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                     Exchange Act of 1934 (Amendment No.  )

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                             ESKIMO PIE CORPORATION
                (Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)


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                             ESKIMO PIE CORPORATION




            NOTICE OF POSTPONEMENT OF ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
                     FROM MAY 12, 1999 TO SEPTEMBER 8, 1999



              Notice is hereby given to all  shareholders  of record as of March
26, 1999, that the Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Eskimo Pie Corporation (the
"Company")  originally  scheduled to be held on May 12, 1999,  at 10:00 a.m., in
Richmond,  Virginia, has been postponed and rescheduled to be held on Wednesday,
September 8, 1999, at a time and place to be determined. The Company will notify
shareholders  when the Board of Directors  establishes a new record date for the
determination of shareholders having the right to notice of, and to vote at, the
September 8, 1999 meeting and any adjournment thereof.

              A copy of the  Company's  April 16,  1999 first  quarter  earnings
release is attached to this Notice which provides additional explanation for the
postponement.

              You may have  already  received  the  Company's  Notice  of Annual
Meeting and Proxy  Statement  dated  March 31, 1999 and the proxy card  included
with those  materials.  You may  disregard  the Proxy  Statement  and proxy card
furnished to you for the May 12, 1999 meeting and any of those proxy cards which
were signed and returned to the Company are invalid. The Company will be mailing
revised  proxy  materials to you relating to the business to be conducted at the
September 8, 1999  meeting  later in the summer.  The Company is not  requesting
your proxy in connection with the rescheduled meeting at this time.

              As the April 16, 1999 release indicates,  the Company has begun to
implement  its  recently  announced  growth  and  restructuring   plan.  We  are
continuing to devote our best efforts toward  maximizing  long term  shareholder
value and look forward to reporting our progress to you in September.


                                   By Order of the Board of Directors,

                                   /s/ Thomas M. Mishoe, Jr.

                                   Thomas M. Mishoe, Jr.
                                   Chief Financial Officer, Vice President,
                                   Treasurer and Corporate Secretary

April 16, 1999



               901 Moorefield Park Drive, Richmond, Virginia 23236