Wachovia Center, 301 S. Tryon Street, Charlotte, North Carolina, on Thursday, February 18, 2010, at
10:00 A.M., local time, for the following purposes:
1. To elect ten (10) directors to serve until the next Annual Meeting of Shareholders or until their
respective successors are duly elected and qualified;
2. To ratify the appointment of KPMG LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of the
Company for the fiscal year ending October 3, 2010;
3. To transact such other business as may properly come before the Annual Meeting or any adjournment
or adjournments thereof.
Pursuant to the provisions of the North Carolina Business Corporation Act, December 11, 2009, has been
fixed as the record date for the determination of shareholders entitled to notice of and to vote at the Annual
Meeting, and accordingly, only holders of the Company’s Common Stock of record at the close of business on
that date will be entitled to notice of and to vote at the Annual Meeting and any adjournments thereof.
Your vote is extremely important. We appreciate you taking the time to vote promptly. After reading the
Proxy Statement, please vote, at your earliest convenience by Internet, or request that proxy materials be sent to
you by mail. If you request the proxy materials by mail, included therewith will be a proxy card with a telephone
number you may call to cast your vote, or you may complete, sign and return the proxy card by mail.
YOUR SHARES CANNOT BE VOTED UNLESS YOU VOTE (I) BY INTERNET, (II) REQUEST PROXY
MATERIALS BE SENT TO YOU THAT WILL INCLUDE A PROXY CARD WITH A TELEPHONE
NUMBER YOU MAY CALL TO CAST YOUR VOTE, OR YOU MAY COMPLETE, SIGN AND RETURN
THE PROXY CARD BY MAIL, OR (III) ATTEND THE ANNUAL MEETING AND VOTE IN PERSON.
By order of the Board of Directors.
Douglas J. Yacenda
Secretary
December 28, 2009