Exhibit 99.1


For:     Frozen Food Express              From: Mike Engleman
         Industries, Inc.                       Mike Engleman/Associates
Listed:  Nasdaq (FFEX)                          11308 Valleydale
Company Contacts:                               Dallas, TX 75230
     Stoney M. (Mit) Stubbs, Jr. (CEO)          (214) 373-6464
     F. Dixon McElwee, Jr. (CFO)
     (214) 630-8090

For Immediate Release

                    Frozen Food Express Signs
              Amended $50 Million Credit Agreement


      Dallas, Texas, June 1, 2000-Frozen Food Express Industries,
Inc.  (Nasdaq:  FFEX),  today announced that  it  has  signed  an
amendment of its credit agreement with a group of three banks.
     Participating in the two-year, $50 million amended revolving
credit  facility  are  Wells  Fargo  Bank  (Texas),  N.A.,  Fleet
National  Bank  of  Boston  and Comerica  Bank-Texas.   There  is
presently  approximately $15 million available under  the  credit
agreement.
      "We  are pleased to have this issue behind us", said Stoney
M.  (Mit)  Stubbs, Jr., President and CEO of FFEX.  "We are  very
focused  on  our  efforts to return to our long-term  history  of
profitability, and we are looking forward to having available the
liquidity to help fuel those efforts."
      Frozen  Food Express Industries, Inc. is one of the largest
temperature-controlled  carriers of perishable  goods  (primarily
processed  foods and meats) on the North American continent.  Its
services extend from Canada, throughout the 48 contiguous  United
States,  into Mexico.  The refrigerated trucking company  is  the
only one serving this market that is full-service-providing full-
truckload, less-than-truckload and distribution transportation of
refrigerated  and  frozen products.  Its refrigerated  less-than-
truckload  operation is also the largest on  the  North  American
continent.
      Statements  contained in this news release  which  are  not
historical facts are forward-looking statements as that  term  is
defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of  1995.
Such   forward-looking  statements  are  subject  to  risks   and
uncertainties  (contained  in the company's  SEC  filings)  which
could cause actual results to differ.