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):     October 19, 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 October 19, 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:         October 19, 2000     By      /s/ Mark W. Leunig
                                   Mark W. Leunig, Vice President and Secretary





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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

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Exhibit 99               News Release Dated October 19, 2000           4












































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                                                            EXHIBIT 99


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                           CONTACT:  Mark W. Leunig
                                                Director of Investor Relations
                                                (716) 263-9440






                    GENESEE CORPORATION ANNOUNCES APPROVAL OF
                     PLAN OF LIQUIDATION AND DISSOLUTION AND
                          RE-ELECTION OF TWO DIRECTORS


ROCHESTER,  NEW  YORK,  October  19,  2000  -- The  Annual  Meeting  of  Class A
Shareholders of Genesee  Corporation  (NASDAQ/NMS:  GENBB) was held today at the
offices of the Corporation.

         Shareholders approved a plan to liquidate and dissolve the Corporation.
Under the plan,  the  Corporation  will sell or otherwise  dispose of all of its
assets,  wind up its business and affairs,  and distribute to  shareholders  the
proceeds  received  from the  disposition  of its assets  after paying or making
provision for the payment of all debts, expenses, taxes and other liabilities of
the Corporation.

         The  Corporation  has  previously  announced  transactions  to sell its
brewing,  foods and equipment  leasing  businesses.  The Corporation has entered
into definitive agreements to sell Genesee Brewing Company and the Corporation's
equipment  leasing   portfolio.   These  transactions  are  subject  to  certain
conditions  customary to such  transactions  and the Corporation is working with
each of the buyers to complete the  transactions as quickly as possible.  If all
closing conditions are satisfactorily  resolved, these transactions are expected
to close in November.  The sale of the Corporation's  foods business is still in
the due diligence and contract negotiation phase and a closing date has not been
established at this time.


                                    -MORE-


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         It is  not  currently  possible  to  determine  the  amount  that  will
ultimately be realized from the sale of the  Corporation's  assets or the amount
that  will  ultimately  be  available  for  distribution  to  the  Corporation's
shareholders.   The  amount  that  will  be  realized   from  the  sale  of  the
Corporation's  assets will depend on the terms of the  transactions in which the
assets are sold,  including provision for indemnification and other post-closing
obligations  under the  agreements  pursuant  to which the assets are sold.  The
amount  and  timing  of  liquidating  distributions  will  depend on a number of
factors,  including  payment or  provision  for the payment of debts,  expenses,
taxes and other  liabilities of the Corporation,  as well as the timing and cost
of liquidating and winding up of the Corporation's business and affairs. "We are
working hard to conclude the pending  transactions  quickly so that we can begin
making liquidating distributions as soon as possible," said Mark W. Leunig, Vice
President and Secretary of the Corporation.

     Shareholders  also  re-elected Gary C. Geminn and Charles S. Wehle to serve
three-year terms on the  Corporation's  Board of Directors.  The terms of office
for Board  members  Stephen  B.  Ashley,  William  A.  Buckingham  and Samuel T.
Hubbard, Jr. continued after the Annual Meeting.

     Following the Annual Meeting,  the Board of Directors elected the following
officers for the Corporation: Charles S. Wehle, Chairman of the Board; Samuel T.
Hubbard, Jr., President and Chief Executive Officer;  John B. Henderson,  Senior
Vice President and Chief Financial  Officer;  Michael C. Atseff,  Vice President
and  Controller;  Mark W.  Leunig,  Vice  President  and  Secretary;  William A.
Neilson, Vice President - Human Resources;  and Karl D. Simonson, Vice President
- Foods Division.


                                    -MORE-

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     The Corporation  also announced the election of the following  officers for
Genesee Brewing Company:  Samuel T. Hubbard,  Jr., President and Chief Executive
Officer;  John B. Henderson,  Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer;
Howard R. Jacobson,  Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer;  Gary C.
Geminn,  Senior Vice President - Operations;  Michael C. Atseff,  Vice President
and Controller; Todd M. Brady, Vice President - Marketing Development;  Scott H.
Harman, Vice President - Manager of County Sales; Mark W. Leunig, Vice President
and Secretary;  William A. Neilson,  Vice President - Human  Resources;  Paul H.
Rene,  Vice  President  - Western  Sales;  Milton P.  Eschrich,  Assistant  Vice
President - Packaging; and James J. Gleichauf,  Assistant Vice President - Sales
Administration.

NOTE:  Statements made in this news release which are not historical,  including
statements  regarding  the timing and  results of the sale of the  Corporation's
brewing, foods and equipment leasing businesses, the dissolution and liquidation
of the Corporation and the expected distributions therefrom, are forward-looking
statements. Such forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks and
uncertainties,  and there can be no assurance that the  expectations  or results
reflected  in those  statements  will be  realized or  achieved.  Such risks and
uncertainties  include,   without  limitation,   the  failure  of  the  proposed
transactions  to close for whatever  reasons,  further  negotiation of terms and
conditions,    purchase   price   adjustments,    post-closing   indemnification
obligations,  the failure of the  purchaser  of the  brewing  business to obtain
financing   necessary  to  consummate   the   transaction,   the  completion  of
satisfactory due diligence for the sale of the foods business,  negotiation of a
definitive agreement for the sale of the foods business,  the failure to satisfy
other conditions necessary to consummate the sale of the Corporation's operating
businesses such as failure to obtain  necessary  regulatory  approvals and third
party consents,  and the  possibility  that a delay in resolving such conditions
could jeopardize the transactions.

         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 Internet at http;//www.prnewswire.com/cno

                                     -END-

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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):     October 19, 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 October 19, 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:         October 19, 2000     By      /s/ Mark W. Leunig
                                   Mark W. Leunig, Vice President and Secretary

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EXHIBIT INDEX

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Exhibit 99               News Release Dated October 19, 2000           4

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EXHIBIT 99

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                           CONTACT:  Mark W. Leunig
                                                Director of Investor Relations
                                                (716) 263-9440

                    GENESEE CORPORATION ANNOUNCES APPROVAL OF
                     PLAN OF LIQUIDATION AND DISSOLUTION AND
                          RE-ELECTION OF TWO DIRECTORS

ROCHESTER,  NEW  YORK,  October  19,  2000  -- The  Annual  Meeting  of  Class A
Shareholders of Genesee  Corporation  (NASDAQ/NMS:  GENBB) was held today at the
offices of the Corporation.

         Shareholders approved a plan to liquidate and dissolve the Corporation.
Under the plan,  the  Corporation  will sell or otherwise  dispose of all of its
assets,  wind up its business and affairs,  and distribute to  shareholders  the
proceeds  received  from the  disposition  of its assets  after paying or making
provision for the payment of all debts, expenses, taxes and other liabilities of
the Corporation.

         The  Corporation  has  previously  announced  transactions  to sell its
brewing,  foods and equipment  leasing  businesses.  The Corporation has entered
into definitive agreements to sell Genesee Brewing Company and the Corporation's
equipment  leasing   portfolio.   These  transactions  are  subject  to  certain
conditions  customary to such  transactions  and the Corporation is working with
each of the buyers to complete the  transactions as quickly as possible.  If all
closing conditions are satisfactorily  resolved, these transactions are expected
to close in November.  The sale of the Corporation's  foods business is still in
the due diligence and contract negotiation phase and a closing date has not been
established at this time.

                                    -MORE-

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It is  not  currently  possible  to  determine  the  amount  that  will
ultimately be realized from the sale of the  Corporation's  assets or the amount
that  will  ultimately  be  available  for  distribution  to  the  Corporation's
shareholders.   The  amount  that  will  be  realized   from  the  sale  of  the
Corporation's  assets will depend on the terms of the  transactions in which the
assets are sold,  including provision for indemnification and other post-closing
obligations  under the  agreements  pursuant  to which the assets are sold.  The
amount  and  timing  of  liquidating  distributions  will  depend on a number of
factors,  including  payment or  provision  for the payment of debts,  expenses,
taxes and other  liabilities of the Corporation,  as well as the timing and cost
of liquidating and winding up of the Corporation's business and affairs. "We are
working hard to conclude the pending  transactions  quickly so that we can begin
making liquidating distributions as soon as possible," said Mark W. Leunig, Vice
President and Secretary of the Corporation.

     Shareholders  also  re-elected Gary C. Geminn and Charles S. Wehle to serve
three-year terms on the  Corporation's  Board of Directors.  The terms of office
for Board  members  Stephen  B.  Ashley,  William  A.  Buckingham  and Samuel T.
Hubbard, Jr. continued after the Annual Meeting.

     Following the Annual Meeting,  the Board of Directors elected the following
officers for the Corporation: Charles S. Wehle, Chairman of the Board; Samuel T.
Hubbard, Jr., President and Chief Executive Officer;  John B. Henderson,  Senior
Vice President and Chief Financial  Officer;  Michael C. Atseff,  Vice President
and  Controller;  Mark W.  Leunig,  Vice  President  and  Secretary;  William A.
Neilson, Vice President - Human Resources;  and Karl D. Simonson, Vice President
- Foods Division.

                                    -MORE-

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The Corporation  also announced the election of the following  officers for
Genesee Brewing Company:  Samuel T. Hubbard,  Jr., President and Chief Executive
Officer;  John B. Henderson,  Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer;
Howard R. Jacobson,  Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer;  Gary C.
Geminn,  Senior Vice President - Operations;  Michael C. Atseff,  Vice President
and Controller; Todd M. Brady, Vice President - Marketing Development;  Scott H.
Harman, Vice President - Manager of County Sales; Mark W. Leunig, Vice President
and Secretary;  William A. Neilson,  Vice President - Human  Resources;  Paul H.
Rene,  Vice  President  - Western  Sales;  Milton P.  Eschrich,  Assistant  Vice
President - Packaging; and James J. Gleichauf,  Assistant Vice President - Sales
Administration.

NOTE:  Statements made in this news release which are not historical,  including
statements  regarding  the timing and  results of the sale of the  Corporation's
brewing, foods and equipment leasing businesses, the dissolution and liquidation
of the Corporation and the expected distributions therefrom, are forward-looking
statements. Such forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks and
uncertainties,  and there can be no assurance that the  expectations  or results
reflected  in those  statements  will be  realized or  achieved.  Such risks and
uncertainties  include,   without  limitation,   the  failure  of  the  proposed
transactions  to close for whatever  reasons,  further  negotiation of terms and
conditions,    purchase   price   adjustments,    post-closing   indemnification
obligations,  the failure of the  purchaser  of the  brewing  business to obtain
financing   necessary  to  consummate   the   transaction,   the  completion  of
satisfactory due diligence for the sale of the foods business,  negotiation of a
definitive agreement for the sale of the foods business,  the failure to satisfy
other conditions necessary to consummate the sale of the Corporation's operating
businesses such as failure to obtain  necessary  regulatory  approvals and third
party consents,  and the  possibility  that a delay in resolving such conditions
could jeopardize the transactions.

         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 Internet at http;//www.prnewswire.com/cno

                                     -END-

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