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 Annual Report of the Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream, Inc.
Savings Plan (the "Plan") on Form 11-K for the year ended December 31, 2002, as
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 9, 2003 and as amended
on the date hereof (the "Report"), I, William C. Collett, Member of the Dreyer's
Grand Ice Cream, Inc. Savings Plan Administrative Committee, certify, pursuant
to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 ("Section 906"), that:

      (1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78m); and

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

June 16, 2003
                                          /s/   William C. Collett
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                                    William C. Collett
                                    Member of the Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream, Inc.
                                    Savings Plan Administrative Committee

A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 has been
provided to the Plan and will be retained by the Plan and furnished to the
Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.