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                                   EXHIBIT 23

                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS



        We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the
Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 33-56417) of Dreyer's Grand
Ice Cream, Inc. of our report dated May 29, 1998 appearing on
page 1 of this Form 11-K.


/s/ PRICE WATERHOUSE LLP
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PRICE WATERHOUSE LLP

San Francisco, California

June 26, 1998