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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001116679-05-001123
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20050401
ITEM INFORMATION:		Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20050406
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20050406

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			INGLES MARKETS INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000050493
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	RETAIL-GROCERY STORES [5411]
		IRS NUMBER:				560846267
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			NC
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0930

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-14706
		FILM NUMBER:		05736448

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		PO BOX 6676
		CITY:			ASHEVILLE
		STATE:			NC
		ZIP:			28816
		BUSINESS PHONE:		7046692941

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		P O BOX 6676
		CITY:			ASHEVILLE
		STATE:			NC
		ZIP:			28816
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<DESCRIPTION>APRIL 1, 2005
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                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                     ------
                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT
                       PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
                       THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

         Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): April 1, 2005

                          INGLES MARKETS, INCORPORATED
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

       NORTH CAROLINA                  0-14706                   56-0846267
(State or other jurisdiction         (Commission                (IRS Employer
      of incorporation)             File Number)             Identification No.)

                       P.O. Box 6676, Asheville, NC 28816
                              (Address of Principal
                               Executive Offices)


                                 (828) 669-2941
              (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

                                      None
          (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)


Check  the  appropriate  box  below  if the  Form  8-K  filing  is  intended  to
simultaneously satisfy the filing obligations of the registrant under any of the
following provisions:

[ ] Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR
230.425)

[ ] Soliciting  material  pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.14a-12)

[ ] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange
Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

[ ] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange
Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

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<PAGE>



Item 5.02      Departure  of  Directors  or  Principal  Officers;   Election  of
               Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers.

        On April 1, 2005,  Ingles  Markets,  Incorporated  ("Ingles")  appointed
Ronald B. Freeman as Chief Financial Officer, effective April 18, 2005.

        Mr.  Freeman,  47 years old,  has served as Chief  Financial  Officer of
Silver-Line Plastics Corporation, a plastic pipe manufacturer,  since 2000. From
1998 to 2000, he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial  Officer
of MMS Incentives,  LLC, a  business-to-business  loyalty and incentive programs
company.  From 1994 to 1998, he served as Chief Financial  Officer of Phillips &
Brooks/Gladwin,  a telecommunications  manufacturing and services company. Prior
to that time,  Mr.  Freeman was employed as Executive  Vice  President and Chief
Financial  Officer of The  Merchant  Bank of Atlanta and as Vice  President  and
Assistant  Comptroller of Bank South  Corporation.  He began his career at Price
Waterhouse.  Mr. Freeman graduated from the University of North Carolina, Chapel
Hill with a BS in Business Administration and is a certified public accountant.

        Mr.  Freeman  will  receive a salary of  $170,000  annually  and will be
eligible to  participate in such benefits and  perquisites,  including any bonus
program,  as is offered from time to time by the Company to  similarly  situated
employees.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

         (c) Exhibits.

    99.1  Copy of press release issued by Ingles on April 4, 2005.



<PAGE>



                                   SIGNATURES



        Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


                                       INGLES MARKETS, INCORPORATED



Date: April 6, 2005               By:      /s/ James W. Lanning
                                      ------------------------------------------
                                           James W. Lanning
                                           President and Chief Operating Officer









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<FILENAME>ex99-1.txt
<DESCRIPTION>EX. 99.1 - PRESS RELEASE
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                                                                    Exhibit 99.1


INGLES MARKETS, INCORPORATED
ANNOUNCES NEW CFO

ASHEVILLE, N.C. - April 4, 2005 - Ingles Markets, Incorporated (NASDAQ: IMKTA),
today announced that it has named Ronald B. Freeman as its Chief Financial
Officer, replacing Brenda Tudor who resigned effective March 18.

Mr. Freeman, a CPA who most recently served as Chief Financial Officer of
Silver-Line Plastics Corporation, will join Ingles effective April 18, 2005.

"We are pleased that Ronald has accepted our offer to join Ingles. We believe he
brings a depth of financial and management experience to our company," said
Robert P. Ingle, Chief Executive Officer of Ingles.

Ingles Markets, Incorporated is a leading supermarket chain with operations in
six southeastern states. Headquartered in Asheville, North Carolina, the Company
operates 195 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 IMKTA. For more
information about the Company, visit Ingles' website at www.ingles-markets.com.

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