Exhibit 1

             J & J Snack Foods Buys Back 275,000 Shares;
          Increases Buyback Authorization by 500,000 Shares

    PENNSAUKEN, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 14, 2003--J & J Snack
Foods Corp. (NASDAQ-JJSF) announced today that it has purchased and
retired 275,000 shares of its common stock under an existing buyback
authorization and that its board of directors has approved the
purchase and retirement of an additional 500,000 shares.
    The Company said that it had purchased the 275,000 shares over the
past 2-1/2 months.
    Gerald B. Shreiber, J & J's President and Chief Executive Officer,
commented, "This is consistent with our previous stated and announced
policy of the repurchase of J & J Snack Foods shares from time to
time. We will continue to purchase shares from time to time when we
feel it is appropriate to do so."
    J & J Snack Foods Corp.'s principal products include SUPERPRETZEL
soft pretzels, ICEE and ARCTIC BLAST frozen beverages, LUIGI'S, MAMA
TISH'S, SHAPE-UPS and MINUTE MAID(1) frozen juice bars and ices, TIO
PEPE'S churros and MRS. GOODCOOKIE and CAMDEN CREEK cookies.
    J & J has manufacturing facilities in Pennsauken, Bridgeport and
Bellmawr, New Jersey; Scranton and Hatfield, Pennsylvania; Carrollton,
Texas and Vernon (Los Angeles), California.

    (1) MINUTE MAID is a registered trademark of The Coca-Cola
Company.

    CONTACT: J & J Snack Foods Corp.
             Dennis G. Moore, 856/665-9533