UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, DC 20549 SCHEDULE 13G Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Amendment No. 18) J & J SNACK FOODS CORP. Common Stock, no par value 22528J 10 5 Check the following box if a fee is being paid with this statement ( ). (A fee is not required only if the filing person: (1) has a previous statement on file reporting beneficial ownership of more than five percent of the class of securities described in Item 1; and (2) has filed no amendment subsequent thereto reporting beneficial ownership of five percent or less of such class.) (See Rule 13d-7.) *The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person's initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter the disclosures provided in a prior cover page. The information required in the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Act") or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes). (Continued on following page(s)) Page 1 of 4 Pages CUSIP NO. 22528J 10 5 13G Page 2 of 4 Pages - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON Gerald B. Shreiber 149-30-7472 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP* Not Applicable (a) ( ) (b) ( ) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3 SEC USE ONLY - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION United States of America - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5 SOLE VOTING POWER NUMBER OF 4,672,043 SHARES - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - BENEFICIALLY 6 SHARED VOTING POWER OWNED BY EACH No Shares REPORTING - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - PERSON 7 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER WITH 4,506,579 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 8 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER 122,550 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 9 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 4,506,579 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 10 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES* Not Applicable - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 11 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9 25 percent - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 12 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON* IN - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Amendment No. 18 to Schedule 13G Page 3 of 4 Item 1(a) Name of Issuer: J & J Snack Foods Corp. Item 1(b) Address of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices: 6000 Central Highway, Pennsauken, New Jersey 08109 Item 2(a) Name of Person Filing: Gerald B. Shreiber Item 2(b) Address of Principal Business Office: 6000 Central Highway, Pennsauken, New Jersey, 08109 Item 2(c) Citizenship: United States of America Item 2(d) Title of Class of Securities: Common Stock, no par value Item 2(e) CUSIP Number: 22528J 10 5 Item 3 Not Applicable Item 4 (a) Amount Beneficially Owned: 4,506,579 shares, options to acquire 350,000 and exercisable within 60 days, and 122,550 shares owned by a trust in which Mr. Shreiber has sole voting power and shared dispositive power in which beneficial ownership is disclaimed. In addition, there are 452,346 shares in which Mr. Shreiber has voting power, no dispositive power and in which beneficial ownership is disclaimed. (b) Percent of Class: 25 percent. (c) Items 5, 6, 7, and 8 from Page 2 of this statement are incorporated by reference. Amendment No. 18 to Schedule 13G Page 4 of 4 Item 5 Not Applicable Item 6 Not Applicable Item 7 Not Applicable Item 8 Not Applicable Item 9 Not Applicable Item 10 Not Applicable Signature After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct. Dated as of: February 9, 2006 Signature: _________________________ /s/ Gerald B. Shreiber Gerald B. Shreiber The filing of this Schedule shall not be construed as an admission (a) that the person filing this Schedule is, for the purposes of Section 13(d) or 13(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the beneficial owner of any equity securities covered by this Schedule, or (b) that this Schedule is legally required to be filed by such person.