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<ownershipDocument>

    <schemaVersion>X0508</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2024-11-10</periodOfReport>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000785956</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>J&amp;J SNACK FOODS CORP</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>JJSF</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001888416</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Every Stephen</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O J&amp;J SNACK FOODS CORP.</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>350 FELLOWSHIP ROAD</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>MOUNT LAUREL</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NJ</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>08054</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <officerTitle>COO, The ICEE Company</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <aff10b5One>0</aff10b5One>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common stock, no par value</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2024-11-10</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>F</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>40</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>176.90</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>D</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>5309</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">On November 10, 2021, 484 service share units were issued to the Reporting Person pursuant to a Service Share Unit Award with such shares vesting equally on the first, second and third anniversaries of the grant date.  These shares were sold to cover taxes associated with the vesting of the third tranche.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Includes 1,025 shares purchased through the J &amp; J Snack Foods Corp. 1996 Employee Stock Purchase Program.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Michael A. Pollner, Attorney in Fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2024-11-12</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
