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

    ROCHESTER, N.Y.--Jan. 10, 2003--Monro Muffler Brake:

	   FROM: Monro Muffler Brake, Inc.
SUBJECT: Third Quarter 2003 Conference Call and Live Webcast

	   WHO: Management of Monro Muffler Brake, Inc.

	   WHEN: Thursday, January 16, 2003 at 11:00 am Eastern 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, January 23, 2003.

    Monro Muffler Brake operates a chain of stores providing automotive undercar repair and tire services in the United States, operating under the brand names of Monro Muffler Brake and Service, Speedy Auto Service by Monro, Kimmel Tires - Auto Service and Tread Quarters Discount Tires. The Company currently operates 550 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 30, 2002.