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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 3, 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 2.02      Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

        On February 3, 2005, Ingles Markets, Incorporated (Ingles) announced its
preliminary  earning  results for its fiscal year ended  September  25, 2004 and
discussed its intention to restate prior periods. A copy of the press release is
filed herewith as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

         (c) Exhibits.

    99.1  Copy of press release issued by Ingles on February 3, 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 8, 2005                    By:      /s/ Brenda S. Tudor
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                                              Brenda S. Tudor
                                              Vice President-Finance and Chief  
                                              Financial Officer