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                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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                                    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): February 21, 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)


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

        On February 21, 2005,  Brenda  Tudor,  Vice-President  Finance and Chief
Financial Officer of Ingles Markets,  Incorporated (the "Company")  tendered her
resignation to the Company, effective March 18, 2005. Ms. Tudor will remain with
the Company after March 18, 2005,  in a part-time  advisory  capacity  until her
replacement has been appointed.  Ms. Tudor will not stand for re-election to the
Board of Directors of the Company at the 2005 annual meeting of shareholders.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

         (c) Exhibits.

    99.1  Copy of press release issued by Ingles on February 25, 2005.

















                                   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: February 25, 2005                 By:      /s/ James W. Lanning
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                                           James W. Lanning
                                           President and Chief Operating Officer