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                                                                    Exhibit 99.1

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                                                       Contact:

                                                       Brenda S. Tudor
                                                       Vice President-Finance
                                                       & Chief Financial Officer
                                                       (828) 669-2941 (Ext. 223)


                    INGLES MARKETS, INCORPORATED CFO RESIGNS


ASHEVILLE,  NC - (February  25, 2005) - Ingles  Markets,  Incorporated  (NASDAQ:
IMKTE),  announced  today that its vice  president-finance  and chief  financial
officer,  Brenda S. Tudor,  is resigning  effective March 18, 2005. As a result,
Ms.  Tudor  will  not be  standing  for  reelection  to the  Company's  board of
directors.

Ms. Tudor has been employed by Ingles for over 20 years and has been its CFO and
on its board of directors for the last eight years.  Mr. Robert P. Ingle,  chief
executive officer, stated, "We regret that Ms. Tudor is leaving the Company. She
is a person of the highest caliber and utmost integrity who has been a loyal and
dedicated member of our team. We have benefited  greatly from her counsel and we
are grateful for the Company's strong  financial  position that has been created
under her stewardship. We wish her the best of luck in her future endeavors."

Ms. Tudor will remain with the Company in a part-time  advisory  capacity  until
her replacement has been hired. The Company plans to begin a search  immediately
for a new CFO.

Ingles Markets,  Incorporated is a leading  supermarket chain with operations in
six southeastern states. Headquartered in Asheville, North Carolina, the Company
operates 196 supermarkets.  In conjunction with its supermarket operations,  the
Company also  operates 74  neighborhood  shopping  centers,  all but 17 of which
contain an Ingles  supermarket.  The Company's Class A Common Stock is traded on
The NASDAQ  Stock  Market's  National  Market under the symbol  IMKTE.  For more
information about the Company, visit Ingles' website at .










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