Exhibit 31.2

                          CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                               SECTION 302
                      OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

      I, Gerald B. Shreiber, certify that:

           1.   I have reviewed this report on Form 10-Q of J & J Snack
      Foods Corp.;

           2.   Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any
      untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
      necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances
      under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to
      the period covered by this report;

           3.   Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other
      financial information included in this report, fairly present in all
      material respects the financial condition, results of operations and
      cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in
      this report;

           4.   The registrant's other certifying officers and I are
      responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and
      procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e))
      and internal controls and procedures for financial reporting (as defined
      in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and
      have:

                a)   designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or
      caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our
      supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the
      Registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us
      by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which
      this report is being prepared;

                b)   designed such internal controls and procedures for
      financial reporting, or caused such internal controls over financial
      reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable
      assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the
      preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance
      with generally accepted accounting principles;




                c)   evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's
      disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our
      conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and
      procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on
      such evaluation; and

                d)   disclosed in this report any change in the
      registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred
      during the registrant's first fiscal quarter that has materially
      affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's
      internal control over financial reporting; and

           5.   The registrant's other certifying officers and I have
      disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over
      financial reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit
      committee of registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the
      equivalent functions):

                a)   all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses
      in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting
      which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability
      to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

                b)   any fraud, whether or not material, that involves
      management or other employees who have a significant role in the
      registrant's internal controls over financial reporting.

      Date: January 22, 2004

                                    /s/ Gerald B. Shreiber
                                    Gerald B. Shreiber
                                    Chief Executive Officer