Lance, Inc. to Release First Quarter 2009 Results on Friday, April 24th Before Market Open and Host Conference Call and Webcast at 9:00 am Eastern

CHARLOTTE, N.C., April 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Lance, Inc. (Nasdaq-GS: LNCE) announced today that it intends to release its 2009 first quarter financial results prior to the market open on Friday, April 24, 2009. Management will also conduct a conference call and live webcast at 9:00 am eastern time on Friday, April 24, 2009 to review the Company's results. Participating in the conference call will be Dave Singer, President and Chief Executive Officer, Rick Puckett, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and Russell Allen, Director of Planning and Investor Relations.

The conference call and accompanying slide presentation will be webcast live through the Investor Relations section of Lance Inc.'s website http://www.lance.com/. In addition, the slide presentation will be available to download and print approximately 30 minutes before the webcast at Lance's Investor Relations home page.

To participate in the conference call, the dial-in number is [phone] for U.S. callers, or [phone] for international callers. A continuous telephone replay of the call will be available beginning at 12:00 pm on April 24th and running through May 1st at midnight. The replay number is [phone] for U.S. callers, or [phone] for international callers. The replay access code is 93972189. Investors may also access a web-based replay of the conference call at Lance's web site, http://www.lance.com/.

About Lance, Inc.

Lance, Inc., headquartered in Charlotte, NC, manufactures and markets snack foods throughout much of the United States and other parts of North America. The Company's products include sandwich crackers and cookies, potato chips, crackers, cookies, other snacks, sugar wafers, nuts, restaurant style crackers and candy. Lance has manufacturing facilities in North Carolina, Iowa, Georgia, Massachusetts, Texas, Florida, Ohio, Arkansas and Ontario, Canada. Products are sold under the Lance, Cape Cod, Tom's, Archway and Brent & Sam's brand names along with a number of private label and third party brands. The Company's products are distributed through a direct-store-delivery system of approximately 1,400 sales routes, a network of independent distributors and direct shipments to customer locations. Products are distributed widely through grocery and mass merchant stores, convenience stores, club stores, food service outlets and other channels.

Lance, Inc.

CONTACT: Russell Allen, Director - Planning & IR, [phone], or
Joe Calabrese, Financial Relations Board, [phone], both for Lance,
Inc.

Web Site: http://www.lance.com/