POWER OF ATTORNEY

Know all by these present that the undersigned  hereby constitutes
and appoints each of Ronald B.
Freeman and Patricia E. Jackson, signing singly,
the undersigned's  true and  lawful
attorney-in-fact to:

1.          execute for and on behalf of the undersigned,
in the undersigned's capacity as an
officer and/or director of Ingles Markets, Incorporated  (the "Company"),
Form  ID and Forms 3, 4
and 5 in accordance  with Section 16(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rnles
thereunder;

2.          do and  perform any and all acts
for and on behalf of the undersigned  which  may be
necessary or desirable to complete and execute
any such Fonn ID, 3, 4 or 5, complete and execute
any amendment or amendments  thereto, and timely file
such form with the United States Securities
and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange
or similar authority; and

3.          take any other action of any type whatsoever
in connection  with the foregoing which,
in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of
benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally
required by, the undersigned, it being understood
that the documents executed  by such
attorney-in-fact on behalfofthe undersigned
pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall  be in such
form and shall contain such terms and conditions
as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such
attorney-in-fact's discretion.

The undersigned  hereby grants to each such
attorney-in-fact full  power and authority to do and
perform any and  every act and thing
whatsoever requisite,
necessary, or proper to be done in the
exercise of any of the rights and  powers
herein granted, as fully to all intents and  purposes as
the undersigned might or could do if personally
present, with full  power of substitution or
revocation,  hereby ratifying and confirming all that
such attorney-in-fact, or such
attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes,
shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of
this power of attorney and the rights and
powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that
the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving
in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are
 not assuming, nor is the Company assuming,
any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply
with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

The Power of Attorney shall remain  in full
force and effect until the undersigned  is no longer
required  to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect
to the undersigned's  holdings of and transactions
in Securities issued by the Company,
unless earlier revoked  by the undersigned  in a signed
writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has
caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this
8th day of April 2018.


/s/John R. Lowden