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                                            CONTACT:    Michael Shapiro
                                                        Senior Vice President
                                                        Chief Financial Officer
                                                        (732) 294-2270
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

FOODARAMA SUPERMARKETS, INC.
ANNOUNCES CHANGE IN TIME OF
ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS


      Freehold, N.J., April 19, 2002 - Foodarama Supermarkets, Inc. (ASE-FSM)
(the "Company" or "Foodarama") announced today that it has changed the time of
its Annual Meeting of Shareholders from 10:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., local time. The
date and place for the meeting remains the same. The Company's Annual Meeting of
Shareholders will be held on Wednesday, May 8, 2002 at 2:00 p.m., local time, at
the offices of the Company, 922 Highway 33, Building 6, Suite 1, Howell, New
Jersey 07731.

      The Company also announced that it has mailed to its shareholders a
supplement to its Proxy Statement which contains information regarding certain
recent developments in the Company, including the repurchase of certain shares
of its Common Stock subsequent to the record date for the Annual Meeting of
Shareholders as well as the filing of a shareholders derivative action against
the Company, as nominal defendant, and the members of the Board.

     Foodarama Supermarkets, Inc. is a New Jersey corporation formed in 1958 and
operates a chain of twenty-two  supermarkets  in Central New Jersey,  as well as
two liquor stores and two garden centers, all licensed as Shop-Rite.







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and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (as well as information
communicated orally or in writing between the dates of such SEC filings)
contains or may contain forward looking information that is subject to certain
risks, trends, and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ
materially from expected results.
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