Exhibit 99.1

           J & J Snack Foods Corp. Announces Quarterly Cash Dividend

     PENNSAUKEN, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 10, 2006--J & J Snack Foods Corp.
(NASDAQ:JJSF) announced today that its Board of Directors has declared a regular
quarterly cash dividend of $.075 per share of its common stock payable on
October 5, 2006 to shareholders of record as of the close of business on
September 15, 2006.

     J & J Snack Foods Corp.'s principal products include SUPERPRETZEL, PRETZEL
FILLERS and other soft pretzels, ICEE, SLUSH PUPPIE and ARCTIC BLAST frozen
beverages, LUIGI'S, MAMA TISH'S, SHAPE UPS, MINUTE MAID* and BARQ'S** 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, Hatfield and Chambersburg, Pennsylvania;
Carrollton, Texas; Atlanta, Georgia and Vernon, (Los Angeles) California.

     *MINUTE MAID is a registered trademark of The Coca-Cola Company.

     **BARQ'S is a registered trademark of Barq's Inc.

     ***CHILL is a registered trademark of Wells Dairy, Inc.


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