J & J Snack Foods Corp..
JJSF.US | Manufacture of bakery products
J & J Snack Foods Corp. is a manufacturer, marketer, and distributor of branded niche snack foods and beverages to foodservice and retail supermarket outlets. Its product portfolio includes soft pretzels under the SUPERPRETZEL and ICEE brands, frozen beverages under the ICEE and SLUSH PUPPIE brands,...Show More
Better Health for All
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JJSF.US states that 30% of both its Board of Directors and management team is comprised of women and minority leaders, and 36% of employees are women, with 66% from diverse backgrounds.
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The company offers a J&J Cares program to provide employees with resources to enhance their emotional health and well-being.
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JJSF.US is independently audited annually by a third party against Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) standards, and has improved its GFSI audit scores year-over-year since 2020.
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More than 50% of its facilities are reducing food waste to landfills through animal feed programs.
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The company offers some products with specific nutritional attributes, such as 51% Whole Grain and Low Sodium options, and aligns with the USDA Smart Snack program.
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Fair Money & Economic Opportunity
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No evidence available to assess J & J Snack Foods Corp. on Fair Money & Economic Opportunity.
Fair Pay & Worker Respect
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J & J Snack Foods Corp. reported a CEO to median employee pay ratio of 100:1 for fiscal year 2025.
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Approximately 30.43% of its 4,600 full and part-time employees are covered by collective bargaining agreements.
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The company has faced multiple substantiated labor law violations, including a $20,000 civil penalty for willful and repeated Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) violations, resulting in $2.1 million in back wages and liquidated damages for 677 workers.
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Additionally, OSHA issued "willful and repeat citations" in September 2018 for safety failures.
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The company employs approximately 600 workers through staffing agencies, representing 11.5% of its total workforce (5,200 employees including agency staff).
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A self-insured medical plan covers approximately 1,800 of its 4,600 full and part-time employees, which is about 39.13%.
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Fair Trade & Ethical Sourcing
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No specific, quantitative data was provided in the articles for any of the KPIs related to Fair Trade & Ethical Sourcing. While the company mentions a Supplier Requirements Manual that addresses ethical labor standards and sustainable sourcing practices, and notes multi-site RSPO certification for palm oil, these do not provide the necessary quantitative metrics (e.g., percentage of spend, audit frequency, number of incidents, or traceability coverage) to score against the rubric's thresholds.
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Therefore, all KPIs are omitted.
Honest & Fair Business
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No evidence available to assess J & J Snack Foods Corp. on Honest & Fair Business.
Kind to Animals
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J & J Snack Foods Corp. currently sources approximately 30% of its eggs from cage-free hens.
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The company has set targets to increase this to 70% by the end of 2025, 85% by the end of 2027, and 100% by the end of 2028.
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The company will report actual progress annually.
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More than 50% of the company's manufacturing facilities are reducing food waste to landfills through animal feed programs.
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The company's Supplier Requirements Manual references the 'Humane Methods of Slaughter Act (HMSA)' as a regulatory requirement.
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The company supports the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) and other similar causes, and its founder, Gerry Shreiber, formed and funded The Gerald B. Shreiber Foundation to support animal welfare organizations.
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No War, No Weapons
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No evidence available to assess J & J Snack Foods Corp. on No War, No Weapons.
Planet-Friendly Business
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In 2024, JJSF.US reported total Scope 1 and 2 emissions from manufacturing of 4,171,422 tCO₂e, but did not provide Scope 3 emissions data.
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The company has incurred $258,067 in environment-related penalties across 10 records, including air and water pollution violations, with the most recent environmental violation in 2018.
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JJSF.US has completed multi-site RSPO (Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil) certification, with over 50% of manufacturing facilities using a mass balance supply chain model for sustainable palm oil and 100% of JJSF-owned distribution centers annually certified to the RSPO standard.
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Packaging procurement is also aligned with regions not at risk of deforestation.
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Respect for Cultures & Communities
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The provided articles, including the Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, Human Rights and Anti-Trafficking policy, and various ESG/Sustainability reports from 2022 and 2024, do not contain specific quantitative data or concrete facts relevant to any of the KPIs under the 'Respect for Cultures & Communities' value. The documents generally outline ethical principles, broad ESG initiatives, and human rights policies primarily focused on labor, but consistently lack specific metrics such as the number of formal partnerships with indigenous or local community groups, percentage of revenue reinvested in local community development, details on cultural appropriation incidents, existence of cultural impact assessment protocols, local employment ratios, availability of community grievance mechanisms, FPIC participation rates, community governance inclusion, cultural preservation investment, local procurement share, indigenous supplier count, cultural site protection actions, social license to operate, charitable giving to cultural heritage organizations, community fund allocation, language inclusivity scores, cultural incident response effectiveness, or cultural sensitivity training completion rates.
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Therefore, no KPIs can be scored based on the provided evidence.
Safe & Smart Tech
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No evidence available to assess J & J Snack Foods Corp. on Safe & Smart Tech.
Zero Waste & Sustainable Products
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No evidence available to assess J & J Snack Foods Corp. on Zero Waste & Sustainable Products.