Exhibit 99


                                       Contact: N. Gregory Petrick
                                                Executive Vice President and CFO
                                                477 East Beaver Avenue
                                                State College, PA 16801-5690
                                                (814)234-6000



PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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                         UNI-MARTS ANNOUNCES ADOPTION OF
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                      ALL PROPOSALS SUBMITTED FOR APPROVAL
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                       AT THE ANNUAL STOCKHOLDERS' MEETING
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         STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA, February 21, 2002 - Uni-Marts Inc.
(AMEX: UNI) announced that at its 2002 Annual Stockholders' Meeting held earlier
today, all proposals recommended by the Board and submitted for approval to the
stockholders were approved by an absolute majority vote of stockholders. These
proposals included not only the election of M. Michael Arjmand, Frank R.
Orloski, Sr. and Daniel D. Sahakian to serve as directors until the 2005 Annual
Meeting of Stockholders, and the ratification of Deloitte & Touche LLP to serve
as the Company's independent auditors for the 2002 fiscal year, but also an
amendment to the Company's Equity Compensation Plan to increase by 750,000 the
number of shares which may be issued under that plan. In addition, the
stockholders approved a number of amendments to the Company's Certificate of
Incorporation and By-laws, including: increasing the Company's authorized common
shares by 1,000,000 shares and authorizing 100,000 shares of preferred stock;
permitting the stockholders to act only at stockholder meetings and not by
written consent; permitting vacancies on the Board to be filled only by action
of the Board and not by the stockholders; and permitting removal of directors
only for cause and upon either vote of a majority of the Board or vote of 80% of
the outstanding voting shares. The Company was also authorized to redomesticate
from a Delaware corporation to a Pennsylvania corporation at any time during the
12 months following the Annual Meeting at the discretion of the Board of
Directors. If the Company ultimately redomesticates to Pennsylvania, the
stockholders also authorized increases in the Company's authorized stock to 20
million shares of common stock and 1 million shares of preferred stock.








         Henry D. Sahakian, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Company,
commented, "We are gratified that every proposal recommended by the Board was
approved at today's annual meeting of stockholders. In order to be adopted, many
of the proposals required the affirmative vote of not just a majority of the
votes cast at the meeting, but an absolute majority of all of the Company's
outstanding shares, and each proposal received the requisite vote. In
conjunction with the Board's recent adoption of a Shareholder Rights Plan,
today's approved amendments to the Company's charter and By-laws ensure greater
stability for the Board and enhance the Board's ability to negotiate with any
person seeking to enter into a transaction with the Company. We believe these
changes will enhance the ability of the Company to carry out its long-range
plans and goals and ultimately act in the best interests of all stockholders."


         At February 21, 2002, Uni-Marts operated 301 convenience stores and
Choice Cigarette Discount Outlets in Pennsylvania, New York, Delaware, Maryland
and Virginia. Self-service gasoline was sold at 238 of these locations.



Certain statements contained in this release are forward looking. Although
Uni-Marts, Inc. believes that its expectations are based on reasonable
assumptions within the bounds of its knowledge of its business and operations,
there can be no assurance that actual results will not differ materially from
its expectations. Factors that could cause actual results to differ from
expectations include general economic, business and market conditions, changes
in corporate strategy, volatility of gasoline prices, merchandise margins,
customer traffic, weather conditions, labor costs and the level of capital
expenditures. For other important factors that may cause actual results to
differ materially from expectations and underlying assumptions, see reports by
Uni-Marts, Inc. filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.