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Exhibit 99.1
 
IMMEDIATE RELEASE   Contact:  
Dennis G. Moore
FOR:     Senior Vice President
     
Chief Financial Officer
     
(856) 532-6603
6000 Central Highway
Pennsauken, NJ 08109

J & J SNACK FOODS
REPORTS FIRST QUARTER SALES
AND EARNINGS

Pennsauken, NJ, January 28, 2013 - - J & J Snack Foods Corp. (NASDAQ-JJSF) today announced sales and earnings for the first quarter ended December 29, 2012.

Sales increased 11% to $191.4 million from $172.7 million in last year’s first quarter. Net earnings increased 86% to $10.2 million in the current quarter from $5.5 million last year.  Earnings per diluted share increased 86% to $.54­ for the first quarter from $.29 last year. Operating income increased ­­78% to $15.1 million in the current quarter from $8.5 million in the year ago quarter.

Gerald B. Shreiber, J & J’s President and Chief Executive Officer, commented, “Our foodservice and frozen beverage businesses performed well and helped establish record sales and earnings for the quarter.”
 
J & J Snack Foods Corp.’s principal products include SUPERPRETZEL, PRETZEL FILLERS and other soft pretzels, ICEE and  SLUSH PUPPIE frozen beverages, LUIGI’S, MAMA TISH’S, SHAPE UPS, and MINUTE MAID*  frozen juice bars and ices, WHOLE FRUIT sorbet and frozen fruit bars, MARY B’S biscuits and dumplings, DADDY RAY’S fig and fruit bars, TIO PEPE’S and CALIFORNIA CHURROS churros, THE FUNNEL CAKE FACTORY funnel cakes,  MRS. GOODCOOKIE, CAMDEN CREEK, COUNTRY HOME and READI-BAKE cookies, PATIO burritos and HAND FULLS and HOLLY RIDGE BAKERY filled handheld  products.  J & J has manufacturing facilities in Pennsauken, Bridgeport and Bellmawr, New Jersey; Scranton, Hatfield and Chambersburg, Pennsylvania; Carrollton, Texas; Atlanta, Georgia; Moscow Mills, Missouri; Pensacola, Florida; Colton, Vernon  and Norwalk, California; Holly Ridge, North Carolina; and Weston, Oregon.
 
*MINUTE MAID is a registered trademark of The Coca-Cola Company.

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J & J SNACK FOODS CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES
 
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF EARNINGS  
(Unaudited)
 
(in thousands, except per share amounts)
 
   
    Three months ended  
   
December 29,
2012
   
December 24,
2011
 
Net Sales   $ 191,408     $ 172,686  
Cost of goods sold
    137,273       126,280  
Gross Profit
    54,135       46,406  
                 
Operating expenses
               
Marketing
    17,136       17,659  
Distribution
    15,400       14,219  
Administrative
    6,599       6,066  
Other general income
    (61 )     (1 )
      39,074       37,943  
Operating Income
    15,061       8,463  
Other income (expense)
               
Investment income
    776       355  
Interest expense & other
    (25 )     (39 )
Earnings before income taxes
    15,812       8,779  
Income taxes
    5,586       3,294  
NET EARNINGS
  $ 10,226     $ 5,485  
                 
Earnings per diluted share 
  $ 0.54     $ 0.29  
                 
Weighted average number of diluted shares
    18,870       18,874  
                 
Earnings per basic share 
  $ 0.54     $ 0.29  
                 
Weighted average number of basic shares
    18,807       18,806  
 
 
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CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(in thousands, except share amounts)
 
   
(unaudited)
December 29,
2012
   
September 29,
2012
 
Cash and cash equivalents
  $ 80,216     $ 154,198  
Current marketable securities held to maturity
    976       1,214  
Other current assets
    150,516       152,656  
Property, plant and equipment, at cost
    141,950       141,544  
Goodwill
    76,899       76,899  
Other intangible assets, net
    47,345       48,464  
Marketable securities held to maturity
    24,998       24,998  
Marketable securities available for sale
    80,029       -  
Other
    3,309       3,071  
Total
  $ 606,238     $ 603,044  
                 
Current Liabilities
  $ 78,037     $ 81,505  
Long-term obligations under capital leases
    281       347  
Deferred income taxes
    44,954       44,874  
Other long-term liabilities
    776       831  
Stockholders' Equity
    482,190       475,487  
Total
  $ 606,238     $ 603,044  



The forward-looking statements contained herein are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements.  Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which reflect management’s analysis only as of the date hereof.  The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly revise or update these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances that arise after the date hereof.


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