BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF J & J SNACK FOODS CORP. APPOINTS ROY C. JACKSON AS LEAD INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR

MOUNT LAUREL, N.J., Aug. 20, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- J & J Snack Foods Corp. (Nasdaq: JJSF) announced today that its Board of Directors has appointed Roy C. Jackson as Lead Independent Director, effective immediately.

A member of the Board of Directors since May 2022, Roy serves as Chair of the Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee and as a member of both the Audit Committee and the Compensation Committee. Roy has spent nearly 25 years in the food service industry, including in senior level positions with PepsiCo, YUM! Brands and The Coca-Cola Company, where he retired in 2018 as Senior Vice President, Business Development & Industry Affairs. Jackson’s experience has encompassed areas of increasing responsibility in sales, general management and restaurant operations. Jackson most recently held the position of Executive Vice President, Development & Industry Relations at the National Restaurant Association. He currently serves as a board member of CustomerX.i Inc. and has held previous board roles with the Multi-Cultural Foodservice Hospitality Alliance, International Franchise Association and The National Restaurant Educational Foundation. Jackson received the Chairman’s Award of the National Restaurant Association in 2017 and the Partnership Award for the Women’s Foodservice Forum in 2017. Jackson is also Trustee Emeriti of Union College, having served as Trustee from 2009-2022.