EXHIBIT 4.07
                                       
                              THIRD AMENDMENT TO
                     AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

     CONSOLIDATED PRODUCTS, INC., an Indiana corporation (the "Company") and
BANK ONE, INDIANA, N.A., a national banking association (formerly known as
"Bank One, Indianapolis, National Association")(the "Bank") agree as follows:

     1.  CONTEXT.  This agreement is made in the context of the following
agreed statement of facts:

                    a. The Company and the Bank are parties to an Amended and
               Restated Credit Agreement dated December 30, 1994, as amended by
               a First Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated
               September 26, 1995 as further amended by a Second Amendment to
               Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated effective as of
               January 31, 1997 (collectively, the "Agreement).

                    b. The Company has requested that the Bank (i) reduce the
               rate of interest on the Revolving Loan by reduction of the
               Applicable Spread and Facility Fee, and (ii) consent to the
               formation of a new Subsidiary.

                    c. The parties have executed this document (this "Third
               Amendment") to give effect to their agreement.

     2.  DEFINITIONS.  Terms used in the Third Amendment with their initial
letters capitalized are used as defined in the Agreement, unless otherwise
defined herein.  Section 1 of the Agreement is amended as follows:

                    a. AMENDED DEFINITION.  The definition of "Applicable
               Spread" is amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

                                "APPLICABLE SPREAD" means that number of
                    percentage points to be taken into account in determining
                    the LIBOR-based Rate at which interest will accrue on the
                    Loans and at which the Facility Fee will be paid by the
                    Company under the provisions of Section 2.a.(v), each as
                    determined by reference to the following table:

                    REVOLVING LOAN         TERM LOAN         FACILITY FEE
                        .75                  1.125               .20

                    b.  NEW DEFINITION.  A new definition is added to Section
               1 of the Agreement to read as follows:

                        "THIRD AMENDMENT" means the written amendment to this
                    Agreement entitled "Third Amendment to Amended and Restated
                    Credit Agreement" and dated September 18, 1997.



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        3.   CONSENT.  The Bank hereby consents to the formation of SNS TM, 
Inc., a corporation being formed as a wholly-owned Subsidiary of the 
Company's Subsidiary, Steak N Shake, Inc., which prior consent is required 
pursuant to Section 6.d of the Agreement.  Such consent is granted only as to 
the specific transaction described herein and is not to be deemed an ongoing 
waiver of the negative covenant set forth in Section 6.d or a consent to any 
other or further transaction restricted by such covenant.

        4.   REPRESENTATION AND WARRANTIES.  To induce the Bank to enter into 
this Third Amendment, the Company represents and warrants, as of the date of 
this Third Amendment, that no Event of Default or Unmatured Event of Default 
has occurred and is continuing and that the representations and warranties 
contained in Section 3 of the Agreement are true and correct, except that the 
representations contained in Section 3.d refer to the latest financial 
statements furnished to the Bank by the Company pursuant to the requirements 
of the Agreement.

        5.   REAFFIRMATION OF THE AGREEMENT.  Except as amended by this Third 
Amendment, all terms and conditions of the Agreement shall continue unchanged 
and in full force and effect.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company and the Bank, by their duly 
authorized officers, have executed this Third Amendment to Amended and 
Restated Credit Agreement on September 18, 1997.

                                CONSOLIDATED PRODUCTS, INC.

                                By: /s/ James W. Bear
                                   -----------------------------
                                   Senior Vice President


                                BANK ONE, INDIANA
                                   NATIONAL ASSOCIATION


                               By:  /s/ Brian D. Smith
                                  ------------------------------
                                  Vice President and
                                  Senior Relationship Manager







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