Exhibit 99.1

                 J & J Snack Foods Corp. Announces Cash Dividend

    PENNSAUKEN, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 2, 2004--J & J Snack Foods
Corp. (NASDAQ:JJSF) announced today that its Board of Directors has
declared a cash dividend of $.125 per share of its common stock
payable on January 5, 2005 to shareholders of record as of the close
of business on December 15, 2004. The Company said that it anticipates
that it will continue paying this dividend on a quarterly basis. On
November 3, 2004, J & J Snack Foods announced record sales of $416.6
million and record net earnings of $22.7 million for its 2004 fiscal
year which ended September 25, 2004.
    J & J Snack Foods Corp.'s principal products include SUPERPRETZEL,
PRETZEL FILLERS and other soft pretzels, ICEE and ARCTIC BLAST frozen
beverages, LUIGI'S, MAMA TISH'S, SHAPE UPS, MINUTE MAID(1) and
BARQ'S(2) and CHILL frozen juice bars and ices, TIO PEPE'S churros,
THE FUNNEL CAKE FACTORY funnel cakes, and MRS. GOODCOOKIE, CAMDEN
CREEK, COUNTRY HOME and READI-BAKE cookies. J & J has manufacturing
facilities in Pennsauken, Bridgeport and Bellmawr, New Jersey;
Scranton and Hatfield, Pennsylvania; Carrollton, Texas; Atlanta,
Georgia and Vernon (Los Angeles), California.

    (1) MINUTE MAID is a registered trademark of The Coca-Cola
Company.

    (2) BARQ'S is a registered trademark of Barq's Inc.


    CONTACT: J & J Snack Foods Corp.
             Dennis G. Moore, 856-665-9533