Ingles Markets, Incorporated Declares Quarterly Cash Dividend

• Press Release
• Source: Ingles Markets, Incorporated
• On 10:30 am EDT, Tuesday September 29, 2009

ASHEVILLE, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ingles Markets, Incorporated (NASDAQ: IMKTA - News) today announced that its Board of Directors has declared a cash dividend of $0.165 (sixteen and one-half cents) per share on all its Class A Common Stock and $0.15 (fifteen cents) per share on all its Class B Common Stock. This is an annual rate of $0.66 and $0.60 per share, respectively. Dividends on both the Class A and Class B Common Stock are payable October 22, 2009, to all shareholders of record on October 8, 2009.

Ingles Markets, Incorporated is a leading supermarket chain with operations in six southeastern states. Headquartered in Asheville, North Carolina, the Company operates 200 supermarkets. In conjunction with its supermarket operations, the Company also operates 73 neighborhood shopping centers, all but 16 of which contain an Ingles supermarket. The Company's Class A Common Stock is traded on The NASDAQ Stock Market's Global Select Market under the symbol IMKTA. For more information about the Company, visit Ingles' website at www.ingles-markets.com.

Ingles Markets, Incorporated
Ron Freeman, Chief Financial Officer
828-669-2941 (Ext. 223)