FFEX Form 11K FY2004

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 11-K

_________________________________________________

FOR ANNUAL REPORTS OF EMPLOYEE STOCK

PURCHASE SAVINGS AND SIMILAR PLANS

PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


þ		ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

		For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004

or

o		TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
		For the transition period from _________ to ____________

Commission file number: 1-10006


A.	Full title of the plan and the address of the plan, if different from that of the issuer named below:

Frozen Food Express Industries, Inc.

401 (k) Savings Plan


B.	Name of issuer of the securities held pursuant to the plan and the address of its principal executive office:

Frozen Food Express Industries, Inc.

1145 Empire Central Place

Dallas, Texas 75247

FROZEN FOOD EXPRESS INDUSTRIES, INC.

401 (k) SAVINGS PLAN

TABLE OF CONTENTS


		Page No.

Financial Statements:
Statements of Net Assets Available for Plan Benefits at December 31, 2004 and 2003		3
Statements of Changes in Net Assets Available for Plan Benefits, for the Years ended December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002		4
Notes to Financial Statements		5

Supplemental Schedules

Schedule of Assets
Held at End of Year		9
Acquired and Disposed of Within the Year		10

Schedule of Reportable Transactions		11

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm		12

Signatures		13

Exhibit Index		14

Exhibit 23--Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm		15

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FROZEN FOOD EXPRESS INDUSTRIES, INC.

401 (k) SAVINGS PLAN

STATEMENTS OF NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR PLAN BENEFITS

December 31, 2004 and 2003

		2004		2003
Investments	$	50,964,949	$	32,054,610
Participant notes receivable		1,659,756		1,489,667
Employer contributions receivable		61,147		51,014
Employee contributions receivable		208,831		135,609
Other		35,326		21,515
Total investments		52,930,009		33,752,415

Less:
Benefits payable		6,051,759		3,557,532
Other		41,874		17,651
		6,093,633		3,575,183
Net assets available for plan benefits	$	46,836,376	$	30,177,232

See accompanying notes and report of independent registered public accounting firm.

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FROZEN FOOD EXPRESS INDUSTRIES, INC.

401 (k) SAVINGS PLAN

STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR PLAN BENEFITS

Years Ended December 31 2004, 2003 and 2002

		2004			2003			2002
Investment income:
Dividend income	$	198,756		$	44,063		$	67,851
Interest income		179,309			164,106			187,686
		378,065			208,169			255,537
Administration expense		(114,621	)		(67,908	)		(189,212	)
Realized gain (loss)		2,798,530			1,022,083			(1,440,830	)
Net unrealized appreciation in market value of investments		17,358,620			14,554,076			2,630,175
Employee contributions		1,842,907			1,966,932			1,759,504
Employer contributions		526,854			492,169			581,903
		22,412,290			17,967,352			3,341,540
Decrease in fair market value of plan benefits payable to participants		(6,131,211	)		(4,154,497	)		(2,555,376	)
Net increase		16,659,144			14,021,024			1,041,701
Assets transferred to the Savings Plan of W&B		-			-			(690,383	)
Net assets available for plan benefits at beginning of year		30,177,232			16,156,208			15,804,890
Net assets available for plan benefits at end of year	$	46,836,376		$	30,177,232		$	16,156,208

See accompanying notes and report of independent registered public accounting firm.

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FROZEN FOOD EXPRESS INDUSTRIES, INC.

401 (k) SAVINGS PLAN

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

December 31, 2004

1.	Description of the Savings Plan

The Frozen Food Express Industries, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan (the "Savings Plan") is a defined contribution plan covering substantially all employees of Frozen Food Express Industries, Inc. ("FFEX") and its wholly-owned subsidiaries (the "Employer"). The Savings Plan is designed to comply with the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ("ERISA") and to allow employees the option of investing in common stock of FFEX or in other investment funds designated by the Savings Plan committee (the "Savings Committee"). Participants should refer to the Savings Plan agreement for a more complete description of the Savings Plan's provisions.

Contributions - - Participants may elect to contribute to the Savings Plan through periodic payroll deductions, subject to limits defined by the Savings Plan. Participants may also make a rollover contribution from other qualified plans or rollover IRA. Generally, for eligible participants, the Company matches contributions at 50 cents for each pre-tax dollar contributed up to the first 4% of eligible pay.

Employee contributions, excluding rollovers, amounted to $1,841,194, $1,634,013 and $1,665,054, in 2004, 2003 and 2002, respectively. In addition, Employer cash contributions to the Savings Plan amounted to $ 157,594, $0 and $1,084 in 2004, 2003 and 2002, repectively. During 2004, 2003 and 2002, 48,928, 133,674 and 243,028 shares, repectively of FFEX stock, valued at $319,477, $492,169 and $580,819, respectively were contributed to the Savings Plan.

Eligibility - An Employee who completes 90 days of employment with an Employer may enter the Savings Plan on the first business day of the month thereafter.

Participants' Accounts - Each Participant account is credited with the Participant's contributions and an allocation of (a) the Employer's contributions, and (b) plan earnings. Allocations of plan earnings are based on Participants' account balances, allocation of Employers' contributions are based on Participants' quarterly contributions, and allocations of forfeitures are based on the participants' annual compensation.

Participant Notes Receivable - Participants may borrow from their fund accounts in an amount not to exceed the lesser of $50,000 or 50% of the Participant's vested account balance. Loan transactions are treated as a transfer between the investment fund and the Participant Notes Receivable. Loan terms range from one to five years or up to ten years for the purchase of a primary residence. The loans are secured by the balance in the participant's account and bear interest at a reasonable rate as determined by the Savings Committee. The interest rates charged for loans made in 2004, 2003 and 2002 ranged from 5.00% to 6.00%. Principal and interest payments are due in substantially level amortized payments payable not less than quarterly through payroll deductions.

Vesting - - Upon termination of employment, participants are entitled to receive 100% of their own contributions and any earnings thereon. Participants' benefits from Employer contributions begin to vest upon of two years of credited service and vest 100% upon six years of credited service as defined by the Savings Plan.

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FROZEN FOOD EXPRESS INDUSTRIES, INC.

401 (k) SAVINGS PLAN

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)

Investment Options - During each of the three years ending December 31, 2004, Participants could direct employee contributions in any of ten investment options, as follows:

·	Stable Value Fund - The fund invests in assets whose principal value remains stable regardless of stock and bond market fluctuations. The Savings Plan committee has selected the ABN AMRO Income Plus Fund as the investment vehicle for this fund.

Intermediate Bond Fund - The fund invests in fixed-income securities including corporate bonds, U.S. government securities, mortgage- related securities, and money-market instruments. The Savings Plan committee has selected the PIMCO Total Return Institutional Fund as the investment vehicle for this fund.

Mixed Investment Fund - The fund may invest a large portion of its assets in common stock and convertible securities. Prospective dividends and earnings are major considerations in these purchases. The Savings Plan committee has selected the ABN AMRO Balanced Class N Fund as the investment vehicle for this fund.

Stock Index Fund - The fund attempts to replicate the aggregate return and risk of the Standard & Poor's 500 index. The fund will purchase all, or a representative sample of all the stocks held in the S&P 500 index. The Savings Plan committee has selected the ABN AMRO S&P 500 Index Fund as the investment vehicle for this fund.

·	Large Cap Growth Stock Fund - The fund seeks capital appreciation by investing primarily in securities that are expected by the fund to grow at an above average rate. The Savings Plan committee has selected the ABN AMRO Growth Class N Fund as the investment vehicles for this fund.

Large Cap Value Stock Fund - This fund seeks capital by investing in large companies that are currently considered by the fund to be undervalued or demonstrate growth in earnings and revenue. The Savings Plan Committee has selected the Van Kampen Growth and Income Fund as the investment vehicle for this fund.

·	Small Growth Stock Fund - The fund invests primarily in common stocks of companies whose earnings are growing at an accelerating note. The Savings Plan committee has elected the ABN AMRO/ Veredus Aggressive Growth Fund as the investment vehicle for this fund.

Small Cap Value Stock Fund - The fund seeks capital growth by investing in small-sized companies that are currently considered by the fund to be undervalued or demonstrate growth in earnings and revenue. The Savings Plan committee has selected the Royce Low Priced Stock Fund as the investment vehicle for this fund.

·	International Stock Fund - The fund invests primarily in stocks and debt securities of companies and governments outside the United States. The Savings Plan committee has selected the Julius Baer International Equity Fund as the investment vehicle for this fund.

·	Frozen Food Express Industries, Inc. Unitized Stock Fund - Funds that are invested in the common stock of FFEX and a very modest amount of cash and cash equivalents.

Administration - - The Savings Plan is administered by a committee appointed by the Board of Directors of FFEX. Administrative expenses not paid by FFEX are paid by the Savings Plan.

Termination of the Plan - While no Employer has expressed any intent to discontinue its contributions, Employers are free to discontinue contributions and FFEX may terminate the Savings Plan at any time. If terminated, net assets of the Savings Plan would be distributed to Participants and beneficiaries as prescribed by the terms of the Savings Plan, in accordance with ERISA. Upon termination of the Savings Plan, Participants' accounts become 100% vested.

Forfeited accounts - At December 31, 2004, forfeited nonvested accounts totaled $88,781. These accounts will be used to reduce Employer expenses. During 2003, Employer expenses were reduced by $63,099 from forfeited nonvested accounts. During 2002, Employer expenses were reduced by $23,762 from forfeited non-vested accounts. During 2004, Employer expenses were reduced by $60,195 from forfeited nonvested accouts.

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FROZEN FOOD EXPRESS INDUSTRIES, INC.

401 (k) SAVINGS PLAN

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)

2.	Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Basis of accounting - The financial statements of the Savings Plan are under the accrual method of accounting.

Accounting estimates - The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires the Savings Plan committee to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reported period. Actual outcomes may vary from these estimates.

Valuation of investments - Investments are valued based on the quoted market price on the last day of the year. The change in the difference between current market value and cost of the investment is reflected in the statement of changes in net assets available for plan benefits by investment fund as net unrealized appreciation or depreciation in market value of investments.

3.	Net Asset Values

The following table presents the net asset values of each investment fund as of December 31, 2004 and 2003:

		2004		2003
Frozen Food Express industries, Inc. Unitized Stock Fund, 1,588,448 shares and 1,782,014 shares, respectively. *	$	34,243,010	$	20,066,918
ABN AMRO Income Plus Fund, 385,420 shares and 247,511 shares, respectively.		2,279,202		1,467,784
PIMCO Total Return Institutional Fund, 176,607 and 147,519 shares, respectively.		1,726,783		1,449,494
ABN AMRO Balanced Class N Fund, 162,355 shares and 152,386 shares, respectively.		1,603,599		1,507,990
ABN AMRO S&P 500 Index Fund , 202,069 shares and 196,075 shares, respectively.		937,274		799,912
ABN AMRO Growth Class N Fund, 44,397 shares and 47,848 shares, respectively.		897,121		910,520
Van Kampen Growth & Income Fund, 67,733 shares and 56,896 shares, respectively.		1,238,496		894,899
Julius Baer International Equity fund, 30,418 shares and 25,919 shares, respectively.		816,125		481,738
ABN AMRO/Veredus Aggressive Growth Fund, 52,287 shares and 57,052 shares, respectively.		913,635		810,623
Royce Low Price Stock Fund, 43,091 shares and 27,323 shares, respectively.		521,375		297,687
	$	45,176,620	$	28,687,565

*Includes nonparticipant-directed shares at December 31, 2004 and 2003 were 689,887 and 727,073 (unitized shares), respectively. Net asset value of such shares were $14,872,260 and $8,187,425 as of December 31, 2004 and 2003, respectively.

During 2004, the Plan's investments (including realized gains and losses on investments bought and sold, as well as investments held during the year) appreciated in value by $16,489,055 as follows:


Frozen Food Express Industries, Inc. Unitized Stock Fund	$	14,176,092
Other Funds		2,312,963
	$	16,489,055

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FROZEN FOOD EXPRESS INDUSTRIES, INC.

401 (k) SAVINGS PLAN

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)

4. Income Tax Status

The Savings Plan obtained its latest determination letter on August 29, 1996, in which the Internal Revenue Service stated that the plan, as then designed, was in compliance with the applicable requirements of the Internal Revenue Code. The Savings Plan has been amended since receiving the determination letter. However, the Savings Plan administrator and the Savings Plan's tax counsel believe that the Savings Plan is currently designed and being operated in compliance with the applicable requirements of Internal Revenue Code. Therefore, no provision for income taxes has been reflected in the Savings Plan's financial statements.

5. Plan Amendment

During the year ended December 31 2003, the plan was amended to conform with certain changes in the tax code as a result of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001. Changes to the plan included catch-up provisions, new vesting schedule, increases in salary deferral limits and other related items.

During the year ended December 31, 2004, the plan was amended to allow Matching Employer Contributions to be made in either Company Stock or in cash.

6. Divestiture

In May 2002, approximately $690,000 was transferred to the Savings Plan of one of the Sponsor's former subsidiaries and is reflected on the Satement of Changes in Net Assets.

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FROZEN FOOD EXPRESS INDUSTRIES, INC.

401 (k) SAVINGS PLAN

PLAN 001

EIN 75-1031831

SCHEDULE H, PART IV, LINE 4i-SCHEDULE OF ASSETS

(HELD AT END OF YEAR)

December 31, 2004

(a)	(b) Identity of Issue	(c) Description of Investment			(d) Cost		(e) Current Value
	Cash		United States Dollars		$	5,835	$	5,835
*	Frozen Food Express Industries, Inc. Unitized Stock Fund		1,588,448	Shares		9,672,973		39,086,933
	ABN AMRO Income Plus Stable Value		385,420	Shares		2,101,684		2,185,685
	PIMCO Total Return Institutional Fund Intermediate Bond		176,607	Shares		1,900,407		1,884,395
	ABN AMRO Balanced Mixed Investment		162,355	Shares		1,713,732		1,800,515
	ABN AMRO S&P 500 Index Index Stock		202,069	Shares		798,074		1,002,667
	ABN AMRO Growth Basic Stock		44,397	Shares		860,922		1,027,354
	Van Kampen Growth Growth Stock		67,733	Shares		1,107,419		1,367,527
	Julius Baer International Equity International Stock		30,418	Shares		848,655		961,512
	Veredus Aggressive Growth Small-Cap Stock		52,287	Shares		689,703		981,943
	Royce Low Price Stock Small-Cap Value		43,091	Shares		576,750		660,583
					$	20,276,154	$	50,964,949
	Loans to Participants		Interest bearing notes at 5.00%-6.00%			N/A	$	1,659,756

*Party-in-interest to the Plan

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FROZEN FOOD EXPRESS INDUSTRIES, INC.

401 (k) SAVINGS PLAN

PLAN 001

EIN 75-1031831

SCHEDULE H, PART IV, LINE 4i-SCHEDULE OF ASSETS

(ACQUIRED AND DISPOSED OF WITHIN THE YEAR)

December 31, 2004

(a) Identity of Issue		(b) Description of Investment			(c) Cost			(d) Proceeds
Frozen Food Express Industries, Inc. Unitized Stock Fund *			320,640 shares		$	2,428,832		$	4,826,264

* These are total shares sold within the plan year, not necessarily just those shares acquired and disposed within the plan year.

All other investment assets that were both acquired and disposed of during the plan year were interests issued by a company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940. Therefore, these transactions are excluded from this schedule in accordance with the Specific Instructions for Form 5500.

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FROZEN FOOD EXPRESS INDUSTRIES, INC.

401 (k) SAVINGS PLAN

PLAN 001

EIN 75-1031831

SCHEDULE H, PART IV, LINE 4i-SCHEDULE OF REPORTABLE TRANSACTIONS

December 31, 2004

			Purchases
(a) Identity of Party Involved	(b) Description		Shares/Units		(g) Cost		(h) Market Value		(i) Net Gain or Loss
Frozen Food Express Industries, Inc. *		Unitized Stock		127,073		1,783,931		3,126,892		1,342,960
ABN AMRO		Stable Value		256,123		1,434,961		1,452,451		17,491
PIMCO		Intermediate Bond		81,122		877,797		865,575		(12,222	)
ABN AMRO		Balanced		61,973		697,144		687,279		(9,865	)
ABN AMRO		Stock Index		64,460		298,965		319,850		20,886
ABN AMRO		Large-cap Growth		11,117		243,588		257,237		13,649
Van Kampen		Large-cap Value		27,709		518,660		559,443		40,784
ABN AMRO		Small-cap Growth		15,945		261,531		299,443		37,911
Royce		Small-cap Value		28,663		422,817		439,399		16,582
Julius Baer		International Stock		29		600		912		312

* Party in interest to the Plan.

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

The Administrative Committee of the Savings Plan for

Employees of Frozen Food Express Industries, Inc.:

We have audited the accompanying statements of net assets available for plan benefits of the Savings Plan for Employees of Frozen Food Express Industries, Inc. (the "Plan") as of December 31, 2004 and 2003, and the related statements of changes in net assets available for plan benefits for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2004. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Plan's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.

We conducted our 2002 audit in accordance with generally accepted accounting standards in the United States. We conducted our 2004 and 2003 audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the net assets available for plan benefits of the Savings Plan for Employees of Frozen Food Express Industries, Inc., as of December 31, 2004 and 2003, and the changes in net assets available for plan benefits for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2004 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Our audits were made for the purpose of forming an opinion on the basic financial statements taken as a whole. The supplemental schedules on pages 9, 10 and 11 are presented for the purpose of additional analysis and are not a required part of the basic financial statements but are supplementary information required by the Department of Labor's Rules and Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. The supplemental schedules on pages 9, 10 and 11 have been subjected to the auditing procedures applied in the audit of the basic financial statements and, in our opinion, are fairly stated in all material respects in relation to the basic financial statements taken as a whole.

/s/ Waters, Wright & Associates, LLP

Waters, Wright & Associates, LLP

Mansfield, Texas

JUNE 22, 2005

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SIGNATURE

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.


	Frozen Food Express Industries, Inc.
	401 (k) Savings Plan


	/s/ F. Dixon McElwee, Jr. Name: F. Dixon McElwee, Jr. Title: Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Date: June 22, 2005

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EXHIBIT INDEX


EXHIBIT

	23.	Consent of Waters, Wright & Associates, LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm dated June 22, 2005.

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