Exhibit 99.1

     J & J Snack Foods Corp. Announces Quarterly Cash Dividend

    PENNSAUKEN, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 23, 2005--J & J Snack
Foods Corp. (NASDAQ:JJSF) announced today that its Board of Directors
has declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $.125 per share of
its common stock payable on April 5, 2005 to shareholders of record as
of the close of business on March 15, 2005.
    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 Moore, 856-665-9533