---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-22-013230"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "JJSF"
cik: "0000785956"
company_name: "J&J SNACK FOODS CORP"
filed_at: "2022-05-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-25T08:54:47.788735+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# J&J Snack Foods to acquire Dippin' Dots for $222M; board adds CEO Fachner and Roy Jackson

## Summary
- Acquisition of Dippin' Dots for $222M, expected close by end of June 2022, subject to HSR and conditions.
- Transaction funded with cash and senior debt; expected to be accretive to EPS by $0.30-$0.40 in first 12 months.
- Dippin' Dots produces flash-frozen beaded ice cream; has over 140 franchisees and facilities in US and abroad.
- Dan Fachner (President & CEO) and Roy Jackson appointed to board, expanding from 5 to 7 members.
- Quarterly dividend of $0.633/share declared, payable July 11, 2022 to holders of record June 20, 2022.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-22-013230
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: JJSF
- cik: 0000785956
- company_name: J&J SNACK FOODS CORP
- filed_at: 2022-05-20T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/785956/000143774922013230/0001437749-22-013230-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/785956/000143774922013230/jjsf20220518_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-22-013230.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Roy Jackson was appointed as Director at J&J SNACK FOODS CORP.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: appointed current President and Chief Executive Officer, Dan Fachner, and Roy Jackson to the Board, effective May 19, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/785956/000143774922013230/0001437749-22-013230-index.htm
- Executive change
  Dan Fachner was appointed as Director at J&J SNACK FOODS CORP.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: appointed current President and Chief Executive Officer, Dan Fachner, and Roy Jackson to the Board, effective May 19, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/785956/000143774922013230/0001437749-22-013230-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.