EXHIBIT 10.06a



                                    AMENDMENT
                                     TO THE
                          AMENDED EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
                                 BY AND BETWEEN
                            MONRO MUFFLER BRAKE, INC.
                                       AND
                                 ROBERT G. GROSS


                  WHEREAS, Monro Muffler Brake, Inc. (the "Company") and Robert
Gross (the "Executive") entered into an amended and restated employment
agreement, dated as of February 16, 1999 (the "Agreement"), pursuant to which
Executive agreed to serve as President and Chief Executive Officer of the
Company;

                  WHEREAS, under Section 9.3 of the Agreement, the Agreement may
be amended by a written instrument signed by the Executive and the Company;

                  WHEREAS, Section 3.7(c) of the Agreement generally provides
that the Company shall pay the Executive an amount equal to the net Federal
income tax benefit to the Company from the Executive's exercise of certain
non-qualified stock options granted to the Executive pursuant to the Agreement;
and

                  WHEREAS, the Company and the Executive wish to cancel Section
3.7(c), and any obligations of the parties thereunder, from the Agreement.

                  NOW THEREFORE, pursuant to Section 9.3 of the Agreement, the
Agreement is hereby amended as follows:

                  1. Section 3.7(c) of the Agreement is hereby deleted in its
entirety.

                  2. This Amendment may be executed in two counterparts, each of
which shall be deemed an original but both of which together shall constitute
one and the same instrument.

                  3. The Agreement, except as otherwise set forth herein, shall
remain in full force and effect in all other respects.








                  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Amendment
as of June 5, 2002.


                                       MONRO MUFFLER BRAKE, INC.

                                       By:    /s/ Robert W. August
                                              ----------------------------

                                       Name:  Robert W. August
                                              ----------------------------

                                       Title:    Secretary
                                              ----------------------------


                                       EXECUTIVE

                                       /s/ Robert G. Gross
                                       -----------------------------------
                                       Robert G. Gross