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):                 April 12, 2001


                               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 April 12, 2001, 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:         April 12, 2001                 By      /s/ Mark W. Leunig
                                   Mark W. Leunig, Sr. Vice President and Chief
                                             Administrative Officer







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Exhibit 99               News Release Dated April 12, 2001            4





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                                                             EXHIBIT 99


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                CONTACT:  Mark W. Leunig
                                                 Director of Investor Relations
                                                           (716) 454-1250


                          GENESEE CORPORATION ANNOUNCES
                      ENGAGEMENT OF INVESTMENT BANKING FIRM




     ROCHESTER,  NEW YORK,  April 12, 2001 -- Genesee  Corporation  (NASDAQ/NMS:
GENBB) announced that it has engaged the investment banking firm of J.H. Chapman
Group,  L.L.C.  to advise the  Corporation's  Board of  Directors  as it reviews
strategic alternatives for the Corporation's Ontario Foods subsidiary.


The J.H.  Chapman  Group is  headquartered  in the Chicago  suburb of  Rosemont,
Illinois and has extensive experience  representing middle market food companies
in sale, acquisition,  corporate  restructuring and financing transactions.  "We
are  pleased  to have the  Chapman  Group on our team as we  determine  the best
strategy to maximize shareholder value from the planned divestiture of our foods
business," said Mark W. Leunig,  Senior Vice President and Chief  Administrative
Officer of the Corporation.

     Handling the engagement for J.H. Chapman (Tel:  773-693-4800)  will be John
W. Loeb and David L. Epstein.

Copies of Genesee  Corporation  press  releases are available  free of charge by
calling PRNewswire's Company News On Call at 800-758-5804,  Extension 352775, or
on the Internet 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):                 April 12, 2001

                               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 April 12, 2001, 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:         April 12, 2001                 By      /s/ Mark W. Leunig
                                   Mark W. Leunig, Sr. Vice President and Chief
                                             Administrative Officer

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Exhibit 99               News Release Dated April 12, 2001            4

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EXHIBIT 99

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                CONTACT:  Mark W. Leunig
                                                 Director of Investor Relations
                                                           (716) 454-1250

                          GENESEE CORPORATION ANNOUNCES
                      ENGAGEMENT OF INVESTMENT BANKING FIRM

     ROCHESTER,  NEW YORK,  April 12, 2001 -- Genesee  Corporation  (NASDAQ/NMS:
GENBB) announced that it has engaged the investment banking firm of J.H. Chapman
Group,  L.L.C.  to advise the  Corporation's  Board of  Directors  as it reviews
strategic alternatives for the Corporation's Ontario Foods subsidiary.

The J.H.  Chapman  Group is  headquartered  in the Chicago  suburb of  Rosemont,
Illinois and has extensive experience  representing middle market food companies
in sale, acquisition,  corporate  restructuring and financing transactions.  "We
are  pleased  to have the  Chapman  Group on our team as we  determine  the best
strategy to maximize shareholder value from the planned divestiture of our foods
business," said Mark W. Leunig,  Senior Vice President and Chief  Administrative
Officer of the Corporation.

     Handling the engagement for J.H. Chapman (Tel:  773-693-4800)  will be John
W. Loeb and David L. Epstein.

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

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