J&J SNACK FOODS CORP
10-Q, 1998-05-08
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                               UNITED STATES

                    SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                          Washington, D.C.  20549

                                 FORM 10-Q

                                (Mark One)

[X] Quarterly Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934

For the period ended March 28, 1998

                                    or

[  ]  Transition  Report  Pursuant to  Section  13  or  15(d)  of  the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Commission File Number:  0-14616



                            J & J SNACK FOODS CORP.
          (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

               New Jersey                            22-1935537
    (State or other jurisdiction of              (I.R.S. Employer
    incorporation or organization)               Identification No.)

                6000 Central Highway, Pennsauken, NJ 08109
                 (Address of principal executive offices)

                         Telephone (609) 665-9533


     Indicate  by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed  all
reports  required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange  Act  of  1934 during the preceding 12 months  (or  for  such
shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports),
and  (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past  90
days.

          [X] Yes                             [ ] No

As  of April 20, 1998, there were 8,971,550 shares of the Registrant's
Common Stock outstanding.






                                  INDEX

               
                                                               Page
                                                              Number
Part I.  Financial Information

     Item 1.  Consolidated Financial Statements

         Consolidated Balance Sheets - March 28, 1998 and
            September 27, 1997................................... 3

         Consolidated Statements of Earnings - Three Months and
            Six Months Ended March 28, 1998 and March 29, 1997... 5

         Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows - Six Months
            Ended March 28, 1998 and March 29, 1997.............. 6

         Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements.......... 7

    Item 2.  Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial
                 Condition and Results of Operations.............11


Part II.  Other Information

    Item 4.  Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.14

    Item 6.  Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K....................14
    
    


















                      PART I.  FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1.   Consolidated Financial Statements

                 J & J SNACK FOODS CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES

                       CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

          ASSETS                      March 28,             September 27,
                                         1998                   1997
                                     (Unaudited)

Current assets
  Cash and cash equivalents        $  2,984,000             $  1,401,000
   Accounts  receivable              28,738,000               25,458,000
  Inventories                        14,858,000               13,535,000
  Prepaid expenses and deposits       1,431,000                  853,000
                                     48,011,000               41,247,000

Property, plant and equipment,
  at cost
  Land                                  839,000                  819,000
  Buildings                           5,432,000                5,340,000
  Plant machinery and equipment      53,492,000               51,891,000
   Marketing  equipment             123,948,000               90,988,000
  Transportation equipment            2,174,000                1,856,000
   Office  equipment                  5,089,000                4,792,000
  Improvements                        7,935,000                7,837,000
  Construction in progress            6,283,000                  825,000
                                    205,192,000              164,348,000

    Less accumulated depreciation
      and amortization              104,671,000               97,126,000

                                    100,521,000               67,222,000
Other assets
  Goodwill, trademarks and rights,
    less accumulated amortization    39,521,000               21,459,000
  Long term investment securities
    available for sale                     -                     495,000
  Long term investment securities
    held to maturity                  3,168,000                3,340,000
  Sundry                              6,934,000                3,064,000
                                     49,623,000               28,358,000

                                   $198,155,000             $136,827,000


See accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements.





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                 J & J SNACK FOODS CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES
                                     
                  CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS - Continued


     LIABILITIES  AND                     March  28,         September 27,
   STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY                      1998                1997
                                         (Unaudited)


Current liabilities
  Current maturities of long-
     term debt                           $  8,362,000        $     16,000
  Accounts payable                         19,034,000          13,315,000
  Accrued liabilities                       9,208,000           8,652,000

                                           36,604,000          21,983,000


Long-term debt, less current
  maturities                               36,416,000           5,028,000
Revolving credit line                      13,000,000                -
Deferred income                               537,000             532,000
Deferred income taxes                       3,377,000           3,380,000

Stockholders' equity
  Capital stock
    Preferred, $1 par value;
      authorized, 5,000,000
      shares; none issued                        -                     -
    Common, no par value;
      authorized, 25,000,000
      shares; issued and
      outstanding, 8,943,000 and
      8,850,000, respectively              38,026,000          36,908,000
  Foreign currency translation
     adjustment                            (1,501,000)         (1,409,000)
  Retained earnings                        71,696,000          70,405,000

                                          108,221,000         105,904,000

                                         $198,155,000        $136,827,000


See accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements.








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                 J & J SNACK FOODS CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES
                                     
                    CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF EARNINGS
                                     
                                (Unaudited)

                               Three months ended           Six months ended
                             March 28,    March 29,      March 28,    March 29,
                               1998         1997           1998         1997

Net Sales                  $58,868,000  $50,305,000   $111,059,000 $93,906,000

Cost of goods sold          29,037,000   25,909,000     56,553,000  48,367,000

  Gross profit              29,831,000   24,396,000     54,506,000  45,539,000

Operating expenses
  Marketing                 18,181,000   15,706,000     34,040,000  30,062,000
  Distribution               5,983,000    4,664,000     10,992,000   9,117,000
  Administrative             2,700,000    2,194,000      5,016,000   4,178,000
  Amortization of
   intangibles and
   deferred costs              682,000      436,000      1,209,000     782,000
                            27,546,000   23,000,000     51,257,000  44,139,000

  Operating income           2,285,000    1,396,000      3,249,000   1,400,000

Other income (deductions)
  Investment income            119,000      141,000        297,000     396,000
  Interest expense            (901,000)    (122,000)    (1,205,000)   (215,000)
  Sundry                      (308,000)      26,000       (292,000)     33,000

  Earnings before
   income taxes              1,195,000    1,441,000      2,049,000   1,614,000

Income taxes                   450,000      535,000        758,000     597,000

  NET EARNINGS             $   745,000   $  906,000    $ 1,291,000  $1,017,000

Earnings per diluted
  share                          $ .08        $ .10          $ .14       $ .11

Weighted average number
  of diluted shares          9,249,000    8,910,000      9,230,000   8,888,000

Earnings per basic
  share                          $ .08        $ .10          $ .15       $ .12

Weighted average number
  of basic shares            8,896,000    8,763,000      8,881,000   8,757,000

See accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements.
                                     
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                 J & J SNACK FOODS CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES

                  CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

                               (Unaudited)
                                                     Six months ended
                                                   March 28,    March 29
                                                     1998      1997
Operating activities:
  Net earnings                                   $ 1,291,000 $ 1,017,000
Adjustments to reconcile net earnings to net
   cash provided by operating activities:
    Depreciation and amortization of fixed
     assets                                       10,400,000   8,241,000
    Amortization of intangibles                    1,462,000     969,000
    Other adjustments                                181,000      58,000
    Changes in assets and liabilities, net
     of effects from purchase of companies
     Increase in accounts receivable                (422,000) (4,686,000)
     Decrease (increase) in inventories            2,308,000  (1,996,000)
     Increase in prepaid expenses                   (272,000)   (209,000)
     Increase in accounts payable
       and accrued liabilities                     2,485,000   2,563,000
    Net cash provided by operating activities     17,433,000   5,957,000

Investing activities:
  Purchases of property, plant and equipment     (14,892,000) (6,927,000)
  Payments for purchases of companies, net of
    cash acquired and debt assumed               (11,953,000)(19,052,000)
  Proceeds from investments held to maturity         160,000   6,075,000
  Proceeds from investments available for sale       495,000   1,710,000
  Other                                              435,000      60,000
     Net cash used in investing activities       (25,755,000)(18,134,000)

Financing activities:
  Proceeds from borrowings                        53,075,000   2,000,000
  Proceeds from issuance of common stock           1,118,000     120,000
  Payments of long-term debt                     (44,288,000)     (4,000)
     Net cash provided by financing activities     9,905,000   2,116,000

     Net (decrease) increase in cash
      and cash equivalents                         1,583,000 (10,061,000)

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period   1,401,000  10,547,000
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period       $ 2,984,000 $   486,000


See accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements.
                                     
                                     
                                     
                                     
                                     
                                     
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                 J & J SNACK FOODS CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES

              NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Note 1       In  the opinion of management, the accompanying unaudited
             consolidated financial statements contain all adjustments
             (consisting   of   only  normal  recurring   adjustments)
             necessary  to  present fairly the financial position  and
             the results of operations and cash flows.

             The  results of operations for the three months  and  six
             months   ended March 28, 1998 and March 29, 1997 are  not
             necessarily  indicative of results  for  the  full  year.
             Sales of the Company's retail stores are generally higher
             in  the first quarter due to the holiday shopping season.
             Sales  of  the Company's frozen carbonated beverages  and
             Italian  ice products are generally higher in  the  third
             and fourth quarters due to seasonal factors.
             
             While the Company believes that the disclosures presented
             are  adequate to make the information not misleading,  it
             is suggested that these consolidated financial statements
             be  read  in conjunction with the consolidated  financial
             statements and the notes included in the Company's Annual
             Report  on  Form  10-K for the year ended  September  27,
             1997.

Note 2       The  Company  adopted  the  provisions  of  Statement  of
             Financial        Accounting  Standards  (SFAS)  No.  128,
             "Earnings per Share," which eliminates primary and  fully
             diluted  earnings per share and requires presentation  of
             basic and diluted earnings per share in conjunction  with
             the  disclosure of the methodology used in computing such
             earnings  per  share.  Basic earnings per share  excludes
             dilution and is computed by dividing income available  to
             common shareholders by the weighted-average common shares
             outstanding  during  the period.   Diluted  earnings  per
             share take into account the potential dilution that could
             occur  if  securities or other contracts to issue  common
             stock  were  exercised and converted into  common  stock.
             Earnings  per  share  calculations  for  1997  have  been
             restated to reflect the adoption of SFAS No. 128.

             The  Company's  calculation  of  earnings  per  share  in
             accordance      with SFAS No. 128, "Earnings Per  Share,"
             is as follows:

                               Three Months Ended March 28, 1998
                               Income        Shares      Per Share
                             (Numerator)  (Denominator)    Amount
Basic EPS
Net Income available
 to common stockholders        $745,000     8,896,000       $.08

Effect of Dilutive Securities
Options                            -          353,000        -

Diluted EPS
Net Income available to common
 stockholders plus assumed
 conversions                   $745,000     9,249,000       $.08


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                                Six Months Ended March 28, 1998
                               Income        Shares      Per Share
                             (Numerator)  (Denominator)    Amount
Basic EPS
Net Income available
 to common stockholders      $1,291,000     8,881,000      $.15

Effect of Dilutive Securities
Options                            -          349,000      (.01)

Diluted EPS
Net Income available to common
 stockholders plus assumed
 conversions                 $1,291,000     9,230,000      $.14
             


                               Three Months Ended March 29, 1997
                               Income        Shares      Per Share
                             (Numerator)  (Denominator)    Amount
Basic EPS
Net Income available
 to common stockholders      $  906,000     8,763,000      $.10

Effect of Dilutive Securities
Options                            -          147,000        -

Diluted EPS
Net Income available to common
 stockholders plus assumed
 conversions                 $  906,000     8,910,000      $.10



                                Six Months Ended March 29, 1997
                               Income        Shares      Per Share
                             (Numerator)  (Denominator)    Amount
Basic EPS
Net Income available
 to common stockholders      $1,017,000     8,757,000      $.12

Effect of Dilutive Securities
Options                            -          131,000      (.01)

Diluted EPS
Net Income available to common
 stockholders plus assumed
 conversions                 $1,017,000     8,888,000      $.11






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Note 3       Inventories consist of the following:

                                        March 28,    September 27,
                                          1998           1997

             Finished goods            $ 7,550,000     $ 7,108,000
             Raw materials               1,701,000       1,789,000
             Packaging materials         1,829,000       2,262,000
             Equipment parts & other     3,778,000       2,376,000
                                       $14,858,000     $13,535,000

Note 4       The amortized cost, unrealized gains and losses, and fair
             market values of the Company's long-term investment
             securities held to maturity at March 28, 1998 are
             summarized as follows:
                                     
                                             Gross       Gross     Fair
                                 Amortized Unrealized  Unrealized  Market
                                    Cost     Gains       Losses    Value

Held to Maturity Securities
 Corporate Debt Securities       $  958,000  $70,000   $   -     $1,028,000
 Municipal Government Securities  1,710,000   15,000       -      1,725,000
 Other                              500,000     -          -        500,000
                                 $3,168,000  $85,000   $   -     $3,253,000


      The  amortized cost, unrealized gains and losses, and  fair  market
values  of  the  Company's long-term investment securities available  for
sale  and  held  to  maturity at September 27,  1997  are  summarized  as
follows:
                                              Gross      Gross     Fair
                                 Amortized Unrealized  Unrealized  Market
                                    Cost     Gains       Losses    Value

Available for sale
 Corporate debt securities       $  495,000  $  -      $   -     $  495,000

Held to maturity securities
 Corporate debt securities       $  970,000  $19,000   $   -     $  989,000
 Municipal government securities  1,870,000    3,000    (8,000)   1,865,000
 Other debt securities              500,000     -        -          500,000
                                 $3,340 000  $22,000   $(8,000)  $3,354,000

Note 5       To  fund  the  acquisition of National ICEE  Corporation  in
             December  1997, and to retire most of its debt, the  Company
             incurred the following debt:

             $40,000,000  unsecured term note, at  an  interest  rate  of
             6.61%   fixed  through  swap  agreements,  with  60  monthly
             principal  payments  of  $666,667  plus  interest  beginning
             January 8, 1998.  At March 28, 1998, $8,000,000 of the  note
             was  classified under current maturities of long-term  debt.
             At March 28, 1998 the balance on the note was $38,000,000.

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             $10,000,000 borrowing under a $30,000,000 unsecured  general
             purpose  bank  line  of credit.  Interest  payments  on  the
             balance  borrowed  under  the line  are  made  monthly.  The
             interest  rate on the outstanding borrowings under the  line
             was  6.16%  at  March  28, 1998.  At  March  28,  1998,  the
             $13,000,000 in borrowings under the line were classified  as
             a long-term liability.







                                     
                                     
                                     
                                     
                                     
                                     
                                     
                                     
                                     
                                     
                                     
                                     
                                     
                                     
                                     
                                     
                                     
                                     
                                     
                                     
                                     
                                     
                                     
                                     
                                     
                                     
                                     
                                     
                                     
                                     
                                     
                                     
                                     
                                     
                                     
                                     
                                     
                                     
                                     
                                     
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Item 2.  Management's Discussion and Analysis of
     Financial Condition and Results of Operations

Liquidity and Capital Resources

The  Company's cash expected to be provided by future operations and
its  available lines of credit are its primary sources of short term
liquidity.  The Company believes that these sources, along with  its
borrowing  capacity,  are  sufficient  to  fund  future  growth  and
expansion.

In  the  six  months  ended March 28, 1998, the devaluation  of  the
Mexican  peso caused a reduction of $92,000 in stockholders'  equity
because  of  the  revaluation of the net  assets  of  the  Company's
Mexican frozen carbonated beverage subsidiary.

In  December 1997, the Company acquired the common stock of National
ICEE  Corporation,  a marketer and distributor of frozen  carbonated
beverages under the tradename ICEE, with approximate annual sales of
$40,000,000.   As a result of the acquisition, the Company  now  has
the  rights  to  market  and distribute frozen carbonated  beverages
under  the name ICEE to all of the continental United States, except
for portions of eleven states.

The  purchase price paid to the former shareholders of National ICEE
Corporation  was $9,000,000 in the form of cash.  Additionally,  the
Company   assumed  approximately  $44,000,000  of  debt,  of   which
approximately  $42,000,000 was retired at closing.   The  source  of
cash utilized to retire the debt and to fund the purchase price  was
a $40,000,000 unsecured term loan and an unsecured revolving line of
credit with the Company's existing banks.

In  January  1997, the Company acquired the assets  of  Mama  Tish's
International  Foods for the assumption of some of its  liabilities.
Mama Tish is a manufacturer and distributor of Italian ices, sorbets
and  other  frozen juice products with annual sales of approximately
$15 million.

In  November 1996, the Company acquired all of the common  stock  of
Pretzels, Inc. for cash. Trading as Texas Twist, Pretzels, Inc. is a
soft  pretzel  manufacturer selling to both  the  food  service  and
retail  supermarket  industries with annual sales  of  approximately
$1.4 million.

In  October  1996, the Company acquired the assets  of  Bakers  Best
Snack  Foods Corp. for cash.  Bakers Best is a manufacturer of  soft
pretzels  selling  to both the food service and  retail  supermarket
industries with annual sales of approximately $4 million.

Available  to the Company are unsecured general purpose  bank  lines
of  credit  totalling $30,000,000.  Borrowings under  the  lines  at
March 28, 1998 were $13,000,000.
     
Results of Operations

Net  sales increased $8,563,000 or 17% to $58,868,000 for the  three
months  and  $17,153,000 or 18% to $111,059,000 for the  six  months
ended  March  28,  1998 compared to the six months ended  March  27,
1997.  Excluding sales

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of acquired businesses, net sales increased $1,522,000 or 3% for the
three months and $7,084,000 or 8% for the six months.

Sales  to  food service customers increased $748,000 or  3%  in  the
second  quarter  to $24,792,000 and $1,603,000 or  4%  for  the  six
months.   Excluding  sales  of acquired businesses,  sales  to  food
service  customers  increased $532,000 or 2%  for  the  quarter  and
increased $519,000 or 1% for the six months.  Soft pretzel sales  to
the  food  service market increased 4% to $15,429,000 in the  second
quarter and 2% to $29,813,000 in the six months.  Excluding sales of
acquired  businesses,  food  service soft  pretzel  sales  increased
$589,000 or 4% in the second quarter and increased $279,000 or 1% in
the  six  month  period.   Italian ice and frozen  juice  treat  and
dessert  sales  decreased 8% to $5,177,000 in the three  months  and
increased  2% to $9,394,000 in the six months.  Excluding  sales  of
acquired businesses, Italian ice and frozen juice and dessert  sales
decreased  12%  in  the second quarter and 12%  for  the  six  month
period.   Churro  sales to food service customers increased  14%  to
$2,719,000  in the second quarter and 7% to $5,195,000  in  the  six
months due to increased volume.
                                   
Sales  of products to retail supermarkets decreased $744,000  or  7%
to  $9,572,000  in the second quarter and 7% to $16,554,000  in  the
first half due to lower sales of its CINNAMON RAISIN and Bakers Best
product  lines.   Excluding sales of acquired businesses,  sales  to
retail  supermarkets were down 8% in the quarter and 9% for the  six
months.   Soft pretzel sales for the second quarter and  six  months
were  down  14%  to $6,585,000 and 17% to $11,657,000, respectively.
Sales  of  the flagship SUPERPRETZEL brand soft pretzels,  excluding
SOFTSTIX and CINNAMON RAISIN, decreased 3% in the second quarter and
7%  for the six months.  Sales of Italian ice increased $223,000  or
10%  to  $2,510,000  in the second quarter and $838,000  or  26%  to
$4,008,000  in  the  first half.  Excluding  sales  of  an  acquired
business, Italian ice sales were up 7% in the quarter and 14% in the
first half.

Frozen  carbonated  beverage  and related  product  sales  increased
$7,760,000  or  86%  to  $16,773,000  in  the  second  quarter   and
$11,947,000  or   69%  to $29,250,000 in the six  months.   Beverage
sales alone increased 88% in the second quarter and 61% in the first
half  to $15,261,000 and $25,314,000, respectively.  Excluding sales
resulting  from  the  acquisition of National  Icee  Corporation  in
December 1997, frozen carbonated beverage and related product  sales
increased $1,114,000 or 12% in the second quarter from last year and
$3,585,000 or 21% in the first six months.  Approximately $1,900,000
of  the  $3,585,000  six  month sales increase  was  from  sales  of
equipment and service revenue.

Bakery  sales increased $468,000 or 12% to $4,523,000 in the  second
quarter and $4,121,000 or 62% to $10,745,000 in the first six months
due to increased product sales to one customer.

Sales of our Bavarian Pretzel Bakery increased 12% to $3,208,000  in
the second quarter and 10% to $7,173,000 in the six month period due
primarily to increased same store sales.
                                   
Gross  profit as a percentage of sales increased to 51% and  49%  in
the  current  year's three and six month periods  from  48%  in  the
corresponding

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periods  last  year.  This  gross  profit  percentage  increase   is
primarily  attributable to higher gross profit  percentages  of  the
acquired National Icee Corporation business and lower flour costs.

Total  operating expenses increased $4,546,000 in the second quarter
and  as  a  percentage of sales increased to 47% from  46%  in  last
year's  same  quarter.   For  the  first  half,  operating  expenses
increased $7,118,000 and as a percentage of sales decreased  to  46%
this  year from 47% last year.  Marketing expenses were 31% of sales
in this year's and last year's quarter and decreased to 31% of sales
in  this  year's six month period from 32% a year ago.  Distribution
expenses  increased  to 10% of sales in this year's  second  quarter
from  9% of sales last year and were 10% of sales this year and last
for  the six month period.  As a percentage of sales, administrative
expenses were essentially unchanged.

Operating  income  increased $889,000 or 64% to  $2,285,000  in  the
second  quarter and $1,849,000 or 132% to $3,249,000  in  the  first
half.

Investment  income  decreased $22,000  to  $119,000  in  the  second
quarter  and $99,000 to $297,000 in the six months due primarily  to
sharply lower levels of investable funds which were used to pay  for
acquisitions.

Interest expense increased $779,000 and $990,000 in the quarter  and
six  months,  respectively,  due to the  assumption  and  subsequent
refinancing of the debt of National Icee Corporation.

Sundry  expense  of $308,000 in this year's second quarter  compared
to sundry income of $26,000 last year and sundry expense of $292,000
in  this year's six months compared to sundry income of $33,000 last
year.  Sundry expense in both periods this year includes $375,000 in
write  offs and reserves for the closing down of unprofitable retail
stores of our Bavarian Pretzel Bakery.

The  effective  income tax rate has been estimated at  38%  in  this
year's  second quarter and 37% in the six months compared to 37%  in
both periods last year.

Net  earnings decreased $161,000 or 18% in the current  three  month
period to $745,000 and increased $274,000 or 27% in the current  six
month  period  to  $1,291,000.  Without National Icee  Corporation's
seasonal   loss,   net   earnings  would  have  been   approximately
$1,600,000,  or 77% higher than last year in the second quarter  and
$2,300,000 or 126% higher than last year for the six month period.

       









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                      Part II.  OTHER INFORMATION





Item 4.  Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

       The  results  of voting at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders
held on February 4, 1998 is as follows:
                                                       
                                      Votes Cast             Absentees and
       Matter                   For     Against  Withheld   Broker Non Votes

Election of Stephen N. Frankel
 as Director                 7,967,536   47,586      -             -
Approval of the Employee Stock
  Purchase  Plan             6,945,558   63,453      -             -


       The  Company had 8,872,567 shares outstanding on December  8,
1997,  the record date.



Item 6.  Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K

       a)  Exhibits - None

       b)  Reports on Form 8-K - A report on Form 8-K/A was filed on
           February 20, 1998.
             
       



















                                   
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                              SIGNATURES



       Pursuant  to the requirements of the Securities Exchange  Act
of  1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on
its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.



                                    J & J SNACK FOODS CORP.



Dated:  May 8, 1998                /s/ Gerald B. Shreiber
                                   Gerald B. Shreiber
                                   President



Dated:  May 8, 1998                /s/ Dennis G. Moore
                                   Dennis G. Moore
                                   Senior Vice President and
                                   Chief Financial Officer

























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