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                                                                    Exhibit 99.1


            J & J Snack Foods Corp. Announces Quarterly Cash Dividend


     PENNSAUKEN, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 24, 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 July
6, 2006 to shareholders of record as of the close of business on June 15, 2006.
     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* 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
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