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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center;
line-height:92%'><font size="2">As filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 14, 2007</font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-left:4.0in;text-align:center;
text-indent:.5in;line-height:92%'><font size="2">Registration No. 333-</font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;'><b><font size="2">UNITED STATES<br>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<br>
</font>
</b><font size="2">WASHINGTON,
D.C. 20549</font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;'><b><font size="2">FORM
S-8<br>
REGISTRATION STATEMENT<br>
UNDER<br>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</font></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center;
line-height:92%'><font size="2">__________</font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;'><b><font size="2">RUDDICK
CORPORATION<br>
</font>
</b><font size="2">(Exact name of
registrant as specified in its charter)</font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align="center"><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>North Carolina&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 56-0905940<br>
</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(State or Other Jurisdiction&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (I.R.S.
Employer<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; of
Incorporation or Organization)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Identification
No.)</font><b><font size="2"><br>
&nbsp;</font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align="left"><b><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 301 S. Tryon Street, Suite 1800<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Charlotte, North Carolina&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 28202<br>
</font>
</b><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; (Address of
Principal Executive Offices)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (Zip
Code)</font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;'><b><font size="2">RUDDICK RETIREMENT AND SAVINGS PLAN<br>
</font>
</b><font size="2">(Full Title of
the Plan)</font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;'><b><font size="2">DOUGLAS J. YACENDA<br>
Secretary<br>
Ruddick Corporation<br>
301 S. Tryon Street, Suite 1800<br>
Charlotte, North Carolina 28202<br>
</font>
</b><font size="2">(Name and
Address of Agent for Service)</font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;'><b><font size="2">(704) 372-5404<br>
</font>
</b><font size="2">Telephone
Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service</font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;'><font size="2">Copy to:<br>
</font>
<b><font size="2">RICHARD W. VIOLA, ESQ.<br>
Helms Mulliss &amp; Wicker, PLLC<br>
201 North Tryon Street<br>
Charlotte, North Carolina 28202<br>
Telephone:&nbsp;
(704) 343-2149</font></b></p>
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<table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=541
 style='width:405.9pt;margin-left:.5in;border-collapse:collapse;border:none'>
 <tr style='height:26.95pt'>
  <td width=109 valign=top style='width:81.65pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;
  padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:26.95pt'>
  <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;'><font size="2">Title of Securities to be Registered</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width=109 valign=top style='width:81.7pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;
  border-left:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:26.95pt'>
  <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;'><font size="2">Amount to be Registered (1)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width=109 valign=top style='width:81.65pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;
  border-left:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:26.95pt'>
  <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;'><font size="2">Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per
  Share (2)</font></p>
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  <td width=113 valign=top style='width:84.4pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;
  border-left:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:26.95pt'>
  <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;'><font size="2">Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering
  Price (2)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width=102 valign=top style='width:76.5pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;
  border-left:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:26.95pt'>
  <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;'><font size="2">Amount of Registration Fee (2)</font></p>
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 </tr>
 <tr style='height:40.2pt'>
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  border-top:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:40.2pt'>

  <p class=MsoNormal align=left style='text-align:left;'><font size="2">Common Stock</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width=109 valign=top style='width:81.7pt;border-top:none;border-left:
  none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;
  padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:40.2pt'>

  <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;'><font size="2">1,000,000 shares</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width=109 valign=top style='width:81.65pt;border-top:none;border-left:
  none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;
  padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:40.2pt'>

  <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;'><font size="2">$30.735</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width=113 valign=top style='width:84.4pt;border-top:none;border-left:
  none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;
  padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:40.2pt'>

  <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;'><font size="2">$30,735,000</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width=102 valign=top style='width:76.5pt;border-top:none;border-left:
  none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;
  padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:40.2pt'>

  <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;'><font size="2">$944</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size="2">(1)&nbsp; In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended (the &quot;Securities Act&quot;), this Registration Statement
also covers an indeterminate amount of interests to be offered or sold pursuant
to the employee benefit plan described herein.</font></p>



<p class=MsoNormal><font size="2">(2)&nbsp; The price is estimated in accordance with Rule 457(h) and
(c) under the Securities Act solely for the purpose of calculating the
registration fee, based on the average of the high and low prices of Ruddick
Corporation's common stock reported on the New York Stock Exchange on June 7,
2007.</font></p>



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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><font size="2">PART I.&nbsp; INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</font></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:24.0pt;text-indent:.5in'><font size="2">The
document(s) containing the information specified in Part I of this registration
statement (the &quot;Registration Statement&quot;) of Ruddick Corporation (the
&quot;Registrant&quot;) will be sent or given to eligible employees as specified by Rule
428(b)(1) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &quot;Securities Act&quot;).&nbsp;
Such documents and the documents incorporated by reference herein pursuant to
Item 3 of Part II hereof, taken together, constitute a prospectus (the
&quot;Prospectus&quot;) that meets the requirements of Sections 10(a) of the Securities
Act.</font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><font size="2">PART II.&nbsp; INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</font></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><font size="2">Item 3.&nbsp; Incorporation of
Documents by Reference.</font></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-indent:.5in'><font size="2">The following
documents filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(the &quot;Commission&quot;) are incorporated by reference herein and in the Prospectus
constituting a part of this Registration Statement:</font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;
margin-left:.5in;text-indent:.5in'><font size="2">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Registrant's Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the year ended October 1, 2006, filed with the Commission on
December 6, 2006, pursuant to Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended (the &quot;Exchange Act&quot;);</font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;
margin-left:.5in;text-indent:.5in'><font size="2">(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Registrant's Quarterly Reports
on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended December 31, 2006 and April 1, 2007, filed
with the Commission on February 7, 2007 and May 9, 2007 rspectively; </font> </p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;
margin-left:.5in;text-indent:.5in'><font size="2">(c) &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Registrant's Current Report
on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on February 20, 2007;</font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;
margin-left:.5in;text-indent:.5in'><font size="2">(d)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Ruddick Retirement and
Savings Plan (the &quot;Plan&quot;) Annual Report on Form 11-K for the fiscal year ended December
31, 2006, filed with the Commission on June 14, 2007; and</font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;
margin-left:.5in;text-indent:.5in'><font size="2">(e)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The description of the
Registrant's Common Stock contained in its Registration Statement filed
pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act and all amendments and reports filed
for the purpose of updating such description, including the Registrant's
Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed December 15, 2000.</font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-indent:.5in'><font size="2">Any document
filed by the Registrant with the Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c),
14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the effectiveness of this
Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment
hereto which either indicates that all securities offered hereto have been sold
or deregisters all securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and the Prospectus and
to be a part hereof and thereof from the date of filing of such documents. A
Current Report on Form 8-K furnished to, but not filed with, the Commission
will not be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement or the
Prospectus. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded
for purposes of this Registration Statement and the<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 2</font></p><hr>
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&nbsp;Prospectus to the extent
that a statement contained herein or therein or in any other subsequently filed
document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein or
therein modifies or supersedes such statement.&nbsp; Any such statement so modified
or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to
constitute a part of this Registration Statement or the Prospectus.</font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid'><b>
<font size="2">Item
4.&nbsp; Description of Securities.</font></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-indent:.5in'><font size="2">Not applicable.</font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid'><b>
<font size="2">Item
5.&nbsp; Interest of Named Experts and Counsel.</font></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-indent:.5in'><font size="2">Not applicable.</font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid'><b>
<font size="2">Item
6.&nbsp; Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</font></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-indent:.5in'><font size="2">There are no
provisions in the Registrant's Restated Articles of Incorporation and no
contracts between the Registrant and its directors and officers nor resolutions
adopted by the Registrant, relating to indemnification.&nbsp; The Registrant's
Restated Articles of Incorporation prevent the recovery by the Registrant of
monetary damages against its directors.&nbsp; However, in accordance with the provisions
of the North Carolina Business Corporation Act (the &quot;Act&quot;), the Registrant's
Bylaws provide that, in addition to the indemnification of directors and
officers otherwise provided by the Act, the Registrant shall, under certain
circumstances, indemnify its directors and officers (as well as certain other
persons) against any and all liability and expense, including reasonable
attorneys' fees, arising out of their status or activities as directors and
officers, except for liability or litigation expense incurred on account of
activities that were at the time known or reasonably should have been known by
such director or officer to be clearly in conflict with the best interests of
the Registrant.&nbsp; Pursuant to such Bylaws and as authorized by statute, the
Registrant maintains insurance on behalf of its directors and officers against
liability asserted against such persons in such capacity whether or not such
directors or officers have the right to indemnification pursuant to the Bylaws
or otherwise.</font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-indent:.5in'><font size="2">In addition to
the above-described provisions, Sections 55-8-50 through 55-8-58 of the Act
contain provisions prescribing the extent to which directors and officers shall
or may be indemnified.&nbsp; Section 55-8-51 of the Act permits a corporation, with
certain exceptions, to indemnify a present or former director against liability
if (i) he conducted himself in good faith, (ii) he reasonably believed (x) that
his conduct in his official capacity with the corporation was in its best
interests and (y) in all other cases his conduct was at least not opposed to
the corporation's best interests, and (iii) in the case of any criminal
proceeding, he had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful.&nbsp; A
corporation may not indemnify a director in connection with a proceeding by or
in the right of the corporation in which the director was adjudged liable to
the corporation or in connection with a proceeding charging improper personal
benefit to him.&nbsp; The above standard of conduct is determined by the Board of
Directors, or a committee or special legal counsel or the shareholders as
prescribed in Section 55-8-55.</font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-indent:.5in'><font size="2">Sections 55-8-52 and 55-8-56 of the Act require a
corporation to indemnify a director or officer in the defense of any proceeding
to which he was a party against reasonable expenses<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 3</font></p><hr>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-indent:.5in'><font size="2"><br>
&nbsp;when he is wholly
successful in his defense, unless the articles of incorporation provide
otherwise.&nbsp; Section 55-8-53 of the Act permits a corporation to advance
expenses to a director in defending a proceeding in advance of the final
disposition of such proceeding upon the authorization of the board of
directors.&nbsp; Upon application, the court may order indemnification of the
director or officer if he is adjudged fairly and reasonably so entitled under
Section 55-8-54.&nbsp; Section 55-8-56 allows a corporation to indemnify and
advance expenses to an officer, employee or agent who is not a director to the
same extent as a director or as otherwise set forth in the corporation's
articles of incorporation or bylaws or by a resolution of the Board of
Directors.</font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-indent:.5in'><font size="2">In addition, Section 55-8-57 of the Act permits a
corporation to provide for indemnification of directors, officers, employees or
agents, in its articles of incorporation or by contract or resolution, against
liability in various proceedings and to purchase and maintain insurance
policies on behalf of these individuals.</font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-indent:.5in'><i>
<font size="2">The
foregoing is only a general summary of certain aspects of North Carolina law
dealing with indemnification of directors and officers and does not purport to
be complete.&nbsp; It is qualified in its entirety by reference to the relevant
statutes which contain detailed specific provisions regarding the circumstances
under which and the person for whose benefit indemnification shall or may be
made and accordingly are incorporated by reference as Exhibit 99.1 of this
Registration Statement.</font></i></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid'><b>
<font size="2">Item
7.&nbsp; Exemption from Registration Claimed.</font></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-indent:.5in'><font size="2">Not applicable.</font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><font size="2">Item 8.&nbsp; Exhibits.</font></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-indent:.5in'><font size="2">The following
exhibits are filed with or incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement.</font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><font size="2">Exhibit No.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</font> <u><font size="2">Description
of Exhibit</font></u></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;
margin-left:1.25in;text-indent:-1.25in'><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 3.1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Restated
Articles of Incorporation of the Company, dated December 14, 2000, incorporated
herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the registrant's Annual Report on Form
10-K for the fiscal year ended October 1, 2000 (Commission File No. 1-6905).</font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;
margin-left:1.25in;text-indent:-1.25in'><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 3.2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Amended and
Restated Bylaws of the Company, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.2
of the registrant's Quarterly Report of Form 10-Q for the quarterly period
ended December 29, 2002 (Commission File No. 1-6905).</font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;
margin-left:1.25in;text-indent:-1.25in'><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 5.1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;  &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Opinion of
Helms Mulliss &amp; Wicker, PLLC.</font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;
margin-left:1.25in;text-indent:-1.25in'><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The
Registrant hereby undertakes that it will submit, or has submitted, the Plan
and any amendment thereto to the Internal Revenue Service (&quot;IRS&quot;) in a timely
manner and has made, or will make, all changes required by the IRS in order to
qualify the Plan.<br>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;
margin-left:1.25in;text-indent:-1.25in'><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 23.1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Consent of
Helms Mulliss &amp; Wicker, PLLC (included in Exhibit 5.1).</font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;
margin-left:1.25in;text-indent:-1.25in'><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 23.2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Consent of KPMG
LLP, independent registered public accounting firm.</font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;
margin-left:1.25in;text-indent:-1.25in'><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 23.3&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Consent of
Dixon Hughes PLLC, independent registered public accounting firm.</font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;
margin-left:1.25in;text-indent:-1.25in'><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 24.1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Power of
Attorney (included on the signature page contained in Part&nbsp;II hereof).</font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;
margin-left:1.25in;text-indent:-1.25in'><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 99.1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Provisions
of North Carolina law relating to indemnification of directors and officers
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.2 of the Registrant's Registration
Statement on Form S-8, Registration No. 333-19085).</font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><font size="2">Item 9.&nbsp; Undertakings.</font></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-indent:.5in'><font size="2">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The
undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:</font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;
margin-left:.5in;text-indent:.5in'><font size="2">(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To file, during any period in
which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this
Registration Statement:</font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;
margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:.5in'><font size="2">(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To include any prospectus
required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;</font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;
margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:.5in'><font size="2">(ii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To reflect in the prospectus
any facts or events arising after the effective date of the Registration
Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which,
individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the
information set forth in the Registration Statement.&nbsp; Notwithstanding the
foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the
total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was
registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum
offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the
Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume
and price represent no more than a 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate
offering price set forth in the &quot;Calculation of Registration Fee&quot; table in the
effective registration statement; and</font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;
margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:.5in'><font size="2">(iii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To include any material
information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed
in the Registration Statement or any material change to such information in the
Registration Statement;</font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;
margin-left:.5in'><i><font size="2">provided, however,</font></i><font size="2"> that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and
(a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the Registration Statement is on Form S-3 or Form
S-8 or Form F-3, and the information required to be included in a
post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports
filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section
13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
5</font></p><hr>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;
margin-left:.5in'><font size="2"><br>
&nbsp;</font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;
margin-left:.5in;text-indent:.5in'><font size="2">(2)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; That, for the purpose of
determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective
amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time
shall be deemed to be the initial <i>bona fide</i> offering thereof.</font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;
margin-left:.5in;text-indent:.5in'><font size="2">(3)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To remove from registration by
means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered
which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.</font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-indent:.5in'><font size="2">(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The
undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Registrant's
annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit
plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall
be deemed to be a new Registration Statement relating to the securities offered
therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial <i>bona fide</i> offering thereof.</font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><font size="2">(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Insofar as
indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant
pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been
advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is,
therefore, unenforceable.&nbsp; In the event that a claim for indemnification against
such liabilities (other than payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or
paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the
successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the
matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of
appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is
against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final
adjudication of such issue.</font></p>

</div>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in"><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
6</font></p>

<hr color="#000080"><font size="2"><br clear=all style='page-break-before:always'>


</font>


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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b>
<font size="2">SIGNATURES</font></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><b><i><font size="2">The Registrant</font></i></b></p>



<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:24.0pt;text-indent:.5in'><font size="2">Pursuant to
the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that
it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for
filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed
on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of
Charlotte, State of North Carolina, on June 13, 2007.</font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;
margin-left:3.0in'><font size="2">RUDDICK CORPORATION</font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:3.0in'><font size="2">By:<u>&nbsp;&nbsp; /s/ THOMAS W. DICKSON<br>
</u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Thomas W. Dickson<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Chairman of the Board, President
and <br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Chief Executive Officer</font></p>





<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'>&nbsp;</p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'>
<font size="2">POWER
OF ATTORNEY</font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:24.0pt;text-indent:.5in'><font size="2">KNOW ALL MEN
BY THESE PRESENTS, that each individual whose signature appears below and on
the following page constitutes and appoints each of Thomas&nbsp;W. Dickson,
John&nbsp;B. Woodlief and Ronald&nbsp;H. Volger as his or her true and lawful
attorney-in-fact and agent, each acting alone, with full power of substitution
and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in
any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments to this Registration
Statement, including post-effective amendments, and to file the same, with all
exhibits thereto, and all documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto each said attorney-in-fact
and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to
all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, and hereby
ratifies and confirms all that any said attorney-in-fact and agent, each acting
alone, or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.</font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><font size="2">Pursuant to the requirements of the
Securities Act of 1933 this Registration Statement has been signed by the
following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.</font></p>



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 style='width:476.45pt;margin-left:.4pt;border-collapse:collapse'>

  <tr style='page-break-inside:avoid'>
   <td width=228 valign=top style='width:171.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
   <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:24.0pt;text-align:center;
   page-break-after:avoid'><u><font size="2">Signature</font></u></p>
   </td>
   <td width=36 valign=top style='width:27.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>

   </td>
   <td width=216 valign=top style='width:2.25in;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
   <p class=MsoNormal align=left style='margin-bottom:24.0pt;text-align:left;
   page-break-after:avoid'><u><font size="2">Title</font></u></p>
   </td>
   <td width=36 valign=top style='width:27.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>

   </td>
   <td width=119 valign=top style='width:89.45pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
   <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:24.0pt;text-align:center;
   page-break-after:avoid'><u><font size="2">Date</font></u></p>
   </td>
  </tr>

 <tr style='page-break-inside:avoid;height:58.5pt'>
  <td width=228 valign=top style='width:171.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;
  height:58.5pt'>
  <p class=MsoNormal><u><font size="2">/s/ THOMAS W. DICKSON&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
	<br>
	</font>
	</u><font size="2">Thomas W. Dickson </font> </p>
  </td>
  <td width=36 valign=top style='width:27.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;
  height:58.5pt'>

  </td>
  <td width=216 valign=top style='width:2.25in;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;
  height:58.5pt'>
  <p class=MsoNormal><font size="2">Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive
  Officer and Director<br>
	(Principal Executive Officer)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width=36 valign=top style='width:27.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;
  height:58.5pt'>

  </td>
  <td width=119 valign=top style='width:89.45pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;
  height:58.5pt'>
  <p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><font size="2">June 13, 2007</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style='page-break-inside:avoid;height:48.0pt'>
  <td width=228 valign=top style='width:171.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;
  height:48.0pt'>
  <p class=MsoNormal><u><font size="2">/s/ JOHN B. WOODLIEF&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
	</font> </u><font size="2"><br>
	John B. Woodlief</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width=36 valign=top style='width:27.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;
  height:48.0pt'>

  </td>
  <td width=216 valign=top style='width:2.25in;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;
  height:48.0pt'>
  <p class=MsoNormal><font size="2">Vice President-Finance and Chief Financial Officer <br>
	(Principal Financial Officer)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width=36 valign=top style='width:27.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;
  height:48.0pt'>

  </td>
  <td width=119 valign=top style='width:89.45pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;
  height:48.0pt'>
  <p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><font size="2">June 13, 2007</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 </table>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center"><font size="2">7</font></p>
<hr>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=635
 style='width:476.45pt;margin-left:.4pt;border-collapse:collapse' id="table1">

 <tr style='page-break-inside:avoid;height:48.0pt'>
  <td width=228 valign=top style='width:171.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;
  height:48.0pt'>
  <p class=MsoNormal><u><font size="2">/s/ RONALD H. VOLGER&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
	<br>
	</font> </u><font size="2">Ronald H. Volger</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width=36 valign=top style='width:27.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;
  height:48.0pt'>

  </td>
  <td width=216 valign=top style='width:2.25in;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;
  height:48.0pt'>
  <p class=MsoNormal><font size="2">Vice President and Treasurer<br>
	(Principal Accounting Officer)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width=36 valign=top style='width:27.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;
  height:48.0pt'>

  </td>
  <td width=119 valign=top style='width:89.45pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;
  height:48.0pt'>
  <p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><font size="2">June 13, 2007</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style='page-break-inside:avoid;height:48.0pt'>
  <td width=228 valign=top style='width:171.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;
  height:48.0pt'>
  <p class=MsoNormal><u><font size="2">/s/ JOHN R. BELK&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
	</font> </u><font size="2"><br>
	John R. Belk</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width=36 valign=top style='width:27.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;
  height:48.0pt'>

  </td>
  <td width=216 valign=top style='width:2.25in;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;
  height:48.0pt'>
  <p class=MsoNormal><font size="2">Director</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width=36 valign=top style='width:27.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;
  height:48.0pt'>

  </td>
  <td width=119 valign=top style='width:89.45pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;
  height:48.0pt'>
  <p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><font size="2">June 13, 2007</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style='page-break-inside:avoid;height:48.0pt'>
  <td width=228 valign=top style='width:171.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;
  height:48.0pt'>
  <p class=MsoNormal><u><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
	</font> </u><font size="2"><br>
	Edwin B. Borden, Jr.</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width=36 valign=top style='width:27.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;
  height:48.0pt'>

  </td>
  <td width=216 valign=top style='width:2.25in;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;
  height:48.0pt'>
  <p class=MsoNormal><font size="2">Director</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width=36 valign=top style='width:27.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;
  height:48.0pt'>

  </td>
  <td width=119 valign=top style='width:89.45pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;
  height:48.0pt'>

  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style='page-break-inside:avoid;height:48.0pt'>
  <td width=228 valign=top style='width:171.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;
  height:48.0pt'>
  <p class=MsoNormal><u><font size="2">/s/ JOHN P. DERHAM CATO&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
	</font> </u><font size="2"><br>
	John P. Derham Cato</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width=36 valign=top style='width:27.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;
  height:48.0pt'>

  </td>
  <td width=216 valign=top style='width:2.25in;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;
  height:48.0pt'>
  <p class=MsoNormal><font size="2">Director</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width=36 valign=top style='width:27.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;
  height:48.0pt'>

  </td>
  <td width=119 valign=top style='width:89.45pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;
  height:48.0pt'>
  <p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><font size="2">June 13, 2007</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style='page-break-inside:avoid;height:48.0pt'>
  <td width=228 valign=top style='width:171.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;
  height:48.0pt'>
  <p class=MsoNormal><u><font size="2">/s/ ALAN T. DICKSON&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
	</font> </u><font size="2"><br>
	Alan T. Dickson</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width=36 valign=top style='width:27.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;
  height:48.0pt'>

  </td>
  <td width=216 valign=top style='width:2.25in;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;
  height:48.0pt'>
  <p class=MsoNormal><font size="2">Director</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width=36 valign=top style='width:27.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;
  height:48.0pt'>

  </td>
  <td width=119 valign=top style='width:89.45pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;
  height:48.0pt'>
  <p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><font size="2">June 13, 2007</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style='page-break-inside:avoid;height:48.0pt'>
  <td width=228 valign=top style='width:171.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;
  height:48.0pt'>
  <p class=MsoNormal><u><font size="2">/s/ R. STUART DICKSON&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
	</font> </u><font size="2"><br>
	R. Stuart Dickson</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width=36 valign=top style='width:27.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;
  height:48.0pt'>

  </td>
  <td width=216 valign=top style='width:2.25in;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;
  height:48.0pt'>
  <p class=MsoNormal><font size="2">Director</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width=36 valign=top style='width:27.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;
  height:48.0pt'>

  </td>
  <td width=119 valign=top style='width:89.45pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;
  height:48.0pt'>
  <p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><font size="2">June 13, 2007</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style='page-break-inside:avoid;height:48.0pt'>
  <td width=228 valign=top style='width:171.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;
  height:48.0pt'>
  <p class=MsoNormal><u><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
	</font> </u><font size="2"><br>
	James E. S. Hynes</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width=36 valign=top style='width:27.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;
  height:48.0pt'>

  </td>
  <td width=216 valign=top style='width:2.25in;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;
  height:48.0pt'>
  <p class=MsoNormal><font size="2">Director</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width=36 valign=top style='width:27.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;
  height:48.0pt'>

  </td>
  <td width=119 valign=top style='width:89.45pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;
  height:48.0pt'>

  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style='page-break-inside:avoid;height:48.0pt'>
  <td width=228 valign=top style='width:171.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;
  height:48.0pt'>
  <p class=MsoNormal><u><font size="2">/s/ ANNA S. NELSON&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
	</font> </u><font size="2"><br>
	Anna S. Nelson</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width=36 valign=top style='width:27.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;
  height:48.0pt'>

  </td>
  <td width=216 valign=top style='width:2.25in;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;
  height:48.0pt'>
  <p class=MsoNormal><font size="2">Director</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><font size="2">June 13, 2007</font></p>
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  <p class=MsoNormal><u><font size="2">/s/ BAILEY W. PATRICK&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
	</font> </u><font size="2"><br>
	Bailey W. Patrick</font></p>
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  height:48.0pt'>

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  height:48.0pt'>
  <p class=MsoNormal><font size="2">Director</font></p>
  </td>
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  height:48.0pt'>

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  height:48.0pt'>
  <p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><font size="2">June 13, 2007</font></p>
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  <p class=MsoNormal><u><font size="2">/s/ ROBERT H. SPILMAN, JR.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
	<br>
	</font> </u><font size="2">Robert H. Spilman, Jr.</font></p>
  </td>
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  height:48.0pt'>

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  height:48.0pt'>
  <p class=MsoNormal><font size="2">Director</font></p>
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  <p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><font size="2">June 13, 2007</font></p>
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  height:48.0pt'>
  <p class=MsoNormal><u><font size="2">/s/ HAROLD C. STOWE&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
	</font> </u><font size="2"><br>
	Harold C. Stowe</font></p>
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  height:48.0pt'>

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  <p class=MsoNormal><font size="2">Director</font></p>
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  <p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><font size="2">June 13, 2007</font></p>
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  <p class=MsoNormal><u><font size="2">/s/ ISAIAH TIDWELL&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
	</font> </u><font size="2"><br>
	Isaiah Tidwell</font></p>
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  height:48.0pt'>

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  height:48.0pt'>
  <p class=MsoNormal><font size="2">Director</font></p>
  </td>
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  height:48.0pt'>

  </td>
  <td width=119 valign=top style='width:89.45pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;
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  <p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><font size="2">June 13, 2007</font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><b><i><font size="2">The Plan</font></i></b></p>



<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Pursuant to the
requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the trustees (or other persons who
administer the Ruddick Retirement and Savings Plan) have duly caused this
Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Charlotte, North Carolina on June 13, 2007.</font></p>



<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; THE
RUDDICK CORPORATION<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; RETIREMENT
AND SAVINGS PLAN</font></p>



<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; By:&nbsp;
Ruddick Corporation, as Plan Sponsor</font></p>



<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; By:&nbsp;
&nbsp;<u>/s/ JOHN B. WOODLIEF<br>
</u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Vice President-Finance and
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Chief Financial
Officer</font></p>

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<font size="2">EXHIBIT
INDEX</font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><font size="2">Exhibit No.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</font> <u><font size="2">Description
of Exhibit</font></u></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;
margin-left:1.25in;text-indent:-1.25in'><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 3.1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Restated
Articles of Incorporation of the Company, dated December 14, 2000, incorporated
herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the registrant's Annual Report on Form
10-K for the fiscal year ended October 1, 2000 (Commission File No. 1-6905).</font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;
margin-left:1.25in;text-indent:-1.25in'><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 3.2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Amended and
Restated Bylaws of the Company, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.2
of the registrant's Quarterly Report of Form 10-Q for the quarterly period
ended December 29, 2002 (Commission File No. 1-6905).</font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;
margin-left:1.25in;text-indent:-1.25in'><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 5.1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Opinion of
Helms Mulliss &amp; Wicker, PLLC.</font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;
margin-left:1.25in;text-indent:-1.25in'><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 23.1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Consent of
Helms Mulliss &amp; Wicker, PLLC (included in Exhibit 5.1).</font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;
margin-left:1.25in;text-indent:-1.25in'><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 23.2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Consent of
KPMG LLP, independent registered public accounting firm.</font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;
margin-left:1.25in;text-indent:-1.25in'><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 23.3&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Consent of
Dixon Hughes PLLC, independent registered public accounting firm.</font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;
margin-left:1.25in;text-indent:-1.25in'><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 24.1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Power of
Attorney (included on the signature page contained in Part&nbsp;II hereof).</font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.25in;text-indent:-1.25in'>
<font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 99.1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Provisions
of North Carolina law relating to indemnification of directors and officers
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.2 of the Registrant's Registration
Statement on Form S-8, Registration No. 333-19085).&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</font> </p>

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<font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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As filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 14, 2007
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON,
D.C. 20549
FORM
S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
__________
RUDDICK
CORPORATION
(Exact name of
registrant as specified in its charter)
North Carolina                                                                 56-0905940
(State or Other Jurisdiction                                                          (I.R.S.
Employer
of
Incorporation or Organization)                                                   Identification
No.)
301 S. Tryon Street, Suite 1800
Charlotte, North Carolina                                                                    28202
(Address of
Principal Executive Offices)                                                       (Zip
Code)
RUDDICK RETIREMENT AND SAVINGS PLAN
(Full Title of
the Plan)
DOUGLAS J. YACENDA
Secretary
Ruddick Corporation
301 S. Tryon Street, Suite 1800
Charlotte, North Carolina 28202
(Name and
Address of Agent for Service)
(704) 372-5404
Telephone
Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service
Copy to:
RICHARD W. VIOLA, ESQ.
Helms Mulliss & Wicker, PLLC
201 North Tryon Street
Charlotte, North Carolina 28202
Telephone: 
(704) 343-2149
Title of Securities to be Registered
Amount to be Registered (1)
Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per
  Share (2)
Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering
  Price (2)
Amount of Registration Fee (2)
Common Stock
1,000,000 shares
$30.735
$30,735,000
$944
(1)  In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), this Registration Statement
also covers an indeterminate amount of interests to be offered or sold pursuant
to the employee benefit plan described herein.
(2)  The price is estimated in accordance with Rule 457(h) and
(c) under the Securities Act solely for the purpose of calculating the
registration fee, based on the average of the high and low prices of Ruddick
Corporation's common stock reported on the New York Stock Exchange on June 7,
2007.
PART I.  INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The
document(s) containing the information specified in Part I of this registration
statement (the "Registration Statement") of Ruddick Corporation (the
"Registrant") will be sent or given to eligible employees as specified by Rule
428(b)(1) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). 
Such documents and the documents incorporated by reference herein pursuant to
Item 3 of Part II hereof, taken together, constitute a prospectus (the
"Prospectus") that meets the requirements of Sections 10(a) of the Securities
Act.
PART II.  INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.  Incorporation of
Documents by Reference.
The following
documents filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(the "Commission") are incorporated by reference herein and in the Prospectus
constituting a part of this Registration Statement:
(a)        The Registrant's Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the year ended October 1, 2006, filed with the Commission on
December 6, 2006, pursuant to Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act");
(b)        The Registrant's Quarterly Reports
on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended December 31, 2006 and April 1, 2007, filed
with the Commission on February 7, 2007 and May 9, 2007 rspectively;
(c)        The Registrant's Current Report
on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on February 20, 2007;
(d)        The Ruddick Retirement and
Savings Plan (the "Plan") Annual Report on Form 11-K for the fiscal year ended December
31, 2006, filed with the Commission on June 14, 2007; and
(e)        The description of the
Registrant's Common Stock contained in its Registration Statement filed
pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act and all amendments and reports filed
for the purpose of updating such description, including the Registrant's
Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed December 15, 2000.
Any document
filed by the Registrant with the Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c),
14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the effectiveness of this
Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment
hereto which either indicates that all securities offered hereto have been sold
or deregisters all securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and the Prospectus and
to be a part hereof and thereof from the date of filing of such documents. A
Current Report on Form 8-K furnished to, but not filed with, the Commission
will not be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement or the
Prospectus. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded
for purposes of this Registration Statement and the
2
Prospectus to the extent
that a statement contained herein or therein or in any other subsequently filed
document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein or
therein modifies or supersedes such statement.  Any such statement so modified
or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to
constitute a part of this Registration Statement or the Prospectus.
Item
4.  Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item
5.  Interest of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
Item
6.  Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
There are no
provisions in the Registrant's Restated Articles of Incorporation and no
contracts between the Registrant and its directors and officers nor resolutions
adopted by the Registrant, relating to indemnification.  The Registrant's
Restated Articles of Incorporation prevent the recovery by the Registrant of
monetary damages against its directors.  However, in accordance with the provisions
of the North Carolina Business Corporation Act (the "Act"), the Registrant's
Bylaws provide that, in addition to the indemnification of directors and
officers otherwise provided by the Act, the Registrant shall, under certain
circumstances, indemnify its directors and officers (as well as certain other
persons) against any and all liability and expense, including reasonable
attorneys' fees, arising out of their status or activities as directors and
officers, except for liability or litigation expense incurred on account of
activities that were at the time known or reasonably should have been known by
such director or officer to be clearly in conflict with the best interests of
the Registrant.  Pursuant to such Bylaws and as authorized by statute, the
Registrant maintains insurance on behalf of its directors and officers against
liability asserted against such persons in such capacity whether or not such
directors or officers have the right to indemnification pursuant to the Bylaws
or otherwise.
In addition to
the above-described provisions, Sections 55-8-50 through 55-8-58 of the Act
contain provisions prescribing the extent to which directors and officers shall
or may be indemnified.  Section 55-8-51 of the Act permits a corporation, with
certain exceptions, to indemnify a present or former director against liability
if (i) he conducted himself in good faith, (ii) he reasonably believed (x) that
his conduct in his official capacity with the corporation was in its best
interests and (y) in all other cases his conduct was at least not opposed to
the corporation's best interests, and (iii) in the case of any criminal
proceeding, he had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful.  A
corporation may not indemnify a director in connection with a proceeding by or
in the right of the corporation in which the director was adjudged liable to
the corporation or in connection with a proceeding charging improper personal
benefit to him.  The above standard of conduct is determined by the Board of
Directors, or a committee or special legal counsel or the shareholders as
prescribed in Section 55-8-55.
Sections 55-8-52 and 55-8-56 of the Act require a
corporation to indemnify a director or officer in the defense of any proceeding
to which he was a party against reasonable expenses
3
when he is wholly
successful in his defense, unless the articles of incorporation provide
otherwise.  Section 55-8-53 of the Act permits a corporation to advance
expenses to a director in defending a proceeding in advance of the final
disposition of such proceeding upon the authorization of the board of
directors.  Upon application, the court may order indemnification of the
director or officer if he is adjudged fairly and reasonably so entitled under
Section 55-8-54.  Section 55-8-56 allows a corporation to indemnify and
advance expenses to an officer, employee or agent who is not a director to the
same extent as a director or as otherwise set forth in the corporation's
articles of incorporation or bylaws or by a resolution of the Board of
Directors.
In addition, Section 55-8-57 of the Act permits a
corporation to provide for indemnification of directors, officers, employees or
agents, in its articles of incorporation or by contract or resolution, against
liability in various proceedings and to purchase and maintain insurance
policies on behalf of these individuals.
The
foregoing is only a general summary of certain aspects of North Carolina law
dealing with indemnification of directors and officers and does not purport to
be complete.  It is qualified in its entirety by reference to the relevant
statutes which contain detailed specific provisions regarding the circumstances
under which and the person for whose benefit indemnification shall or may be
made and accordingly are incorporated by reference as Exhibit 99.1 of this
Registration Statement.
Item
7.  Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8.  Exhibits.
The following
exhibits are filed with or incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement.
Exhibit No.
Description
of Exhibit
3.1               Restated
Articles of Incorporation of the Company, dated December 14, 2000, incorporated
herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the registrant's Annual Report on Form
10-K for the fiscal year ended October 1, 2000 (Commission File No. 1-6905).
3.2               Amended and
Restated Bylaws of the Company, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.2
of the registrant's Quarterly Report of Form 10-Q for the quarterly period
ended December 29, 2002 (Commission File No. 1-6905).
5.1               Opinion of
Helms Mulliss & Wicker, PLLC.
The
Registrant hereby undertakes that it will submit, or has submitted, the Plan
and any amendment thereto to the Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") in a timely
manner and has made, or will make, all changes required by the IRS in order to
qualify the Plan.
4
23.1               Consent of
Helms Mulliss & Wicker, PLLC (included in Exhibit 5.1).
23.2               Consent of KPMG
LLP, independent registered public accounting firm.
23.3               Consent of
Dixon Hughes PLLC, independent registered public accounting firm.
24.1               Power of
Attorney (included on the signature page contained in Part II hereof).
99.1               Provisions
of North Carolina law relating to indemnification of directors and officers
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.2 of the Registrant's Registration
Statement on Form S-8, Registration No. 333-19085).
Item 9.  Undertakings.
(a)        The
undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1)        To file, during any period in
which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this
Registration Statement:
(i)         To include any prospectus
required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;
(ii)        To reflect in the prospectus
any facts or events arising after the effective date of the Registration
Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which,
individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the
information set forth in the Registration Statement.  Notwithstanding the
foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the
total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was
registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum
offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the
Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume
and price represent no more than a 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate
offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the
effective registration statement; and
(iii)       To include any material
information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed
in the Registration Statement or any material change to such information in the
Registration Statement;
provided, however,
that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and
(a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the Registration Statement is on Form S-3 or Form
S-8 or Form F-3, and the information required to be included in a
post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports
filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section
13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.
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(2)        That, for the purpose of
determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective
amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time
shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
(3)        To remove from registration by
means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered
which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b)        The
undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Registrant's
annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit
plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall
be deemed to be a new Registration Statement relating to the securities offered
therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
(c)        Insofar as
indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant
pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been
advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is,
therefore, unenforceable.  In the event that a claim for indemnification against
such liabilities (other than payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or
paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the
successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the
matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of
appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is
against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final
adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
The Registrant
Pursuant to
the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that
it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for
filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed
on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of
Charlotte, State of North Carolina, on June 13, 2007.
RUDDICK CORPORATION
By:
/s/ THOMAS W. DICKSON
Thomas W. Dickson
Chairman of the Board, President
and
Chief Executive Officer
POWER
OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN
BY THESE PRESENTS, that each individual whose signature appears below and on
the following page constitutes and appoints each of Thomas W. Dickson,
John B. Woodlief and Ronald H. Volger as his or her true and lawful
attorney-in-fact and agent, each acting alone, with full power of substitution
and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in
any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments to this Registration
Statement, including post-effective amendments, and to file the same, with all
exhibits thereto, and all documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto each said attorney-in-fact
and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to
all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, and hereby
ratifies and confirms all that any said attorney-in-fact and agent, each acting
alone, or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the
Securities Act of 1933 this Registration Statement has been signed by the
following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ THOMAS W. DICKSON
Thomas W. Dickson
Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive
  Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
June 13, 2007
/s/ JOHN B. WOODLIEF
John B. Woodlief
Vice President-Finance and Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
June 13, 2007
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/s/ RONALD H. VOLGER
Ronald H. Volger
Vice President and Treasurer
(Principal Accounting Officer)
June 13, 2007
/s/ JOHN R. BELK
John R. Belk
Director
June 13, 2007
Edwin B. Borden, Jr.
Director
/s/ JOHN P. DERHAM CATO
John P. Derham Cato
Director
June 13, 2007
/s/ ALAN T. DICKSON
Alan T. Dickson
Director
June 13, 2007
/s/ R. STUART DICKSON
R. Stuart Dickson
Director
June 13, 2007
James E. S. Hynes
Director
/s/ ANNA S. NELSON
Anna S. Nelson
Director
June 13, 2007
/s/ BAILEY W. PATRICK
Bailey W. Patrick
Director
June 13, 2007
/s/ ROBERT H. SPILMAN, JR.
Robert H. Spilman, Jr.
Director
June 13, 2007
/s/ HAROLD C. STOWE
Harold C. Stowe
Director
June 13, 2007
/s/ ISAIAH TIDWELL
Isaiah Tidwell
Director
June 13, 2007
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The Plan
Pursuant to the
requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the trustees (or other persons who
administer the Ruddick Retirement and Savings Plan) have duly caused this
Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Charlotte, North Carolina on June 13, 2007.
THE
RUDDICK CORPORATION
RETIREMENT
AND SAVINGS PLAN
By: 
Ruddick Corporation, as Plan Sponsor
By:
/s/ JOHN B. WOODLIEF
Vice President-Finance and
Chief Financial
Officer
EXHIBIT
INDEX
Exhibit No.
Description
of Exhibit
3.1               Restated
Articles of Incorporation of the Company, dated December 14, 2000, incorporated
herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the registrant's Annual Report on Form
10-K for the fiscal year ended October 1, 2000 (Commission File No. 1-6905).
3.2               Amended and
Restated Bylaws of the Company, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.2
of the registrant's Quarterly Report of Form 10-Q for the quarterly period
ended December 29, 2002 (Commission File No. 1-6905).
5.1               Opinion of
Helms Mulliss & Wicker, PLLC.
23.1               Consent of
Helms Mulliss & Wicker, PLLC (included in Exhibit 5.1).
23.2               Consent of
KPMG LLP, independent registered public accounting firm.
23.3               Consent of
Dixon Hughes PLLC, independent registered public accounting firm.
24.1               Power of
Attorney (included on the signature page contained in Part II hereof).
99.1               Provisions
of North Carolina law relating to indemnification of directors and officers
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.2 of the Registrant's Registration
Statement on Form S-8, Registration No. 333-19085).
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