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 Quarterly Report of Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream, Inc.
(the "Company") on Form 10-Q for the period ended September 28, 2002, 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
                                         November 12, 2002