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                                 Exhibit 10.12

                   AMENDMENT TO REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

     This Amendment to Registration Rights Agreement (the "Amendment") is
entered into this 6 day of May, 1994 by and among Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream,
Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and Trustees of General Electric
Pension Trust, a New York common law trust ("GE Pension"), GE Investment
Private Placement Partners, I, a Delaware limited partnership ("GEIPPP") and
General Electric Capital Corporation, a New York corporation (collectively the
"Investors").

                                    Recitals

A.   The Company entered into a Registration Rights Agreement dated June 30,
1993 with the Investors (the "Agreement"), pursuant to which the Investors
acquired the right under certain circumstances to cause securities of the
Company held by them to be registered by the Company under the Securities Act
of 1933.

B.   The Company and Investors now desire to amend the Agreement as set forth
herein.

          1.   Amendments.

               1.1. Section 2.2(a) is hereby amended by adding the following at
          the end of such section:

                    "Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section
                    2.2(a), if any such proposal by the Company to register any
                    of its securities was as a result of the exercise of a
                    demand registration right under Section 3 of the Nestle
                    Registration Rights Agreement, then the Company shall not be
                    obligated to include any Registrable Securities in any such
                    registration without the consent of the Nestle Holders;
                    provided, however, that such consent shall be deemed to have
                    been given if the Nestle Holders allow any securities of the
                    Company other than 'Registrable Securities' (as defined in
                    the Nestle Registration Rights Agreement) to be included in
                    such registration."

               1.2. Subsection 2.2(b) is hereby amended to read in its entirety
          as follows:

                    "(b) Priority in Incidental Registrations. If the managing
                    underwriter of any underwritten offering shall inform the
                    Company by letter of its belief that the number or type of
                    Registrable Securities

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                requested to be included in such registration would materially
                adversely affect such offering, then the Company will include in
                such registration, to the extent of the number and type which
                the Company is so advised can be sold in (or during the time of)
                such offering (i) first, all securities proposed by the Company
                to be sold for its own account, if any; (ii) second, and only if
                all the securities proposed by the Company to be sold for its
                own account have been so included, such Registrable Securities
                and securities of the Company requested for inclusion in such
                registration pursuant to the exercise of piggyback registration
                rights under Section 4(a) of the Nestle Registration Rights
                Agreement (the 'Nestle Securities'), pro rata among the holders
                of the Registrable Securities and Nestle Securities on the basis
                of the respective percentages of the total amount of securities
                requested to be so included by such holders which are
                represented by Registrable Securities, on the one hand, and
                Nestle Securities, on the other hand; and (iii) third, and only
                if all of the Registrable Securities and Nestle Securities have
                been included in such registration, any other securities of the
                Company requested to be included in such registration; provided,
                however, that if such registration was as a result of the
                exercise of a demand registration right pursuant to Section 3 of
                the Nestle Registration Rights Agreement, and the Nestle Holders
                have consented to the inclusion of Registrable Securities in
                such offering, then the securities to be included in such
                registration shall be selected, after all 'Registrable
                Securities' (as defined in the Nestle Registration Rights
                Agreement) originally proposed to be included in such
                registration have been so included, (y) first, from the
                Registrable Securities and (z) second, and only if all the
                Registrable Securities have been included in such registration,
                from any other securities eligible for inclusion in such
                registration."

        1.3     Subsection 2.4(c) is hereby amended to read in its entirety as
follows:

                "(c) Holdback Agreements. (i) Each holder of Registrable
                Securities agrees, in each of the instances set out below, not
                to effect any public sale or distribution, including any sale
                pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act, of any
                Registrable Securities, and not to effect any such public sale
                or distribution of any other equity

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        security of the Company or of any security convertible into or
        exchangeable or exercisable for any equity security of the Company
        during the 15 days prior to, and during the 90-day period (or such
        longer period as may be reasonably requested by the underwriter, if any,
        of an offering) beginning on, the effective date of a registration
        statement (except as part of such registration) provided that each
        holder of Registrable Securities has received written notice of such
        registration at least 15 days prior to such effective date:

                    (1)  in the case of an underwritten public offering in which
               any such holder is participating, if requested by the managing
               underwriters of such underwritten public offering,

                    (2)  in the case of an underwritten public offering in which
               any such holder is not participating and which is initiated
               pursuant to the exercise of demand registration rights under
               Section 3 of the Nestle Registration Rights Agreement, if
               requested by the managing underwriters of such underwritten
               public offering,

                    (3)  in the case of a registration pursuant to Section 2.1
               hereof in which any such holder is participating and which is not
               an underwritten public offering, if requested by the holders of a
               majority of the Registrable Securities requesting such
               registration,

                    (4)  in the case of an incidental registration pursuant to
               Section 2.2 hereof in which any such holder is participating and
               which is not an underwritten public offering, if requested by the
               holders of a majority of the securities requesting such
               registration, or

                    (5)  in the case of a registration in which any such holder
               is not participating and which is initiated pursuant to the
               exercise of demand registration rights under Section 3 of the
               Nestle Registration Rights Agreement and which is not an
               underwritten public offering, if requested by the Nestle Holders.

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          (ii) In the event of any registration of Registrable Securities
          pursuant to Section 2.1 or 2.2 hereof, the Company agrees (i) not to
          effect any public or private sale or distribution of any of its equity
          securities or of any equity security convertible into or exchangeable
          or exercisable for any equity security of the Company (other than any
          such sale or distribution of such securities in connection with any
          merger or consolidation by the Company or any subsidiary of the
          Company of the capital stock or substantially all the assets of any
          other person or in connection with an employee stock option or other
          benefit plan) during the 15 days prior to, and during the 90-day
          period beginning on, the effective date of such registration statement
          (except as part of such registration) to the extent the Company is
          timely notified in writing by a holder of the Registrable Securities
          or the managing underwriters of any such registration, and (ii) that
          any agreement entered into after the date of this Agreement pursuant
          to which the Company issues or agrees to issue any privately placed
          equity securities shall contain a provision under which holder of such
          securities agree not to effect any public sale or distribution of any
          such securities during the period referred to in the foregoing clause
          (i), including any sale pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act
          (except as part of such registration, if permitted)."

    1.4.  Section 3 of the Agreement is hereby amended by adding the following
          definitions in their correct alphabetical position:

          "'Nestle' means Nestle Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation."

          "'Nestle Holders' means the selling holders of a majority of all
          'Registrable Securities' (as defined in the Nestle Registration
          Rights Agreement) included in a demand registration under Section 3
          of the Nestle Registration Rights Agreement."

          "'Nestle Registration Rights Agreement' means the Registration Rights
          Agreement dated May __, 1994 between the Company and Nestle as in
          effect on such date."

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     2. Miscellaneous.

          2.1. Except as expressly amended herein, all terms, covenants and
     provisions of the Agreement are and shall remain in full force and effect
     and all references therein to such Agreement shall henceforth refer to the
     Agreement as amended by this Amendment. This Amendment shall be deemed
     incorporated into, and a part of, the Agreement.

          2.2. This Amendment shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of
     the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. No third
     party beneficiaries are intended in connection with this Amendment.

          2.3. This Amendment shall be governed by and construed in accordance
     with the law of the State of Delaware.

          2.4. This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts,
     each of which shall be deemed an original, but all such counterparts
     together shall constitute but one and the same instrument.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company and the Purchasers have caused this
Amendment to be executed and delivered as of the date first above written.

DREYER'S GRAND ICE CREAM, INC.             TRUSTEES OF GENERAL ELECTRIC
                                             PENSION TRUST

By: /s/ PAUL R. WOODLAND                   By: /s/ JOHN H. MYERS
    ---------------------------------          ---------------------------------
Title: Vice President                      Title: Trustee
       ------------------------------             ------------------------------

GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL                   GE INVESTMENT PRIVATE PLACEMENT
  CORPORATION                                PARTNERS I

By: /s/ JOHN T. CARLTON                    By: GE Investment Management
    ---------------------------------          Incorporated, its
Title: Department Operations                   General Partner
       Manager
       ------------------------------          By: /s/ JOHN H. MYERS
                                                   -----------------------------
                                               Title: Trustee
                                                      --------------------------

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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.13

                              Nestle Holdings, Inc.
                               800 N. Brand Blvd.
                               Glendale, CA 91203

                                February 19, 2002

Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream, Inc.
5929 College Avenue
Oakland, CA 94618

General Electric Capital Corporation
260 Long Ridge Road
Stamford, Connecticut 06927
Attn:  John Flannery

General Electric Pension Trust
GE Investment Private Placement Partners I
c/o GE Asset Management Incorporated
GE Investments
3003 Summer Street
P.O. Box 7900
Stamford Square
Stamford, Connecticut 06904-7900
Attn:  Michael Pastore, Esq.

Dear Sirs:

        We are writing in regard to the letter agreement, dated as of January
28, 2002 (the "Letter Agreement"), by and among General Electric Pension Trust
("GEPT"), GE Investment Private Placement Partners I ("GEIPPP"), and General
Electric Capital Corporation ("GECC and, together with GEPT and GEIPP, the "GE
Entities"), on the one hand, and Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream, Inc. (the "Company"),
on the other hand. The Letter Agreement states that "[t]he Securities Purchase
Agreement among the Company the GE Entities . . . and all related agreements
between the Company, on the one hand, and any of the GE Entities, on the other
hand, are hereby terminated." It is our understanding that, with respect to the
Registration Rights Agreement between the GE Entities and the Company, dated as
of June 30, 1993, as amended (the "Registration Rights Agreement"), (a) the
Letter Agreement is the agreement of the GE Entities to surrender certain rights
of the GE Entities thereunder (subject to the terms of such Letter Agreement),
as between the GE Entities and the Company only, but does not purport to
terminate or amend the Registration Rights Agreement itself in any respect, and
(b) the rights of Nestle Holdings, Inc. thereunder, as holder of 3,400,000
Registrable Securities (as defined therein), as well as the rights of any
subsequent holders of such Registrable Securities thereunder, remain unchanged
and in full force and effect. Please confirm your agreement with the foregoing
by signing in the space provided below and returning the signed letter to me.

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                                             NESTLE HOLDINGS, INC.,
                                             a Delaware corporation

                                             By: /s/ Kristin Adrian
                                                 -------------------------------
                                                 Name:  Kristin Adrian
                                                 Title: Senior Vice President,
                                                        General Counsel and
                                                        Secretary

ACKNOWLEDGED AND AGREED:

DREYER'S GRAND ICE CREAM, INC.,
a Delaware corporation

By: /s/ Mark LeHocky
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    Name:  Mark LeHocky
    Title: General Counsel

GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION,
a New York corporation

By: /s/ John L. Flannery
    ------------------------------------
     Name:  John L. Flannery
     Title: Vice President

GENERAL ELECTRIC PENSION TRUST,
a New York common law trust,

By: GE ASSET MANAGEMENT INCORPORATED,
    a Delaware corporation,
    its investment manager

    By: /s/ Michael M. Pastore
        --------------------------------
        Name:  Michael M. Pastore
        Title: Vice President

GE INVESTMENT PRIVATE PLACEMENT PARTNERS I,
a Delaware limited partnership,

By: GE ASSET MANAGEMENT INCORPORATED,
    a Delaware corporation,
    its general partner

    By: /s/ Michael M. Pastore
        --------------------------------
        Name:  Michael M. Pastore
        Title: Vice President

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