AMENDMENT NO. 5  TO CREDIT AGREEMENT

        This  Amendment No. 5 is dated as of May 16, 1997 by and 
among John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc. (the "Borrower"), the 
Lenders parties hereto and Bank of America Illinois, as 
Agent for the Lenders ("Amendment No. 5").

                         W I T N E S S E T H;

	WHEREAS,  the Borrower, the Lenders and the Agent are 
parties to that certain Credit Agreement dated as of March 
27, 1996, as amended by that certain Amendment No. 1 and 
Waiver to Credit Agreement dated as of August 1, 1996, that 
certain Amendment No. 2 and Waiver to Credit Agreement dated 
as of October 30, 1996, that certain Amendment No. 3 to 
Credit Agreement dated as of January 24, 1997 and that 
certain Amendment No. 4 to Credit Agreement dated as of 
April 25, 1997 (the "Agreement");

	WHEREAS, the Borrower wishes to change its fiscal year 
for accounting purposes;

	WHEREAS, the Borrower and the Lenders desire to amend 
the Agreement as set forth herein.

	NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises herein 
contained, and for other good and valuable consideration, 
the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby 
acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

1.  Each capitalized term used herein but not otherwise 
defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to 
such term in the Agreement.

2.  Amendments to Credit Agreement.  Subject to the 
terms and conditions set forth in Section 4 of this 
Amendment No. 5, the Credit Agreement is hereby 
amended as follows:

        (a)  The definition of "Fiscal Month" in Section 1.1 of 
        the Credit Agreement is hereby amended in its 
        entirety to read as follows:

                ""Fiscal Month" means any five, four or four week fiscal
                accounting period of an Obligor within a Fiscal Quarter of
                such Obligor."

        (b)  The definition of "Fiscal Quarter" in Section 1.1 of 
        the Credit Agreement is hereby amended in its 
        entirety to read as follows:

                ""Fiscal Quarter" means any quarterly fiscal accounting 
                period of an Obligor within a Fiscal Year consisting of five,
                four and four weeks respectively."

        (c)  The definition of "Fiscal Year" in Section 1.1 of 
        the Credit Agreement is hereby amended in its entirety to read as
        follows:

                ""Fiscal Year" means any fiscal accounting period 
                of an Obligor consisting of four quarterly accounting periods
                of five, four and four weeks respectively, ending on December
                31 of each year for Fiscal Years commencing prior to
                January 1, 1997 and on the last Thursday of June for Fiscal
                Years commencing after January 1, 1997; references to a Fiscal
                Year with a number corresponding to any calendar
                year for Fiscal Years commencing after January 1, 1997 (eg.,
                the "1997 Fiscal Year") refer to the Fiscal Year ending on
                the date which is the last Thursday of June occurring during
                such calendar year."


3.	The Borrower represents and warrants that, after 
giving effect to this Amendment No. 5, no Default or Event 
of Default exists and is continuing under the Agreement and 
no default exists under the Teachers Note Agreement and the 
Prudential Note Agreement.

4.  This Amendment No. 5 shall become effective as of 
May 16, 1997 upon satisfaction of the following 
conditions:

        (i)  the Borrower, the Agent, Sunshine, Quantz and each
of the Lenders shall have executed and delivered a 
counterpart of this Amendment No. 5.

        (ii)  the Agent shall have received, in sufficient copies 
for each Lender, the following in form and substance 
satisfactory to the Agent and its counsel:

                (A)  a board of directors resolution authorizing the 
                execution and delivery of this Amendment No. 5

                (B)  a certificate from the Borrower's chief 
                financial Authorized Officer certifying that on 
                the date hereof and after giving effect to this 
                Amendment No. 5 no Default or Event of Default 
                has occurred and is continuing.

(iii)  the Borrower shall have paid the outstanding fees 
and out-of-pocket costs and expenses of counsel for 
the Agent incurred in connection with the 
negotiation, preparation, execution and delivery of 
this Amendment No. 5.

5.  Except as specifically set forth in this Amendment 
No. 5, the Agreement and the other Loan Documents 
shall remain unaltered and in full force and effect 
and the respective terms, conditions and covenants 
thereof are hereby ratified and confirmed in all 
respects.

6.  Upon the effectiveness of this Amendment No. 5, each 
reference in the Agreement to "this Agreement", 
"hereof", "herein" or "hereunder" or words of like 
import, and all references to the Agreement in any 
other Loan Documents shall mean and be a reference 
to the Agreement as amended hereby.

7.  This Amendment No. 5 may be executed in any number 
of counterparts and by different parties hereto in 
separate counterparts, each of which when so 
executed and delivered shall be deemed to be an 
original and all of which taken together shall 
constitute one and the same agreement.

8.  THIS AMENDMENT NO. 5 SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A 
CONTRACT MADE UNDER AND GOVERNED BY THE INTERNAL 
LAWS OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS.


(Signature pages follow)



IN WITNESS WHEREOF,  the parties hereto have executed this 
Amendment No. 5 to Credit Agreement as of the date first 
above written.

	
                                          JOHN B. SANFILIPPO & SON, INC.


                                          By /s/   Gary P. Jensen
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                                          Title: Executive Vice President and
                                          Chief Financial Officer


                                          BANK OF AMERICA ILLINOIS, in its
                                          capacity as Agent

                                          By /s/ Jay McKeown
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                                          Title: Agency Management Services
                                          Senior Agency Officer


                                          BANK OF AMERICA ILLINOIS, in its
                                          capacity as Lender, Issuing Lender
                                          and Issuer

                                          By /s/  Lynn Simmons
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                                          Title:  Vice President


                                          THE NORTHERN TRUST COMPANY, in its
                                          capacity as a Lender

                                          By /s/  Arthur J. Fogel
                                          -----------------------
                                          Title:  Vice President


                                          NATIONAL CITY BANK, in its capacity
                                          as a Lender

                                          By /s/ Diego Tobon
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                                          Title: Vice President



The undersigned acknowledges receipt of a copy of the 
foregoing Amendment No. 5, consents to the terms 
thereof, and ratifies and confirms its Guaranty, dated 
as of March 27, 1996, in favor of the Lenders, and all 
documents, instruments and agreements executed in 
connection therewith.

SUNSHINE NUT CO.

By: /s/ John C. Taylor
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Title: President


The undersigned acknowledges receipt of a copy of the 
foregoing Amendment No. 5, consents to the terms 
thereof, and ratifies and confirms its Guaranty, dated 
as of January 24, 1997, in favor of the Lenders, and all 
documents, instruments and agreements executed in 
connection therewith.

QUANTZ ACQUISITION CO., INC.

By: /s/ Michael J. Valentine
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Title: Assistant Secretary