EXHIBIT 99.2





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


In connection with the Annual Report of Ingles Markets, Incorporated (the
"Company") on Form 10-K for the period ending September 28, 2002 as filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I,
Brenda S. Tudor, Vice President-Finance and Chief Financial Officer of the
Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. ss. 1350, as adopted pursuant to ss. 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.







/s/  Brenda S. Tudor
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Brenda S. Tudor
Vice President-Finance
and Chief Financial Officer
December 9, 2002