SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 11-K
[x] ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the Fiscal Year ended December 31, 1996
OR
[ ] TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from __________ to __________
Commission file number 0-14616
A. Full title of the plan and the address of the plan, if
different from that of the issuer named below:
J & J Snack Foods Corp. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan
B. Name of issuer of the securities held pursuant to the
plan and the address of its principal executive office:
J & J Snack Foods Corp.
6000 Central Highway
Pennsauken, NJ 08109
EXHIBIT 24.1
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
We have issued our report dated April 4, 1997 accompanying the
financial statements and schedules incorporated by reference or
included in the Annual Report of J & J Snack Foods Corp. 401(k)
Profit Sharing Plan on Form 11-K for the year ended December 31,
1996. We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference of said
report in the Registration Statement of J & J Snack Foods Corp. on
Form S-8 (File No. 33-87532, effective December 16, 1994).
GRANT THORNTON
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
June 25, 1997
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, the trustees (or other persons who administer the employee
benefit plan) have duly caused this annual report to be signed on
its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
J & J Snack Foods Corp.
401(k) Profit Sharing Plan
Date: 6/27/97 /s/ Dennis G. Moore
Plan Administrator
