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Monro Muffler Brake, Inc. to Broadcast Earnings Conference Call Via Live Webcast

    ROCHESTER, N.Y.--May 10, 2001--

FROM: Monro Muffler Brake, Inc. SUBJECT: Fourth Quarter 2001 Conference Call and Live Webcast WHO: Management of Monro Muffler Brake, Inc. WHEN: Thursday, May 17, 2001 at 11:00 am Eastern Daylight Time

URL: http://www.vcall.com. An archive of the webcast will be
available at this website an hour after the live call
through midnight Thursday, May 24, 2001.

    Monro Muffler Brake operates a chain of stores providing automotive undercar repair services in the United States. The Company currently operates 513 stores and has 19 dealer locations in New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Connecticut, Massachusetts, West Virginia, Virginia, Maryland, Vermont, New Hampshire, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, Indiana, Rhode Island, Delaware and Michigan. Monro's stores provide a full range of services for exhaust systems, brake systems, steering and suspension systems and many vehicle maintenance services.

Certain statements made above may be forward-looking and are made pursuant to the Safe Harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements involve uncertainties which may cause the Company's actual results in future periods to differ materially from those expressed. These uncertainties include, but are not necessarily limited to, uncertainties affecting retail generally (such as consumer confidence and demand for auto repair); risks relating to leverage and debt service (including sensitivity to fluctuations in interest rates); dependence on, and competition within, the primary markets in which the Company's stores are located; the need for, and costs associated with, store renovations and other capital expenditures; and the risks described from time to time in the Company's SEC reports which include the report on Form 10K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2000.