Exhibit 99.2


                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                             18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002


         In  connection  with the  Quarterly  Report  of B&G  Foods,  Inc.  (the
"Company") on Form 10-Q for the period  ending  September 28, 2002 as filed with
the Securities  and Exchange  Commission on the date hereof (the  "Report"),  I,
Robert C. Cantwell, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to
18 U.S.C.  ss.1350,  as adopted pursuant to ss.906 of the  Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
2002, that:

         (1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

         (2) The  information  contained in the Report fairly  presents,  in all
material  respects,  the  financial  condition  and results of operations of the
Company.



/s/  Robert C. Cantwell
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Robert C. Cantwell
Chief Financial Officer
October 30, 2002