MARSH SUPERMARKETS INC
DEFA14A, 2000-06-30
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                    INFORMATION REQUIRED IN PROXY STATEMENT

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TO THE SHAREHOLDERS OF
MARSH SUPERMARKETS, INC.

         Below is a Performance Graph which supersedes the Performance Graph
that appears on page 15 of the Proxy Statement mailed to you on June 27, 2000.
The revised Performance Graph corrects the inadvertent understatement of the
performance of the Corporation's Class A Common Stock in the initial Performance
Graph.

                                       MARSH SUPERMARKETS, INC.




                                       By: /s/ P. Lawrence Butt
                                          ---------------------------
                                          P. Lawrence Butt, Secretary

Indianapolis, Indiana
June 29, 2000


                               PERFORMANCE GRAPH
             MARSH SUPERMARKETS, INC., RUSSELL 2000 AND PEER GROUP
                 COMPARISON OF TOTAL RETURN TO SHAREHOLDERS(1)

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<CAPTION>
                                             1996        1996        1997        1998        1999        2000
                                            -------     -------     -------     -------     -------     -------
<S>                                         <C>         <C>         <C>         <C>         <C>         <C>
Marsh Supermarkets, Inc. (Class A)(2)       $100.00     $111.72     $124.03     $164.90     $115.12     $151.94
Marsh Supermarkets, Inc. (Class B)(2)       $100.00     $134.70     $144.30     $187.86     $147.24     $116.95
Russell 2000 (2)                            $100.00     $126.84     $133.82     $184.33     $152.48     $206.73
Peer Group (2)(3)                           $100.00     $127.04     $159.54     $214.84     $211.73     $255.25
</TABLE>

(1) Assumes $100 investment on March 31, 1995 in Marsh Supermarkets, Inc.,
    Russell 2000 and Peer Group. Total Returns are calculated on a dividend
    reinvestment basis. Indices are weighted by market capitalization.
(2) Data for Marsh Supermarkets, Inc., Peer Group and Russell 2000 was
    provided by D.F. King & Co., Inc.
(3) Peer Group comprised of the following companies:
    Bruno's Inc.*                    Quality Food Centers, Inc.***
    Casey's General Stores, Inc.     Riser Foods, Inc. (Class A)***
    Delchamps, Inc.**                Seaway Food Town, Inc.
    Eagle Food Centers, Inc.*        Smith's Food and Drug Centers, Inc.***
    Foodarama Supermarkets, Inc.     Stop and Shop companies, Inc.**
    Giant Foods, Inc.                Uni-Marts, Inc. (Class A)
    Hannaford Bros. Company          Village Supermarkets, Inc.
    Ingles Markets Inc.              The Vons Companies, Inc.***
    The Penn Traffic Company         Weis Markets, Inc.

  * Data unavailable for 2000
 ** Data unavailable after 1999
*** Data unavailable after 1998


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