EXHIBIT 99.1

                            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 Amended Current Report of Dreyer's Grand Ice
Cream, Inc. (the "Company") on Form 8-K/A as filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I, T. Gary Rogers,
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify,
pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 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 (15 U.S.C. 78m or 78o(d)); 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/   T. Gary Rogers
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                                 T. Gary Rogers
                                 Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive
                                  Officer
                                 February 4, 2003