Ingles Markets, Incorporated announced that the Board of Directors appointed Patricia E. Jackson, 57, as a director to fill the vacancy created by the previously reported retirement of Mr. Ronald B. Freeman. Ms. Jackson will serve as a member of the Board until the Company's next annual meeting of the stockholders and until her successor is duly elected and qualified or until her earlier death, resignation or removal.
Ingles Markets, Incorporated is a supermarket chain in the southeast United States. It operates a total of 198 supermarkets, including 75 in North Carolina, 65 in Georgia, 35 in South Carolina, 21 in Tennessee, one in Virginia and one in Alabama. It operates 189 supermarkets under the name Ingles, and nine supermarkets under the name Sav-Mor. Ingles supermarkets offer customers a variety of nationally advertised food products, including grocery, meat and dairy products, produce, frozen foods and other perishables, and non-food products. Its non-food products include fuel centers, pharmacies, health and beauty care products and general merchandise. It also offers private label items and locally sourced items throughout its market areas. In addition, it focuses on selling products to its customers through the development of certified organic products, bakery departments and prepared foods, including delicatessen sections. It also operates 114 in-store pharmacies and 108 fuel stations.
INGLES MARKETS, INCORPORATED 
