Exhibit 99.1

                         UNI-MARTS INC.


                    CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                        18 U.S.C.  1350,
                     AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
          SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002


In  connection with the Quarterly Report of Uni-Marts  Inc.  (the
"Company")  on Form 10-Q for the period ending July 4,  2002  as
filed  with  the Securities and Exchange Commission on  the  date
hereof  (the "Report"), I, Henry D. Sahakian, Chairman and  Chief
Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18  U.S.C.
  1350,  as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley
Act of 2002, that:

(1)  The  Report fully complies with the requirements of  section
13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2)  The information contained in the Report fairly presents,  in
all  material  respects, the financial condition  and  result  of
operations of the Company.



Date:     August 16, 2002
					/s/ Henry D. Sahakian
					____________________________
                              Henry D. Sahakian
                              Chairman of the Board and
                              Chief Executive Officer