J&J dividend up 5.4%

J&J Snack Foods Corp. announced today that its next dividend, to be paid Jan. 7 to shareholders of record through Dec. 15, will be increased 5.4 percent, to $.0975 a share.

The Pennsauken company's shares were trading early this afternoon at $30.31, up 10 cents (0.33 percent) on the Nasdaq market.