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8-K - CURRENT REPORT - J&J SNACK FOODS CORPjjsnack_8k-012312.htm
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 23, 2012 - - J & J Snack Foods Corp. (NASDAQ-JJSF) today announced sales and earnings for the first quarter ended December 24, 2011.
 
Sales increased 11% to $172.7 million from $155.6 million in last year’s first quarter. Net earnings were $5.5 million in the current quarter compared to $7.1 million last year.  Earnings per diluted share were $.29 for the first quarter compared to $.38 last year. Operating income decreased 23% to $8.5 million in the current quarter from $11.0 million in the year ago quarter.
 
Gerald B. Shreiber, J & J’s President and Chief Executive Officer, commented, "ICEE improved significantly from last year. Other than ICEE, our results were disappointing.  Contributing factors were weak volume, inability to offset ingredient and packaging cost increases and other increases in operating costs."
 
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, MINUTE MAID* and BARQ’S** 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.
**BARQ’S is a registered trademark of Barq’s Inc.
 
 
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Consolidated Statement of Operations 
Three Months Ended
 
    December 24,     December 25,  
   
2011
   
2010
 
   
(unaudited)
       
   
(in thousands)
 
             
Net sales
  $ 172,686     $ 155,632  
Cost of goods sold
    126,280       109,531  
Gross profit
    46,406       46,101  
Operating expenses
    37,943       35,128  
Operating income
    8,463       10,973  
Other income
    316       200  
Earnings before income taxes
    8,779       11,173  
Income taxes
    3,294       4,079  
Net earnings
  $ 5,485     $ 7,094  
                 
Earnings per diluted share
  $ .29     $ .38  
Earnings per basic share                  
  $  .29     $ .38  
Weighted average number of diluted shares
    18,874       18,702  
Weighted average number of basic shares
    18,806       18,578  
 
   
Consolidated Balance Sheets
 
   
December 24, 2011
   
September 24, 2011
 
   
(unaudited)
       
   
(in thousands)
 
             
Cash & cash equivalents
  $ 94,091     $ 87,479  
Current marketable securities held to maturity
    8,650       25,506  
Other current assets
    128,846       146,865  
Property, plant & equipment, net
    127,039       124,650  
Goodwill
    70,070       70,070  
Other intangible assets, net
    51,373       52,005  
Marketable securities held to maturity
    63,000       42,000  
Other
    2,226       2,241  
Total
  $ 545,295     $ 550,816  
                 
Current liabilities
  $ 65,492     $ 75,848  
Long-term obligations under capital leases
    448       523  
Deferred income taxes
    40,993       41,050  
Other long-term obligations
    965       1,007  
Stockholders’ equity
    437,397       432,388  
Total
  $ 545,295     $ 550,816  
 
 
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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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