American Italian Pasta Company to Host Investor Conference Call

Company to Review Third Quarter Results and Offer General Business Update

KANSAS CITY, Mo., Sept. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- American Italian Pasta
Company (Pink Sheets: AITP), the largest producer of dry pasta in North
America, today announced that it will host a conference call prior to the
market opening on Friday, September 5, 2008 at 8:00 a.m. Central Time (9:00
a.m. Eastern Time) to review third quarter results and offer a general
business update. The toll-free conference call-in number is 1-800-214-0745
and for International callers 1-719-457-0700 and the password is 261985.
For those unable to attend the live broadcast, a replay will be made
available shortly after the conference call for 15 days, through midnight
Saturday, September 20, 2008. To dial in for the replay, the toll-free
call-in number is 1-888-348-4629 and 1-719-884-8882 for International callers.
The replay password is 261985.
ABOUT AIPC
Founded in 1988 and based in Kansas City, Missouri, American Italian Pasta
Company is the largest producer of dry pasta in North America. The Company
has four plants that are located in Excelsior Springs, Missouri; Columbia,
South Carolina; Tolleson, Arizona and Verolanuova, Italy. The Company has
approximately 600 employees located in the United States and Italy.
SOURCE American Italian Pasta Company

Paul R. Geist, EVP & Chief Financial Officer of American Italian Pasta
Company, +1-816-584-5611, pgeist@aipc.com