Exhibit Index at Page 3




                       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):                 June 29, 2000
                                                 ------------------------------


                               GENESEE CORPORATION
               (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)


   NEW YORK                                 0-1653                   16-0445920
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(State or other Jurisdiction                (Commission          (IRS Employer
of Incorporation)                           File Number)    Identification No.)


 445 St. Paul Street, Rochester, New York                           14605
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)                           Zip Code)


Registrant's telephone number, including area code:              (716) 546-1030
                                                   -----------------------------


Item 5.    Other Events.
           -------------

           Genesee  Corporation issued a news release on June 29, 2000, which is
           filed with this report as Exhibit 99.


Item 7.    Exhibits.
           ---------

           An exhibit  filed with this report is identified in the Exhibit Index
at Page 3.




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                                   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.

                                                     Genesee Corporation


Date:         June 29, 2000               By       /s/Mark W. Leunig
     -----------------------------------       ------------------------
                                    Mark W. Leunig, Vice President and Secretary



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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX


Exhibit 99               News Release Dated June 29, 2000






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                                                                      Exhibit 99


For Immediate Release                               Contact:  Mark W. Leunig
                                                Director of Investor Relations
                                                              (716) 263-9440



              GENESEE CORPORATION ANNOUNCES FISCAL YEAR END RESULTS

Rochester,  New York, June 28, 2000 -- Genesee Corporation  (Nasdaq/NMS:  GENBB)
today announced results for its fiscal year ended April 29, 2000.

         Results  for  the  Corporation's   brewing  business  are  reported  as
discontinued  operations.  A special  committee  of the  Corporation's  Board of
Directors  has been  formed to continue to explore  strategic  alternatives  for
Genesee  Brewing  Company,  including a proposal  for a  management-led  buyout,
following  the decision to terminate  the  agreement to sell the business to the
owners of City Brewing Company.

         Results for the  Corporation's  real estate  investment  and  equipment
leasing businesses are also reported as discontinued operations. The Corporation
has previously announced that it was not actively seeking additional real estate
investments  and that  Cheyenne  Leasing  Company  would not fund any new leases
after  December 31, 1999 and would wind down its equipment  leasing  business as
the  portfolio of existing  leases  matures.  Cheyenne  Leasing  Company has now
entered into an agreement  in  principle  to sell a  significant  portion of its
lease  portfolio.  As a result of these  developments,  the  Corporation's  real
estate investments and equipment leasing business are required to be reported as
discontinued operations.

         Results for the Corporation's  continuing  operations  reflect only its
Foods  Division and corporate  segment.  The prior year results from  continuing
operations have been  reclassified to reflect  required changes in the reporting
of freight costs  associated  with the Foods  Division and to separately  report
results for the brewing, real estate investment and equipment leasing businesses
as discontinued operations.

         Consolidated gross revenues from continuing  operations for fiscal 2000
were  $48,548,000,  compared to  reclassified  gross  revenues  from  continuing
operations of $47,682,000 for fiscal 1999. The  Corporation  recorded a net loss
from continuing operations of $1,141,000, or $.70 basic and diluted net loss per
share in  fiscal  2000,  compared  to  restated  net  earnings  from  continuing
operations  of $920,000,  or $.57 basic and diluted net  earnings per share,  in
fiscal 1999.

         Gross  revenues  in  fiscal  2000  from  discontinued  operations  were
$123,520,000 compared to $138,590,000 in the same period last year. Discontinued
operations  generated a net loss of  $2,259,000,  or $1.40 basic and diluted net
loss per share,  in fiscal 2000,  compared to a net earnings of  $1,543,000,  or
$.95 basic and diluted net earnings per share, in fiscal 1999.

         Combining  revenues from continuing and  discontinued  operations,  the
Corporation   recorded  gross  revenues  of  $172,068,000  and  a  net  loss  of
$3,400,000,  or $2.10  basic and  diluted  net loss per share,  in fiscal  2000,
compared to gross revenues of  $186,272,000  and net earnings of $2,463,000,  or
$1.52 basic and diluted net earnings per share, in fiscal 1999.

         Results in fiscal 2000 were  adversely  affected by a $3.1 million loss
from  the  planned  sale of the  equipment  lease  portfolio,  $2.1  million  of
transition  costs  incurred in  relocating  Foods  Division  operations,  a $1.8
million  charge in  connection  with  workforce  reductions  at Genesee  Brewing
Company, a $1.2 million charge for retirement benefits paid to the Corporation's
former Chief Executive  Officer,  and a $1 million reserve to cover the expected
write-off  of an  investment  by Genesee  Ventures.  The decrease in earnings in
fiscal 2000  compared to the prior year also  reflects the fact that fiscal 1999
results included a $3.4 million pre-tax gain from the sale of Genesee  Ventures'
interest in Lloyd's Food Products, whereas only a $600,000 gain from the Lloyd's
sale was recorded in fiscal 2000.

         Net sales for the  Corporation's  Foods  Division were $45.5 million in
fiscal  2000,  compared to $44.9  million in fiscal  1999.  Sales of  artificial
sweeteners and bouillon products  increased in fiscal 2000 compared to the prior
year.  These gains were  partially  offset by a decrease  in contract  packaging
revenues and a decline in sales of iced tea mix.  Operating income for the Foods
Division decreased to $189,000 in fiscal 2000,  compared to $1,554,000 in fiscal
1999,  due in large  part to the  costs  incurred  in  fiscal  2000 to  relocate
operations  to the Medina,  New York facility that was acquired in October 1998.
The relocation project was completed in January 2000.

         Genesee Brewing  Company's net sales in fiscal 2000 were $93.4 million,
a decrease of $9.9 million from the prior year period. Barrel volume declined by
6% in fiscal  2000 due to a 9% decline in  Genesee  core brand  volume and a 22%
decline in HighFalls brand volume, which were partially offset by a 34% increase
in contract  brewing  volume for Boston Beer Company.  Genesee  Brewing  Company
recorded an operating loss in fiscal 2000 of $2.7 million. When the $1.8 million
restructuring  charge from  workforce  reductions is netted out, this reflects a
$3.3 million  improvement  in operating  results over the prior year.  "We did a
re-assessment of all areas of our business to indentify ways to reduce costs and
improve efficiencies," said Tom Hubbard,  President and Chief Executive Officer.
"Many of these  initiatives were not implemented until the second half of fiscal
2000.  Although we have not yet seen the annualized impact of these initiatives,
we did see  improvement  in sales  trends  for our  core  brands  and  operating
performance in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2000," said Mr. Hubbard.

         The   Corporation's   equipment  leasing  and  real  estate  investment
businesses  recorded operating income of $2,682,000 in fiscal 2000,  compared to
$3,801,000 in fiscal 1999.  The decrease is the result of the plan  announced in
September  1999 to wind  down  Cheyenne  Leasing  Company's  business.  Cheyenne
Leasing  Company  recently  entered  into an  agreement  in  principle to sell a
significant  portion of its lease portfolio.  The sale is subject to a number of
conditions customary to such transactions,  including satisfactory due diligence
and negotiation of a definitive sale agreement  between Cheyenne Leasing Company
and the buyer.  It is currently  estimated  that the  Corporation  would receive
approximately $13 million as its portion of the sale proceeds.  Because the sale
would generate a book loss,  generally  accepted  accounting  principles require
that the Corporation record the estimated loss now, even though the sale has not
been  completed.  Accordingly,  fiscal 2000 results include a $1.9 million loss,
net of a tax benefit of $1.2 million, from the sale of the lease portfolio.

         The Corporation  established a $1,000,000 reserve in the fourth quarter
of fiscal 2000 to cover the expected loss from Genesee  Ventures'  investment in
Stiffel Company.  The investment in Stiffel (an  Illinois-based  manufacturer of
premium lamps and lighting fixtures) was the first of three minority investments
made by Genesee Ventures totaling $2.9 million. The Stiffel Company was recently
forced into liquidation by a senior lender after failing to satisfy certain loan
covenants,  resulting in a total loss for all of the equity investors, including
Genesee  Ventures.   Genesee  Ventures'  investment  in  Lloyd's  Food  Products
generated  pre-tax  gains in fiscal 1999 and 2000  totaling $4 million.  Genesee
Ventures  continues  to hold the third  investment,  a  minority  interest  in a
remarketer of durable supplies for food service and industrial users.


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                               Genesee Corporation
                   Comparative Statement of (Loss) / Earnings


 --------------------------------------------------------------------
                               FISCAL YEAR ENDED  FISCAL YEAR ENDED
                                APRIL 29, 2000       MAY 1, 1999
                                                     As Restated
 --------------------------------------------------------------------
 --------------------------------------------------------------------
 Net Revenues                    $ 45,548,000        $44,893,000

 --------------------------------------------------------------------
 --------------------------------------------------------------------
 (Loss)/Earnings From
 Continuing                      ( 1,291,000)           2,007,000
 Operations Before Income
 Taxes

 --------------------------------------------------------------------
 --------------------------------------------------------------------
 Less:  Income Tax                ( 150,000)            1,087,000
 (Benefit) Expense
 --------------------------------------------------------------------
 --------------------------------------------------------------------
 (Loss)/Earnings From
 Continuing                      ( 1,141,000)             920,000
 Operations

 --------------------------------------------------------------------
 --------------------------------------------------------------------
 (Loss) /Income From
 Discontinued
 Operations, Net Of Income       ( 2,259,000)           1,543,000
 Tax
 Benefit or Expense
 --------------------------------------------------------------------
 --------------------------------------------------------------------

 Net (Loss)/Earnings             ( 3,400,000)           2,463,000

 --------------------------------------------------------------------
 --------------------------------------------------------------------
 Basic & Diluted
 (Loss)/Earnings                     (.70)               .57
 Per Share From Continuing
 Operations

 --------------------------------------------------------------------
 --------------------------------------------------------------------
 Basic & Diluted
 (Loss)/Earnings                    (1.40)               .95
 Per Share From Discontinued
 Operations

 --------------------------------------------------------------------
 --------------------------------------------------------------------
 Basic & Diluted Net
 (Loss)/Earnings Per Share          (2.10)               1.52

 --------------------------------------------------------------------
 --------------------------------------------------------------------
 Weighted Average Common
 Shares                            1,620,013          1,618,793
 Outstanding
 --------------------------------------------------------------------
 --------------------------------------------------------------------
 Weighted Average and Common
 Equivalent Shares                 1,620,013          1,618,841
 --------------------------------------------------------------------


Copies of Genesee  Corporation  news  releases are  available  free of charge by
calling PRNewswire's Company News On Call at 800-758-5804,  Extension 352775, or
on the Internew at http;//www.prnewswire.com/cnoc.


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Exhibit Index at Page 3

                       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):                 June 29, 2000
                                                 ------------------------------

                               GENESEE CORPORATION
               (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

   NEW YORK                                 0-1653                   16-0445920
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(State or other Jurisdiction                (Commission          (IRS Employer
of Incorporation)                           File Number)    Identification No.)

 445 St. Paul Street, Rochester, New York                           14605
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)                           Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code:              (716) 546-1030
                                                   -----------------------------

Item 5.    Other Events.
           -------------

           Genesee  Corporation issued a news release on June 29, 2000, which is
           filed with this report as Exhibit 99.

Item 7.    Exhibits.
           ---------

           An exhibit  filed with this report is identified in the Exhibit Index
at Page 3.

                                       1
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.

                                                     Genesee Corporation

Date:         June 29, 2000               By       /s/Mark W. Leunig
     -----------------------------------       ------------------------
                                    Mark W. Leunig, Vice President and Secretary

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EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit 99               News Release Dated June 29, 2000

                                       3
Exhibit 99

For Immediate Release                               Contact:  Mark W. Leunig
                                                Director of Investor Relations
                                                              (716) 263-9440

              GENESEE CORPORATION ANNOUNCES FISCAL YEAR END RESULTS

Rochester,  New York, June 28, 2000 -- Genesee Corporation  (Nasdaq/NMS:  GENBB)
today announced results for its fiscal year ended April 29, 2000.

         Results  for  the  Corporation's   brewing  business  are  reported  as
discontinued  operations.  A special  committee  of the  Corporation's  Board of
Directors  has been  formed to continue to explore  strategic  alternatives  for
Genesee  Brewing  Company,  including a proposal  for a  management-led  buyout,
following  the decision to terminate  the  agreement to sell the business to the
owners of City Brewing Company.

         Results for the  Corporation's  real estate  investment  and  equipment
leasing businesses are also reported as discontinued operations. The Corporation
has previously announced that it was not actively seeking additional real estate
investments  and that  Cheyenne  Leasing  Company  would not fund any new leases
after  December 31, 1999 and would wind down its equipment  leasing  business as
the  portfolio of existing  leases  matures.  Cheyenne  Leasing  Company has now
entered into an agreement  in  principle  to sell a  significant  portion of its
lease  portfolio.  As a result of these  developments,  the  Corporation's  real
estate investments and equipment leasing business are required to be reported as
discontinued operations.

         Results for the Corporation's  continuing  operations  reflect only its
Foods  Division and corporate  segment.  The prior year results from  continuing
operations have been  reclassified to reflect  required changes in the reporting
of freight costs  associated  with the Foods  Division and to separately  report
results for the brewing, real estate investment and equipment leasing businesses
as discontinued operations.

         Consolidated gross revenues from continuing  operations for fiscal 2000
were  $48,548,000,  compared to  reclassified  gross  revenues  from  continuing
operations of $47,682,000 for fiscal 1999. The  Corporation  recorded a net loss
from continuing operations of $1,141,000, or $.70 basic and diluted net loss per
share in  fiscal  2000,  compared  to  restated  net  earnings  from  continuing
operations  of $920,000,  or $.57 basic and diluted net  earnings per share,  in
fiscal 1999.

         Gross  revenues  in  fiscal  2000  from  discontinued  operations  were
$123,520,000 compared to $138,590,000 in the same period last year. Discontinued
operations  generated a net loss of  $2,259,000,  or $1.40 basic and diluted net
loss per share,  in fiscal 2000,  compared to a net earnings of  $1,543,000,  or
$.95 basic and diluted net earnings per share, in fiscal 1999.

         Combining  revenues from continuing and  discontinued  operations,  the
Corporation   recorded  gross  revenues  of  $172,068,000  and  a  net  loss  of
$3,400,000,  or $2.10  basic and  diluted  net loss per share,  in fiscal  2000,
compared to gross revenues of  $186,272,000  and net earnings of $2,463,000,  or
$1.52 basic and diluted net earnings per share, in fiscal 1999.

         Results in fiscal 2000 were  adversely  affected by a $3.1 million loss
from  the  planned  sale of the  equipment  lease  portfolio,  $2.1  million  of
transition  costs  incurred in  relocating  Foods  Division  operations,  a $1.8
million  charge in  connection  with  workforce  reductions  at Genesee  Brewing
Company, a $1.2 million charge for retirement benefits paid to the Corporation's
former Chief Executive  Officer,  and a $1 million reserve to cover the expected
write-off  of an  investment  by Genesee  Ventures.  The decrease in earnings in
fiscal 2000  compared to the prior year also  reflects the fact that fiscal 1999
results included a $3.4 million pre-tax gain from the sale of Genesee  Ventures'
interest in Lloyd's Food Products, whereas only a $600,000 gain from the Lloyd's
sale was recorded in fiscal 2000.

         Net sales for the  Corporation's  Foods  Division were $45.5 million in
fiscal  2000,  compared to $44.9  million in fiscal  1999.  Sales of  artificial
sweeteners and bouillon products  increased in fiscal 2000 compared to the prior
year.  These gains were  partially  offset by a decrease  in contract  packaging
revenues and a decline in sales of iced tea mix.  Operating income for the Foods
Division decreased to $189,000 in fiscal 2000,  compared to $1,554,000 in fiscal
1999,  due in large  part to the  costs  incurred  in  fiscal  2000 to  relocate
operations  to the Medina,  New York facility that was acquired in October 1998.
The relocation project was completed in January 2000.

         Genesee Brewing  Company's net sales in fiscal 2000 were $93.4 million,
a decrease of $9.9 million from the prior year period. Barrel volume declined by
6% in fiscal  2000 due to a 9% decline in  Genesee  core brand  volume and a 22%
decline in HighFalls brand volume, which were partially offset by a 34% increase
in contract  brewing  volume for Boston Beer Company.  Genesee  Brewing  Company
recorded an operating loss in fiscal 2000 of $2.7 million. When the $1.8 million
restructuring  charge from  workforce  reductions is netted out, this reflects a
$3.3 million  improvement  in operating  results over the prior year.  "We did a
re-assessment of all areas of our business to indentify ways to reduce costs and
improve efficiencies," said Tom Hubbard,  President and Chief Executive Officer.
"Many of these  initiatives were not implemented until the second half of fiscal
2000.  Although we have not yet seen the annualized impact of these initiatives,
we did see  improvement  in sales  trends  for our  core  brands  and  operating
performance in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2000," said Mr. Hubbard.

         The   Corporation's   equipment  leasing  and  real  estate  investment
businesses  recorded operating income of $2,682,000 in fiscal 2000,  compared to
$3,801,000 in fiscal 1999.  The decrease is the result of the plan  announced in
September  1999 to wind  down  Cheyenne  Leasing  Company's  business.  Cheyenne
Leasing  Company  recently  entered  into an  agreement  in  principle to sell a
significant  portion of its lease portfolio.  The sale is subject to a number of
conditions customary to such transactions,  including satisfactory due diligence
and negotiation of a definitive sale agreement  between Cheyenne Leasing Company
and the buyer.  It is currently  estimated  that the  Corporation  would receive
approximately $13 million as its portion of the sale proceeds.  Because the sale
would generate a book loss,  generally  accepted  accounting  principles require
that the Corporation record the estimated loss now, even though the sale has not
been  completed.  Accordingly,  fiscal 2000 results include a $1.9 million loss,
net of a tax benefit of $1.2 million, from the sale of the lease portfolio.

         The Corporation  established a $1,000,000 reserve in the fourth quarter
of fiscal 2000 to cover the expected loss from Genesee  Ventures'  investment in
Stiffel Company.  The investment in Stiffel (an  Illinois-based  manufacturer of
premium lamps and lighting fixtures) was the first of three minority investments
made by Genesee Ventures totaling $2.9 million. The Stiffel Company was recently
forced into liquidation by a senior lender after failing to satisfy certain loan
covenants,  resulting in a total loss for all of the equity investors, including
Genesee  Ventures.   Genesee  Ventures'  investment  in  Lloyd's  Food  Products
generated  pre-tax  gains in fiscal 1999 and 2000  totaling $4 million.  Genesee
Ventures  continues  to hold the third  investment,  a  minority  interest  in a
remarketer of durable supplies for food service and industrial users.

                                       4
Genesee Corporation
                   Comparative Statement of (Loss) / Earnings

 --------------------------------------------------------------------
                               FISCAL YEAR ENDED  FISCAL YEAR ENDED
                                APRIL 29, 2000       MAY 1, 1999
                                                     As Restated
 --------------------------------------------------------------------
 --------------------------------------------------------------------
 Net Revenues                    $ 45,548,000        $44,893,000

 --------------------------------------------------------------------
 --------------------------------------------------------------------
 (Loss)/Earnings From
 Continuing                      ( 1,291,000)           2,007,000
 Operations Before Income
 Taxes

 --------------------------------------------------------------------
 --------------------------------------------------------------------
 Less:  Income Tax                ( 150,000)            1,087,000
 (Benefit) Expense
 --------------------------------------------------------------------
 --------------------------------------------------------------------
 (Loss)/Earnings From
 Continuing                      ( 1,141,000)             920,000
 Operations

 --------------------------------------------------------------------
 --------------------------------------------------------------------
 (Loss) /Income From
 Discontinued
 Operations, Net Of Income       ( 2,259,000)           1,543,000
 Tax
 Benefit or Expense
 --------------------------------------------------------------------
 --------------------------------------------------------------------

 Net (Loss)/Earnings             ( 3,400,000)           2,463,000

 --------------------------------------------------------------------
 --------------------------------------------------------------------
 Basic & Diluted
 (Loss)/Earnings                     (.70)               .57
 Per Share From Continuing
 Operations

 --------------------------------------------------------------------
 --------------------------------------------------------------------
 Basic & Diluted
 (Loss)/Earnings                    (1.40)               .95
 Per Share From Discontinued
 Operations

 --------------------------------------------------------------------
 --------------------------------------------------------------------
 Basic & Diluted Net
 (Loss)/Earnings Per Share          (2.10)               1.52

 --------------------------------------------------------------------
 --------------------------------------------------------------------
 Weighted Average Common
 Shares                            1,620,013          1,618,793
 Outstanding
 --------------------------------------------------------------------
 --------------------------------------------------------------------
 Weighted Average and Common
 Equivalent Shares                 1,620,013          1,618,841
 --------------------------------------------------------------------

Copies of Genesee  Corporation  news  releases are  available  free of charge by
calling PRNewswire's Company News On Call at 800-758-5804,  Extension 352775, or
on the Internew at http;//www.prnewswire.com/cnoc.

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