8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D. C.  20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) October 10, 2008

MGP Ingredients, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

KANSAS	0-17196	48-0531200
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

100 Commercial Street

Box 130

Atchison, Kansas 66002

 (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

(913) 367-1480

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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Item 7.01  Regulation FD Disclosure.

Attached as Exhibit 99.1, and incorporated into this Item 7.01 by reference, is a press release which was issued on October 10, 2008, by the Company.

Item 9.01  Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)  Exhibits.

99.1Press Release dated October 10, 2008 furnished solely for the purpose of incorporation by reference into Items 7.01 and 9.01.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

		MGP INGREDIENTS, INC.
Date:	October 10, 2008	By	:/s/ Timothy W. Newkirk
		President and Chief Executive Officer

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INDEX TO EXHIBITS

99.1 Press Release dated October 10, 2008, furnished solely for the purpose of incorporation by reference into Items 7.01 and 9.01.

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EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

	Cray Business Plaza 100 Commercial St., P.O. Box 130 Atchison, Kansas 66002-0130 913.367.1480 · 913.367.0192 (fax) www.mgpingredients.com		NEWS RELEASE
		Contact: Steve Pickman, or Dave Rindom     913-367-1480

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

UNION LOCAL ACCEPTS LABOR AGREEMENT REINSTATEMENT OFFER

AT MGP INGREDIENTS, INC. ATCHISON, KAN., PLANT

ATCHISON, Kan., October 10, 2008—MGP Ingredients, Inc. (Nasdaq/MGPI) announced that members of Local #74D of the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) union voted today to accept the company’s offer to reinstate its recently expired labor agreement at the company’s Atchison plant.  The contract will run through Aug. 31, 2009.  The previous contract had been in effect since Sept. 1, 2005 and expired on Aug. 31 of this year.

Acceptance of the reinstated contract ends a work stoppage that began at the plant on Sept. 27.  The work stoppage was put into effect by the local after members rejected a new two-year labor agreement proposed by the company.  The local has 148 members.

“We are pleased with the outcome of today’s vote as it gives employees the opportunity to return to their jobs and keeps the door open for ongoing communications between the company and the union local,” said Dave Rindom, vice president of human resources.  He added that, “as we previously reported, a recommended attendance policy change led to the local’s earlier rejection of a new contract and subsequent decision to enact a work stoppage.  Under this latest offer, the attendance policy has not been changed, but remains identical to the policy covered in the recently expired three-year agreement.”

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