SANFILIPPO JOHN B & SON INC
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                                 UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            WASHINGTON, D.C.  20549

                                  SCHEDULE 13D

                   UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
                               (AMENDMENT NO. 3)

                       JOHN B. SANFILIPPO & SON, INC.
________________________________________________________________________________
                                (NAME OF ISSUER)

                        COMMON STOCK, PAR VALUE $.01
________________________________________________________________________________
                         (TITLE OF CLASS OF SECURITIES)

                                  800422 10 7
                               _______________
                               (CUSIP NUMBER)


                             TIMOTHY R. DONOVAN
                               JENNER & BLOCK
                                ONE IBM PLAZA
                              CHICAGO, IL 60611
                               (312) 222-9350
_______________________________________________________________________________
(NAME, ADDRESS AND TELEPHONE NUMBER OF PERSON AUTHORIZED TO RECEIVE NOTICES AND
 COMMUNICATIONS)

                                     N/A
          ______________________________________________________
          (DATE OF EVENT WHICH REQUIRE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT)

If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report
the acquisition which is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this
schedule because of Rule 13d-(b)(3) or (4), check the following box [ ]

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                                  SCHEDULE 13D

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 CUSIP No. 800422 10 7                                   Page 2 of 8 Pages
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    1     NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
          S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON

          Marian Sanfilippo
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    2     CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP   (a) [ ]
                                                             (b) [ ]
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    3     SEC USE ONLY


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    4     SOURCE OF FUNDS*

          PF
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    5     CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO
          ITEMS 2(d) OR 2(e)  [ ]

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    6     CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

          United States

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                     7    SOLE VOTING POWER
    NUMBER OF
                          922,872 (includes (i) 24,500 shares of Class A
     SHARES                       Common Stock held directly by Ms. Sanfilippo, 
                                  (ii) 890,220 shares of Class A Common Stock
  BENEFICIALLY                    held by Ms. Sanfilippo as trustee of certain 
                                  trusts, and (iii) 8,152 shares of Common  
    OWNED BY                      Stock held directly by Ms. Sanfilippo.) 
                                  
      EACH                                    
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   REPORTING         8    SHARED VOTING POWER     0
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     PERSON          9     SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
                           922,872
      WITH      ---------------------------------------------------------------
                     10    SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER   0
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    11    AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
          922,872
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    12    CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES
          []
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    13    PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
          21.6%
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    14    TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON
          IN
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                    *SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!


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ITEM 1.  SECURITY AND ISSUER.

                 This Amendment No. 3 relates to the Common Stock, par value
$.01 per share (the "Common Stock"), of John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc., a
Delaware corporation ("JBSS"), whose principal executive offices are located at
2299 Busse Road, Elk Grove Village, Illinois 60007.

ITEM 2.  IDENTITY AND BACKGROUND.

                 This Amendment No. 3 is being filed by Marian Sanfilippo ("Ms.
Sanfilippo").  Ms. Sanfilippo is filing this Statement because, as more fully
discussed below, she may be deemed to own more than five percent of the
outstanding Common Stock of JBSS.

                 Ms. Sanfilippo's principal occupation is that of housewife and
mother.  She is a citizen of the United States, and her address where her
principal occupation is carried on is P.O. Box 367, Barrington, Illinois 60010.

                 During the last five years, Ms. Sanfilippo has neither: (i)
been convicted in a criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations or
similar misdemeanors) nor (ii) been a party to a civil proceeding or
administrative proceeding was or is subject to a judgment, decree or final
order enjoining future violations of, or prohibiting or mandating activities
subject to, federal or state securities laws or finding any violation of such
laws.

ITEM 3.  SOURCE AND AMOUNT OF FUNDS OR OTHER CONSIDERATION.

                 The 922,872 shares of Common Stock held by Ms. Sanfilippo
include (A) 24,500 shares of Class A Common Stock held directly by Ms.
Sanfilippo transferred to her by her husband Mr. Sanfilippo for no
consideration, (B) 890,220 shares of Class A Common Stock held by Ms.
Sanfilippo as trustee of certain trusts, the beneficiaries of which are her
children (Ms. Sanfilippo is the trustee not a beneficiary of any of the
trusts), and (c) 8,152 shares of Common Stock.

ITEM 4.  PURPOSE OF THE TRANSACTION.

                 On December 10, 1991 JBSS filed a Restated Certificate of
Incorporation ("Restated Certificate").  Pursuant to the Restated Certificate,
JBSS was recapitalized so that each previously outstanding share of JBSS's
Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock was split on a 407.61 for 1 basis
and converted into either Common Stock or Class A Stock as follows: A) each
share of Class A Common and Class B Common Stock held by stockholders listed on
pages 2 and 3 of the Restated Certificate was automatically converted into one
share of Class A Stock; and B) each share of Class B Common Stock owned by
stockholders other than the stockholders listed on pages 2 and 3 of the
Restated Certificate was automatically converted into one share of the Common
Stock.  Each record holder of Class A Stock is entitled at any time to convert
any or all of the shares of such holder's Class A Stock into an equal number of
shares of Common Stock.

                 Pursuant to the Restated Certificate dated December 10, 1991
and the recapitalization provided for therein, Ms. Sanfilippo acquired 8,152
shares of Common Stock and 965,220 shares of Class A Common Stock, including
965,000 shares of Class A Stock held by Ms. Sanfilippo as trustee of certain
trusts, the beneficiaries of which are her children.

                 On May 4, 1993, 75,000 shares of Common Stock of JBSS were
sold by Ms. Sanfilippo (as a trustee of and on behalf of certain trusts) in an
initial public offering of shares.  The 75,000 shares of Common Stock were
acquired by Ms. Sanfilippo (as trustee) immediately prior to their sale when
she elected (as trustee) to convert 75,000 shares of Class A Common Stock to an
equal number of shares of Common Stock pursuant to Part 4(a) of Subdivision II
of JBSS's Restated Certificate of Incorporation.  After the sale of such stock,
Ms. Sanfilippo received 24,500 shares of Class A Common Stock from her husband
Mr. Sanfilippo which she now holds directly.  Ms. Sanfilippo is deemed to be
the beneficial owner of 922,872 shares of Common Stock.

                 The shares of Common Stock and Class A Stock acquired by Ms.
Sanfilippo, were acquired for investment purposes and not with any view to the
resale or distribution thereof.

                 Except as described in this statement, the trust agreement and 
as may result from or in connection with the Restated Certificate, Ms. 
Sanfilippo has no plans or proposals which relate to or would result in:




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(a)      The acquisition by any person of additional securities of JBSS, or the
         disposition of securities of JBSS;

(b)      An extraordinary corporate transaction, such as a merger,
         reorganization or liquidation, involving JBSS or any of its 
         subsidiaries;

(c)      A sale or transfer of a material amount of assets of JBSS or any of
         its subsidiaries;

(d)      Any change in the present board of directors or management of JBSS, 
         including any plans or proposals to change the number of terms of 
         directors or to fill any existing vacancies on the board;

(e)      Any material change in the present capitalization or dividend policy
         of JBSS;

(f)      Any other material change in JBSS's business or corporate structure;

(g)      Changes in JBSS's charter, bylaws or instruments corresponding thereto
         or other actions which may impede the acquisition of control of JBSS
         by any person;

(h)      Causing a class of securities of JBSS to be delisted from a national
         securities exchange or to cease to be authorized to be quoted in an
         inter-dealer quotation system of a registered national securities
         association;

(i)      A class of equity securities of JBSS becoming eligible for termination
         of registration pursuant to Section 12(g)(4) of the Securities
         Exchange Act of 1934; or

(j)      Any action similar to any of those enumerated above.

                 The possible activities of Ms. Sanfilippo are subject to
change at any time, and there can be no assurance that Ms. Sanfilippo will
actually convert her Class A Common Stock of JBSS to Common Stock of JBSS
pursuant to the Restated Certificate or otherwise take or refrain from taking
any other actions.  Ms. Sanfilippo reserves the right to, among other things,
purchase or dispose of shares of Class A Stock or Common Stock and/or other
securities of JBSS.

                 The summaries contained herein of the Restated Certificate and
the Trust Agreement are qualified in their entirety by the provisions of such
documents.

ITEM 5.  INTEREST IN SECURITIES OF THE ISSUER.

                 (a)      As a result of the filing of the Restated
Certificate, the recapitalization, and the other related transactions Ms.
Sanfilippo is the beneficial owner (as the term is defined in Rule 13d-3 under
the Securities Act of 1934) of an aggregate of 992,872 shares of JBSS Common
Stock.  Ms. Sanfilippo's ownership represents 17.3% of the outstanding shares
of Class A Common Stock and 21.6% of the voting stock (other than the election
of directors).

                 (b)      Ms. Sanfilippo has the sole power to vote or to
direct the vote and to dispose or to direct the disposition of 8,152 shares of
Common Stock and 24,500 shares of Class A Stock owned directly by Ms.
Sanfilippo and the 965,220 shares of Class A Stock, or, if converted, Common
Stock over which she is deemed to possess beneficial ownership.

                 (c)      On April 26, 1993 Ms. Sanfilippo as Trustee for the 
benefit of Lisa Ann Evon, formerly known as Lisa Ann Sanfilippo, transferred 
Class A Common Stock from a Trust for the benefit of Lisa Ann Evon, under the 
Jasper Sanfilippo Children's Trust Agreement dated March 6, 1990 to the Lisa
Sanfilippo Irrevocable Trust dated January 21, 1993.  The Lisa Sanfilippo
Irrevocable Trust has 178,044 Class A Common shares.  On October 8, 1996, Ms.
Sanfilippo as trustee for the benefit of Jasper B. Sanfilippo, Jr.; James J.
Sanfilippo; John E. Sanfilippo; and Jeffrey T. Sanfilippo under the Jasper
Sanfilippo Children's Trust Agreement dated March 6, 1990 merged the preceding
four trusts and all of their assets including 178,044 Class A Common shares in
each trust into the Jasper B. Sanfilippo, Jr. Irrevocable Trust; the James J.
Sanfilippo Irrevocable Trust; the John E. Sanfilippo Irrevocable Trust; and the
Jeffrey T. Sanfilippo Irrevocable Trust each dated October 8, 1996 (the "Trust
Agreements").  No transactions involving Class A Common Stock or Common Stock
of JBSS were effected by Ms. Sanfilippo during the past sixty days. 





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                 (d)      Pursuant to the Trust Agreement referred to in this
Item 5, of which Ms. Sanfilippo is trustee, the beneficiaries of the respective
trusts may receive dividends from, or the proceeds from the sale of that
portion of the securities referenced herein which is the property of the
respective trusts.

                 (e)      Not applicable.

ITEM 6.  CONTRACTS, ARRANGEMENTS, UNDERSTANDINGS OR RELATIONSHIPS WITH RESPECT
TO SECURITIES OF THE ISSUER.

                 Pursuant to the Restated Certificate, among other things:

                 (i)      So long as there is Class A Common Stock outstanding,
holders of Common Stock and Class A Common Stock will vote together as one
class with respect to all matters to be voted on by JBSS's stockholders, except
(a) as required by law; (b) in connection with the election of any directors or
class of directors elected by any series or class of preferred stock; (c) the
holders of Common Stock and any class or series of preferred stock granted the
right to so vote, voting together as a separate class and excluding the holders
of Class A Common Stock, are entitled to elect a number of directors equal to
one-fourth (1/4) of the total number of directors constituting the entire Board
of Directors while the holder of Class A Common Stock are entitled to elect the
rest of the directors;

                 (ii)     Each record holder of Class A Common Stock is
entitled at any time to convert any or all of the shares of such Class A Common
Stock into an equal number of shares of Common Stock;

                 (iii)    Upon the sale, assignment, pledge or other transfer
of any shares or any interest in shares of Class A Common Stock, other than a
"Permitted Transfer" as described in Part 4(b) of Subdivision 11 of the
Restated Certificate, all such transferred shares of Class A Common Stock will
be automatically converted into an equal number of shares of Common Stock;

                 (iv)     All outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock will
be automatically converted into an equal number of shares of Common Stock upon
the date on which the number of outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock
constitutes less than 12.5% of the total number of outstanding shares of Common
Equity.

                 Ms. Sanfilippo is the trustee of five trusts.  As the trustee
under these trusts Ms. Sanfilippo has the authority to vote, or to direct the
vote, and to dispose, or to direct the disposition of the 890,220 shares of
Class A Common Stock held in aggregate by the trusts.  The following table more
specifically describes each trust by identifying the name of the trust, the
grantor and the beneficiary of the trust (which, with respect to a particular
trust, are the same person), and the number of shares of Class A Common Stock
held by each trust.  Ms. Sanfilippo is the mother of the beneficiary under each
trust.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

              Trust                     Grantor and Beneficiary            Number of Shares
============================================================================================
 <S>                                    <C>                                    <C>
 James J. Sanfilippo Irrevocable
 Trust, dated October 8, 1996                  James J. Sanfilippo             178,044

 Jasper B. Sanfilippo Irrevocable
 Trust, dated October 8, 1996                  Jasper B. Sanfilippo            178,044 
 
 Lisa Sanfilippo Irrevocable                   Lisa Ann Evon
 Trust, dated January 21, 1993          (formerly Lisa Ann Sanfilippo)         178,044

 Jeffrey T. Sanfilippo Irrevocable
 Trust, dated October 8, 1996                  Jeffrey T. Sanfilippo           178,044

 John E. Sanfilippo Irrevocable
 Trust, dated October 8, 1996                  John E. Sanfilippo              178,044

</TABLE>

The beneficiary under each trust is paid the income of the trust, including 
that derived from shares of Class A Common Stock, and so much of the principal 
of the trust, including shares of Class A Common Stock, as Ms. Sanfilippo, as 
trustee, determines to be required or advisable based on certain criteria.  The
beneficiary under each trust has the right 



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to receive the shares of JBSS held in trust under certain circumstances as 
provided in the respective trust agreements. Currently, the percentage of
the shares of JBSS held in trust for the respective beneficiaries does not
exceed five percent of the total number of outstanding shares of Common Stock.

                 Jasper B. Sanfilippo Jr., Lisa Ann Evon and Jeffrey T.
Sanfilippo each have pledged 178,044 shares of JBSS Class A Common Stock, as
beneficiaries under their trust agreements, to the Northern Trust Company to
secure for each a separate $400,000 secured revolving line of credit.  The
Northern Trust Company is entitled, upon default by a beneficiary under the
credit agreements to sell the shares of Class A Common Stock pledged to it by
the defaulting beneficiary in order to satisfy the defaulting beneficiary's
loan obligations.

                 In addition, James Sanfilippo and John Sanfilippo each pledged
178,044 shares of JBSS Class A Common Stock as beneficiaries under their trust
agreements to First Star Bank Illinois to secure personal and business loans
totaling in the aggregate $2,500,000.  First Star Bank Illinois is entitled,
upon a default by John Sanfilippo or James Sanfilippo under the loan agreements
to sell the pledged shares of Class A Common Stock.

                 The foregoing brief summary of the Restated Certificate and
the Trust Agreements do not purport to be complete and it is qualified in its
entirety by the terms and conditions set forth in the Restated Certificate and
the Trust Agreements.

ITEM 7.  MATERIAL TO BE FILED AS EXHIBITS.

(i)      Trust Agreement between Jasper B. Sanfilippo, as grantor and
         beneficiary, and Mr. Sanfilippo as trustee, dated October 6, 1996.

(ii)     Trust Agreement between Jeffrey T. Sanfilippo, as grantor and
         beneficiary, and Mr. Sanfilippo as trustee, dated October 6, 1996.

(iii)    Trust Agreement between John E. Sanfilippo, as grantor and
         beneficiary, and Mr. Sanfilippo as trustee, dated October 6, 1996.

(iv)     Trust Agreement between James J. Sanfilippo, as grantor and
         beneficiary, and Mr. Sanfilippo as trustee, dated October 6, 1996.





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                                   SIGNATURE

                          After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my
         knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this
         statement is true, complete and correct.

Dated:   September 23, 1997
                   
                               /s/ Marian Sanfilippo
                               ----------------------------------------------
                               Marian Sanfilippo





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                                 EXHIBIT INDEX
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Exhibit
Number                    Document
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1.       Trust Agreement between Jasper B. Sanfilippo, as grantor and
         beneficiary, and Mr. Sanfilippo as trustee, dated October 6, 1996.

2.       Trust Agreement between Jeffrey T. Sanfilippo, as grantor and
         beneficiary, and Mr. Sanfilippo as trustee, dated October 6, 1996.

3.       Trust Agreement between John E. Sanfilippo, as grantor and
         beneficiary, and Mr. Sanfilippo as trustee, dated October 6, 1996.

4.       Trust Agreement between James J. Sanfilippo, as grantor and
         beneficiary, and Mr. Sanfilippo as trustee, dated October 6, 1996.






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                                                                     Exhibit 1

                             JASPER B. SANFILIPPO

                         IRREVOCABLE TRUST AGREEMENT

      This agreement is made on Oct. 18, 1996, between me, JASPER SANFILIPPO,
as grantor, and my wife, MARIAN SANFILIPPO ("my wife"), as trustee. I am
transferring to the trustee $10.00 and other property. The trustee shall
hold such property for the benefit of my son, JASPER B. SANFILIPPO
("JASPER"), as hereinafter provided. This trust shall be known as the
"Jasper B. Sanfilippo Irrevocable Trust, dated Oct. 18, 1996."

           FIRST: A. The trustee shall pay to JASPER, commencing with the
      creation of the trust and continuing until the termination of the trust,
      all of the income of the trust and so much or all of the principal
      thereof as the trustee determines to be required or advisable from time
      to time for JASPER'S reasonable support and medical care, considering
      his other resources known to the trustee.

           B. Upon JASPER'S death, the trust shall terminate and the trustee
      shall distribute any accrued or undistributed income of the trust to
      JASPER'S estate and the principal of the trust to such person or
      persons, other than JASPER'S estate, his creditors and the creditors
      of  his estate, as JASPER may appoint by will which specifically
      exercises this limited power of appointment. The trustee may assume
      that JASPER left no will if at the expiration of three (3) months
      after JASPER'S death the trustee has no knowledge of the existence of
      his will. Principal of the trust not validly appointed by JASPER shall
      be distributed to his descendants per stirpes who are living upon the



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      termination of the trust and if none, to my descendants per stirpes who
      are then living.

           SECOND: The following provisions shall apply to each trust created 
by this agreement:

           A. If under any prior provision of this agreement a share of any 
      trust is distributable, except by the exercise of a power of appointment, 
      to a beneficiary who has not then attained age 21, the beneficiary's
      share shall immediately vest in the beneficiary but in the trustee's
      discretion the trustee shall either (1) create a custodianship for the
      beneficiary under a Uniform Transfers to Minors Act and distribute the
      share to that custodian; (2) distribute the share to a then acting
      custodian for the beneficiary under a Uniform Transfers to Minors Act; or
      (3) retain the share in a separate trust as follows: the trustee shall
      pay to the beneficiary so much or all of the income and principal of the
      trust as the trustee determines to be required or advisable from time to
      time for the beneficiary's reasonable support, education and medical
      care, considering the beneficiary's other resources known to the trustee.
      Income not paid to the beneficiary shall be added to trust principal.
      When the beneficiary attains age 21, the trust shall terminate and the
      trustee shall distribute to the beneficiary the principal and any accrued
      or undistributed income of the trust. If the beneficiary dies before
      attaining age 21, the trust thereupon shall terminate and the trustee
      shall distribute


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      the principal and any accrued or undistributed income of the trust to
      the beneficiary's estate.

           B. Mandatory income payments shall be made in quarterly installments,
      or more often if the trustee sees fit.

           C. Each trust created under this agreement or pursuant to any power
      of appointment granted hereunder shall terminate not later than the day
      immediately preceding the date 21 years after the death of the last to
      die of me, my wife and my descendants who are living on March 6, 1990,
      and the trustee shall upon that day, regardless of any other provision
      of this agreement, distribute the principal and any accrued or
      undistributed income of each trust then held hereunder to the income
      beneficiary thereof.

           THIRD: In addition to the powers from time to time conferred on the
trustee by the Illinois Trusts and Trustees Act, the trustee shall have the
following powers exercisable in the trustee's discretion:

           A. To charge or not to charge against income an allowance for
      depreciation;

           B. To borrow money from any source, including but not limited
      to, the banking department of a successor corporate trustee;

           C. If at any time the principal of a trust required to be held
      under the terms of this agreement is less than $50,000 in value, to
      distribute the principal and any accrued or undistributed income of
      the

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      trust to its income beneficiary, and that trust shall thereupon
      terminate, notwithstanding any provisions in this agreement to the
      contrary;

           D. When there is a trust under this agreement and a trust under
      another document, each having the same beneficiary or beneficiaries and
      terms which are substantially identical as to the distribution of
      income and principal, to transfer all of the assets of such trust under
      this agreement to the trustee or trustees of the substantially
      identical trust, and thereupon such trust under this agreement shall
      terminate;

           E. To retain as an investment of the trusts securities of any one
      or more closely-held businesses which may become an asset of the trusts,
      and/or of any successor to or subsidiary or affiliate of each such
      business. Each such business and all successors, subsidiaries and
      affiliates thereof, if any, are hereinafter singly and collectively
      referred to as the "Company." "Securities" shall include common and
      preferred stocks, bonds, debentures, voting trust certificates,
      interests in limited liability companies, and any other evidence of a
      proprietary or partnership interest in and/or an obligation of the
      Company. The trustee shall have with reference to such securities the
      following powers, in addition to those elsewhere herein granted:

                 1. To participate in the management of the Company as an
           officer or director or otherwise, with appropriate compensation;


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                 2. To extend credit to the Company from the banking department
           of a corporate successor trustee; and

                 3. To increase the investment of the trusts in the Company by
           any means, including but not limited to, one or more of the 
           following: making secured or unsecured loans to the Company,
           purchasing or subscribing to securities of the Company, or pledging
           assets for debts of the Company. The trustee shall exercise ordinary
           business judgment in determining how long such securities shall be 
      retained, it being the settlor's intention that the trustee retain
      such securities as long as in the trustee's judgment it is in the best
      interest of the beneficiaries, and the trustee shall not be liable for
      any loss resulting from such retention. The settlor realizes that he is
      exposing the trusts to risks inherent in all business operations but he
      believes those risks justifiable by the possibility of preserving the
      capital and income values of such securities. To the extent that the
      trustee renders services to the Company, the trustee may charge the
      Company for those services. Nothing in this agreement shall be construed
      to prevent any individual trustee from being employed or retained by the
      Company at a salary or fee commensurate with the value of his or her
      service, nor to prevent him or her from purchasing such securities from
      the trusts or from any other source;

           F. To make secured or unsecured loans to the income beneficiary of
      any trust hereunder, and to pledge trust assets, guarantee


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           or otherwise encumber trust assets for any debts, loans, obligations 
           or liabilities of the income beneficiary of any trust hereunder, all
           as the trustee considers proper and at the sole discretion of the
           trustee. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a trustee who is the
           beneficiary of any trust hereunder shall not have any powers under
           this paragraph relating to the trust or trusts of which the trustee
           is the beneficiary. The trustee shall not be liable to any
           beneficiary of any trust hereunder or any other person or entity for
           deciding in the trustee's discretion to exercise or not to exercise
           the powers under this paragraph and the trustee shall not be
           personally liable under any such pledge, guarantee or other
           encumbrance; and

                 G. To do all other acts to accomplish the proper management,
           investment and distribution of the trusts.

           FOURTH: No interest under this trust shall be assignable by any
beneficiary. Cash or other property distributable hereunder shall not be
subject to claims of any creditor of any beneficiary, nor to claims for
alimony or maintenance. Nothing herein contained shall prevent the exercise of
any power of appointment under this agreement or prevent distribution of money
or property to the estate of a deceased beneficiary when required by this
agreement.

           FIFTH: The following provisions shall apply to each trust created by
this agreement:
                 A. If for any reason my wife does not act or continue to act 
           as trustee, JASPER is appointed successor trustee. If for any reason

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            neither or the foregoing individuals acts or continues to act as
            trustee, my other child or children who are then living and
            competent are appointed successor co-trustees or sole trustee, as
            the case may be. If for any reason one of my remaining children
            does not act or continue to act as a successor co-trustee, that
            vacancy shall not be filled, except that if none of the foregoing
            act or continue to act as trustee, THE NORTHERN TRUST COMPANY, of
            Chicago, Illinois, is appointed successor trustee. If for any
            reason none of the foregoing nor any successor trustee appointed
            as hereinafter provided acts or continues to act as trustee, a
            successor trustee shall be appointed as provided in the Illinois
            Trusts and Trustees Act and shall be any "qualified corporate
            trustee". A "qualified corporate trustee" shall be any corporation
            situated in the United States and authorized under the laws of the
            United States or of any state thereof to administer trusts and
            with capital, surplus and undivided profits of at least fifty
            million dollars.

                  B.   While more than one trustee is acting:

                       1. The term "trustee" as used in this agreement shall
                  be read as "trustees" and, where appropriate, the singular
                  shall be read as the plural, and corresponding changes shall
                  be read in references to gender.

                       2. Any trustee may from time to time, by signed 
                  revocable instrument, delegate to the other trustee or
                  trustees the

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                 exercise of all or less than all of the powers herein conferred
                 upon the successor co-trustees jointly.

                 C. For purposes of this agreement, an individual shall be
            determined to be incompetent (l) if the individual is under age
            18, or (2) if the individual is age 18 or older, upon the
            unanimous determination by his or her attending physician and such
            of my children who are then living and competent that the
            individual is incapable of properly managing his or her financial
            affairs (except that the individual whose competency is in
            question shall not participate in that determination).

                 D. If an individual is acting as a trustee hereunder and a
            determination is made that he or she is incompetent, that
            determination shall be deemed to constitute his or her
            resignation as trustee.

                 E. The income beneficiary of any trust created under this
            agreement may at any time approve the trustee's accounts with
            respect to that trust, with the same effect as if a court having
            jurisdiction over the trust approved the accounts.

                 F. The income beneficiary of each trust created hereunder
            shall have the right from time to time, while living and
            competent, to remove the then acting corporate trustee of such
            trust and to appoint any qualified corporate trustee as successor
            corporate trustee. If the income beneficiary desires to exercise
            his or her rights under this paragraph, the income beneficiary
            shall deliver to the trustee whom he or she intends to remove and
            to the trustee whom he or she intends to appoint, an

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            instrument signed by the income beneficiary reciting such removal
            and appointment. Such removal and appointment shall take effect
            30 days after the removed trustee receives that instrument.

                 G. In the case of any incompetent income beneficiary, a
            living and competent parent or child, or guardian or conservator
            if the income beneficiary has no living and competent parent or
            child, may receive notices, approve accounts, appoint successor
            trustees and remove corporate trustees as provided in this article
            on behalf of the incompetent income beneficiary.

                 H. Notwithstanding any contrary provision herein, no 
            individual trustee shall participate as trustee in making any
            decisions relating to a discretionary distribution of income or
            principal of the trust property to any beneficiary to the extent
            that such distribution would be in discharge of such trustee's
            legal obligation (in his or her individual capacity) to support
            such beneficiary. If an individual trustee is precluded from
            participating in a particular decision by the foregoing provisions
            of this paragraph, then the decision shall be made by the other
            trustee who is not so precluded, if any. If the sole trustee or
            all of the co-trustees are precluded from participating in a
            particular decision, then the trustee or trustees with respect to
            any such trust may appoint by an instrument filed with the trust
            records any person (other than the settlor) or qualified corporate
            trustee to act as a "special trustee" of such trust whose sole
            power shall be to make those decisions relating to


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            discretionary distributions of income and principal of any trust
            hereunder which the trustee is precluded from making. If for any
            reason the trustee who appoints a "special trustee" pursuant to
            this paragraph ceases to act as a trustee, the term of office of
            the "special trustee" shall terminate. A "special trustee" may act
            in such capacity more than once.

            SIXTH: This agreement is irrevocable and may not be amended.

            SEVENTH: This agreement shall be governed by and interpreted in
accordance with the laws of Illinois.

            IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I and the trustee have signed this agreement on
the date first written above.

                                          /s/ JASPER SANFILIPPO
                                          -------------------------------------
                                          JASPER SANFILIPPO, as Grantor

                                          /s/ MARIAN R. SANFILIPPO
                                          -------------------------------------
                                          MARIAN R. SANFILIPPO, as Trustee


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                                                                     Exhibit 2

                            JEFFREY T. SANFILIPPO

                         IRREVOCABLE TRUST AGREEMENT

      This agreement is made on Oct. 18, 1996, between me, JASPER SANFILIPPO,
as grantor, and my wife, MARIAN SANFILIPPO ("my wife"), as trustee. I am
transferring to the trustee $10.00 and other property. The trustee shall
hold such property for the benefit of my son, JEFFREY T. SANFILIPPO
("JEFFREY"), as hereinafter provided. This trust shall be known as the
"Jeffrey T. Sanfilippo Irrevocable Trust, dated Oct. 18, 1996."

           FIRST: A. The trustee shall pay to JEFFREY, commencing with the
      creation of the trust and continuing until the termination of the trust,
      all of the income of the trust and so much or all of the principal
      thereof as the trustee determines to be required or advisable from time
      to time for JEFFREY'S reasonable support and medical care, considering
      his other resources known to the trustee.

           B. Upon JEFFREY'S death, the trust shall terminate and the trustee
      shall distribute any accrued or undistributed income of the trust to
      JEFFREY'S estate and the principal of the trust to such person or
      persons, other than JEFFREY'S estate, his creditors and the creditors
      of  his estate, as JEFFREY may appoint by will which specifically
      exercises this limited power of appointment. The trustee may assume
      that JEFFREY left no will if at the expiration of three (3) months
      after JEFFREY'S death the trustee has no knowledge of the existence of
      his will. Principal of the trust not validly appointed by JEFFREY shall
      be distributed to his descendants per stirpes who are living upon the



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      termination of the trust and if none, to my descendants per stirpes who
      are then living.

           SECOND: The following provisions shall apply to each trust created 
by this agreement:

           A. If under any prior provision of this agreement a share of any 
      trust is distributable, except by the exercise of a power of appointment, 
      to a beneficiary who has not then attained age 21, the beneficiary's
      share shall immediately vest in the beneficiary but in the trustee's
      discretion the trustee shall either (1) create a custodianship for the
      beneficiary under a Uniform Transfers to Minors Act and distribute the
      share to that custodian; (2) distribute the share to a then acting
      custodian for the beneficiary under a Uniform Transfers to Minors Act; or
      (3) retain the share in a separate trust as follows: the trustee shall
      pay to the beneficiary so much or all of the income and principal of the
      trust as the trustee determines to be required or advisable from time to
      time for the beneficiary's reasonable support, education and medical
      care, considering the beneficiary's other resources known to the trustee.
      Income not paid to the beneficiary shall be added to trust principal.
      When the beneficiary attains age 21, the trust shall terminate and the
      trustee shall distribute to the beneficiary the principal and any accrued
      or undistributed income of the trust. If the beneficiary dies before
      attaining age 21, the trust thereupon shall terminate and the trustee
      shall distribute


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      the principal and any accrued or undistributed income of the trust to
      the beneficiary's estate.

           B. Mandatory income payments shall be made in quarterly installments,
      or more often if the trustee sees fit.

           C. Each trust created under this agreement or pursuant to any power
      of appointment granted hereunder shall terminate not later than the day
      immediately preceding the date 21 years after the death of the last to
      die of me, my wife and my descendants who are living on March 6, 1990,
      and the trustee shall upon that day, regardless of any other provision
      of this agreement, distribute the principal and any accrued or
      undistributed income of each trust then held hereunder to the income
      beneficiary thereof.

           THIRD: In addition to the powers from time to time conferred on the
trustee by the Illinois Trusts and Trustees Act, the trustee shall have the
following powers exercisable in the trustee's discretion:

           A. To charge or not to charge against income an allowance for
      depreciation;

           B. To borrow money from any source, including but not limited
      to, the banking department of a successor corporate trustee;

           C. If at any time the principal of a trust required to be held
      under the terms of this agreement is less than $50,000 in value, to
      distribute the principal and any accrued or undistributed income of
      the

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      trust to its income beneficiary, and that trust shall thereupon
      terminate, notwithstanding any provisions in this agreement to the
      contrary;

           D. When there is a trust under this agreement and a trust under
      another document, each having the same beneficiary or beneficiaries and
      terms which are substantially identical as to the distribution of
      income and principal, to transfer all of the assets of such trust under
      this agreement to the trustee or trustees of the substantially
      identical trust, and thereupon such trust under this agreement shall
      terminate;

           E. To retain as an investment of the trusts securities of any one
      or more closely-held businesses which may become an asset of the trusts,
      and/or of any successor to or subsidiary or affiliate of each such
      business. Each such business and all successors, subsidiaries and
      affiliates thereof, if any, are hereinafter singly and collectively
      referred to as the "Company." "Securities" shall include common and
      preferred stocks, bonds, debentures, voting trust certificates,
      interests in limited liability companies, and any other evidence of a
      proprietary or partnership interest in and/or an obligation of the
      Company. The trustee shall have with reference to such securities the
      following powers, in addition to those elsewhere herein granted:

                 1. To participate in the management of the Company as an
           officer or director or otherwise, with appropriate compensation;


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                 2. To extend credit to the Company from the banking department
           of a corporate successor trustee; and

                 3. To increase the investment of the trusts in the Company by
           any means, including but not limited to, one or more of the 
           following: making secured or unsecured loans to the Company,
           purchasing or subscribing to securities of the Company, or pledging
           assets for debts of the Company. The trustee shall exercise ordinary
           business judgment in determining how long such securities shall be 
      retained, it being the settlor's intention that the trustee retain
      such securities as long as in the trustee's judgment it is in the best
      interest of the beneficiaries, and the trustee shall not be liable for
      any loss resulting from such retention. The settlor realizes that he is
      exposing the trusts to risks inherent in all business operations but he
      believes those risks justifiable by the possibility of preserving the
      capital and income values of such securities. To the extent that the
      trustee renders services to the Company, the trustee may charge the
      Company for those services. Nothing in this agreement shall be construed
      to prevent any individual trustee from being employed or retained by the
      Company at a salary or fee commensurate with the value of his or her
      service, nor to prevent him or her from purchasing such securities from
      the trusts or from any other source;

           F. To make secured or unsecured loans to the income beneficiary of
      any trust hereunder, and to pledge trust assets, guarantee


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           or otherwise encumber trust assets for any debts, loans, obligations 
           or liabilities of the income beneficiary of any trust hereunder, all
           as the trustee considers proper and at the sole discretion of the
           trustee. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a trustee who is the
           beneficiary of any trust hereunder shall not have any powers under
           this paragraph relating to the trust or trusts of which the trustee
           is the beneficiary. The trustee shall not be liable to any
           beneficiary of any trust hereunder or any other person or entity for
           deciding in the trustee's discretion to exercise or not to exercise
           the powers under this paragraph and the trustee shall not be
           personally liable under any such pledge, guarantee or other
           encumbrance; and

                 G. To do all other acts to accomplish the proper management,
           investment and distribution of the trusts.

           FOURTH: No interest under this trust shall be assignable by any
beneficiary. Cash or other property distributable hereunder shall not be
subject to claims of any creditor of any beneficiary, nor to claims for
alimony or maintenance. Nothing herein contained shall prevent the exercise of
any power of appointment under this agreement or prevent distribution of money
or property to the estate of a deceased beneficiary when required by this
agreement.

           FIFTH: The following provisions shall apply to each trust created by
this agreement:
                 A. If for any reason my wife does not act or continue to act 
           as trustee, JEFFREY is appointed successor trustee. If for any reason

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            neither or the foregoing individuals acts or continues to act as
            trustee, my other child or children who are then living and
            competent are appointed successor co-trustees or sole trustee, as
            the case may be. If for any reason one of my remaining children
            does not act or continue to act as a successor co-trustee, that
            vacancy shall not be filled, except that if none of the foregoing
            act or continue to act as trustee, THE NORTHERN TRUST COMPANY, of
            Chicago, Illinois, is appointed successor trustee. If for any
            reason none of the foregoing nor any successor trustee appointed
            as hereinafter provided acts or continues to act as trustee, a
            successor trustee shall be appointed as provided in the Illinois
            Trusts and Trustees Act and shall be any "qualified corporate
            trustee". A "qualified corporate trustee" shall be any corporation
            situated in the United States and authorized under the laws of the
            United States or of any state thereof to administer trusts and
            with capital, surplus and undivided profits of at least fifty
            million dollars.

                  B.   While more than one trustee is acting:

                       1. The term "trustee" as used in this agreement shall
                  be read as "trustees" and, where appropriate, the singular
                  shall be read as the plural, and corresponding changes shall
                  be read in references to gender.

                       2. Any trustee may from time to time, by signed 
                  revocable instrument, delegate to the other trustee or
                  trustees the

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                 exercise of all or less than all of the powers herein conferred
                 upon the successor co-trustees jointly.

                 C. For purposes of this agreement, an individual shall be
            determined to be incompetent (l) if the individual is under age
            18, or (2) if the individual is age 18 or older, upon the
            unanimous determination by his or her attending physician and such
            of my children who are then living and competent that the
            individual is incapable of properly managing his or her financial
            affairs (except that the individual whose competency is in
            question shall not participate in that determination).

                 D. If an individual is acting as a trustee hereunder and a
            determination is made that he or she is incompetent, that
            determination shall be deemed to constitute his or her
            resignation as trustee.

                 E. The income beneficiary of any trust created under this
            agreement may at any time approve the trustee's accounts with
            respect to that trust, with the same effect as if a court having
            jurisdiction over the trust approved the accounts.

                 F. The income beneficiary of each trust created hereunder
            shall have the right from time to time, while living and
            competent, to remove the then acting corporate trustee of such
            trust and to appoint any qualified corporate trustee as successor
            corporate trustee. If the income beneficiary desires to exercise
            his or her rights under this paragraph, the income beneficiary
            shall deliver to the trustee whom he or she intends to remove and
            to the trustee whom he or she intends to appoint, an

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            instrument signed by the income beneficiary reciting such removal
            and appointment. Such removal and appointment shall take effect
            30 days after the removed trustee receives that instrument.

                 G. In the case of any incompetent income beneficiary, a
            living and competent parent or child, or guardian or conservator
            if the income beneficiary has no living and competent parent or
            child, may receive notices, approve accounts, appoint successor
            trustees and remove corporate trustees as provided in this article
            on behalf of the incompetent income beneficiary.

                 H. Notwithstanding any contrary provision herein, no 
            individual trustee shall participate as trustee in making any
            decisions relating to a discretionary distribution of income or
            principal of the trust property to any beneficiary to the extent
            that such distribution would be in discharge of such trustee's
            legal obligation (in his or her individual capacity) to support
            such beneficiary. If an individual trustee is precluded from
            participating in a particular decision by the foregoing provisions
            of this paragraph, then the decision shall be made by the other
            trustee who is not so precluded, if any. If the sole trustee or
            all of the co-trustees are precluded from participating in a
            particular decision, then the trustee or trustees with respect to
            any such trust may appoint by an instrument filed with the trust
            records any person (other than the settlor) or qualified corporate
            trustee to act as a "special trustee" of such trust whose sole
            power shall be to make those decisions relating to


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            discretionary distributions of income and principal of any trust
            hereunder which the trustee is precluded from making. If for any
            reason the trustee who appoints a "special trustee" pursuant to
            this paragraph ceases to act as a trustee, the term of office of
            the "special trustee" shall terminate. A "special trustee" may act
            in such capacity more than once.

            SIXTH: This agreement is irrevocable and may not be amended.

            SEVENTH: This agreement shall be governed by and interpreted in
accordance with the laws of Illinois.

            IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I and the trustee have signed this agreement on
the date first written above.

                                          /s/ JASPER SANFILIPPO
                                          -------------------------------------
                                          JASPER SANFILIPPO, as Grantor

                                          /s/ MARIAN R. SANFILIPPO
                                          -------------------------------------
                                          MARIAN R. SANFILIPPO, as Trustee


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                                                                     EXHIBIT 3

                              JOHN E. SANFILIPPO

                         IRREVOCABLE TRUST AGREEMENT

        This agreement is made on October 8, 1996, between me, JASPER
SANFILIPPO, as grantor, and my wife, MARIAN SANFILIPPO ("my wife"), as trustee.
I am transferring to the trustee $10.00 and other property. The trustee shall
hold such property for the benefit of my son, JOHN E. SANFILIPPO ("JOHN"), as
hereinafter provided. This trust shall be known as the "John E. Sanfilippo
Irrevocable Trust, dated October 8, 1996."

             FIRST: A. The trustee shall pay to JOHN, commencing with the       
        creation of the trust and continuing until the termination of
        the trust, all of the income of the trust and so much or all of the
        principal thereof as the trustee determines to be required or advisable
        from time to time for JOHN'S reasonable support and medical care,
        considering his other resources known to the trustee.

             B. Upon JOHN'S death, the trust shall terminate and the trustee 
        shall distribute any accrued or undistributed income of the trust to    
        JOHN'S estate and the principal of the trust to such person or persons,
        other than JOHN'S estate, his creditors and the creditors of his
        estate, as JOHN may appoint by will which specifically exercises this 
        limited power of appointment. The trustee may assume that JOHN left no
        will if at the expiration of three (3) months after JOHN'S death the
        trustee has no knowledge of the existence of his will. Principal of the
        trust not validly appointed by JOHN shall be distributed to his
        descendants per



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                 stirpes who are living upon the termination of the trust
                 and if none, to my descendants per stirpes who are then
                 living.

                      SECOND: The following provisions shall apply to each trust
           created by this agreement:

                      A. If under any prior provision of this agreement a
                 share of any trust is distributable, except by the exercise of
                 a power of appointment, to a beneficiary who has not then
                 attained age 21, the beneficiary's share shall immediately
                 vest in the beneficiary but in the trustee's discretion the
                 trustee shall either (1) create a custodianship for the
                 beneficiary under a Uniform Transfers to Minors Act and
                 distribute the share to that custodian; (2) distribute the
                 share to a then acting custodian for the beneficiary under a
                 Uniform Transfers to Minors Act; or (3) retain the share in a
                 separate trust as follows: the trustee shall pay to the
                 beneficiary so much or all of the income and principal of the
                 trust as the trustee determines to be required or advisable
                 from time to time for the beneficiary's reasonable support,
                 education and medical care, considering the beneficiary's
                 other resources known to the trustee. Income not paid to the
                 beneficiary shall be added to trust principal. When the
                 beneficiary attains age 21, the trust shall terminate and the
                 trustee shall distribute to the beneficiary the principal and
                 any accrued or undistributed income of the trust. If the
                 beneficiary dies before attaining age 21, the trust thereupon
                 shall terminate and the trustee shall distribute



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                 the principal and any accrued or undistributed income
                 of the trust to the beneficiary's estate.

                        B. Mandatory income payments shall be made in quarterly
                 installments, or more often if the trustee sees fit.

                        C. Each trust created under this agreement or pursuant
                 to any power of appointment granted hereunder shall terminate
                 not later than the day immediately preceding the date 21 years
                 after the death of the last to die of me, my wife and my
                 descendants who are living on March 16, 1990, and the trustee
                 shall upon that day, regardless of any other provision of this
                 agreement, distribute the principal and any accrued or
                 undistributed income of each trust then held hereunder to the
                 income beneficiary thereof.

                 THIRD: In addition to the powers from time to time conferred on
        the trustee by the Illinois Trusts and Trustees Act, the trustee shall
        have the following powers exercisable in the trustee's discretion:

                        A. To charge or not to charge against income an
                 allowance for depreciation;

                        B. To borrow money from any source, including but not
                 limited to, the banking department of a successor corporate
                 trustee;

                        C. If at any time the principal of a trust required to
                 be held under the terms of this agreement is less than $50,000
                 in value, to distribute the principal and any accrued or
                 undistributed income of the


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                   trust to its income beneficiary, and that trust shall 
                   thereupon terminate, notwithstanding any provisions in this
                   agreement to the contrary;

                        D.  When there is a trust under this agreement and a
                   trust under another document, each having the same
                   beneficiary or beneficiaries and terms which are
                   substantially identical as to the distribution of income and
                   principal, to transfer all of the assets of such trust under
                   this agreement to the trustee or trustees of the
                   substantially identical trust, and thereupon such trust
                   under this agreement shall terminate;

                        E.  To retain as an investment of the trusts securities
                   of any one or more closely-held businesses which may become
                   an asset of the trusts, and/or of any successor to or
                   subsidiary or affiliate of each such business.  Each such
                   business and all successors, subsidiaries and affiliates
                   thereof, if any, are hereinafter singly and collectively
                   referred to as the "Company." "Securities" shall include
                   common and preferred stocks, bonds, debentures, voting trust
                   certificates, interests in limited liability companies, and
                   any other evidence of a proprietary or partnership interest
                   in and/or an obligation of the Company.  The trustee shall
                   have with reference to such securities the following powers,
                   in addition to those elsewhere herein granted:

                            1.  To participate in the management of the Company 
                        as an officer or director or otherwise, with 
                        appropriate compensation;




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                        2. To extend credit to the Company from the banking
                 department of a corporate successor trustee; and

                        3.   To increase the investment of the trusts in the
                 Company by any means, including but not limited to, one or
                 more of the following: making secured or unsecured loans to
                 the Company, purchasing or subscribing to securities of the
                 Company, or pledging assets for debts of the Company. 
                 The trustee shall exercise ordinary business judgment in
        determining how long such securities shall be retained, it being the
        settlor's intention that the trustee retain such securities as long as
        in the trustee's judgment it is in the best interest of the
        beneficiaries, and the trustee shall not be liable for any loss
        resulting from such retention. The settlor realizes that he is exposing
        the trusts to risks inherent in all business operations but he believes
        those risks justifiable by the possibility of preserving the capital and
        income values of such securities. To the extent that the trustee renders
        services to the Company, the trustee may charge the Company for those
        services. Nothing in this agreement shall be construed to prevent any
        individual trustee from being employed or retained by the Company at a
        salary or fee commensurate with the value of his or her service, nor to
        prevent him or her from purchasing such securities from the trusts or
        from any other source; 4.   
                 F. To make secured or unsecured loans to the income
        beneficiary of any trust hereunder, and to pledge trust assets, 
        guarantee



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             or otherwise encumber trust assets for any debts, loans,
             obligations or liabilities of the income beneficiary of any
             trust hereunder, all as the trustee considers proper and at the
             sole discretion of the trustee. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a
             trustee who is the beneficiary of any trust hereunder shall not
             have any powers under this paragraph relating to the trust or
             trusts of which the trustee is the beneficiary. The trustee
             shall not be liable to any beneficiary of any trust hereunder or
             any other person or entity for deciding in the trustee's
             discretion to exercise or not to exercise the powers under this
             paragraph and the trustee shall not be personally liable under
             any such pledge, guarantee or other encumbrance; and

                G. To do all other acts to accomplish the proper management,
             investment and distribution of the trusts. 

             FOURTH: No interest under this trust shall be assignable by any
beneficiary. Cash or other property distributable hereunder shall not be
subject to claims of any creditor of any beneficiary, nor to claims for alimony
or maintenance. Nothing herein contained shall prevent the exercise of any
power of appointment under this agreement or prevent distribution of money or
property to the estate of a deceased beneficiary when required by this
agreement. 
             FIFTH: The following provisions shall apply to each trust created
by this agreement:

                  A. If for any reason my wife does not act or continue to
             act as trustee, JOHN is appointed successor trustee. If for any
             reason
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             neither of the foregoing individuals acts or continues to act
             as trustee, my other child or children who are then living and
             competent are appointed successor co-trustees or sole trustee, as
             the case may be. If for any reason one of my remaining children
             does not act or continue to act as a successor co-trustee, that
             vacancy shall not be filled, except that if none of the foregoing
             act or continue to act as trustee, THE NORTHERN TRUST COMPANY, of
             Chicago, Illinois, is appointed successor trustee. If for any
             reason none of the foregoing nor any successor trustee appointed
             as hereinafter provided acts or continues to act as trustee, a
             successor trustee shall be appointed as provided in the Illinois
             Trusts and Trustees Act and shall be any "qualified corporate
             trustee". A "qualified corporate trustee" shall be any corporation
             situated in the United States and authorized under the laws of the
             United States or of any state thereof to administer trusts and
             with capital, surplus and undivided profits of at least fifty
             million dollars. 

                 B. While more than one trustee is acting:

                        1. The term "trustee" as used in this agreement shall
                 be read as "trustees" and, where appropriate, the singular
                 shall be read as the plural, and corresponding changes shall
                 be read in references to gender.

                        2. Any trustee may from time to time, by signed
                 revocable instrument, delegate to the other trustee or
                 trustees the


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                         exercise of all or less than all of the powers
                         herein conferred upon the successor co-trustees
                         jointly.

                        C. For purposes of this agreement, an individual shall
                   be determined to be incompetent (1) if the individual is
                   under age 18, or (2) if the individual is age 18 or older,
                   upon the unanimous determination by his or her attending
                   physician and such of my children who are then living and
                   competent that the individual is incapable of properly
                   managing his or her financial affairs (except that the
                   individual whose competency is in question shall not
                   participate in that determination).

                        D. If an individual is acting as a trustee hereunder
                   and a determination is made that he or she is
                   incompetent, that determination shall be deemed to
                   constitute his or her resignation as trustee.

                        E. The income beneficiary of any trust created under
                   this agreement may at any time approve the trustee's
                   accounts with respect to that trust, with the same effect
                   as if a court having jurisdiction over the trust approved
                   the accounts.

                        F. The income beneficiary of each trust created
                   hereunder shall have the right from time to time, while
                   living and competent, to remove the then acting corporate
                   trustee of such trust and to appoint any qualified
                   corporate trustee as successor corporate trustee. If the
                   income beneficiary desires to exercise his or her rights
                   under this paragraph, the income beneficiary shall deliver
                   to the trustee whom he or she intends to remove and to the 
                   trustee whom he or she intends to appoint, an


                                     -8-



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                 instrument signed by the income beneficiary reciting
                 such removal and appointment. Such removal and appointment
                 shall take effect 30 days after the removed trustee receives
                 that instrument.

                        G. In the case of any incompetent income beneficiary, a
                 living and competent parent or child, or guardian or
                 conservator if the income beneficiary has no living and
                 competent parent or child, may receive notices, approve
                 accounts, appoint successor trustees and removal corporate
                 trustees as provided in this article on behalf of the
                 incompetent income beneficiary.

                        H. Notwithstanding any contrary provision herein, no
                 individual trustee shall participate as trustee in making any
                 decisions relating to a discretionary distribution of income
                 or principal of the trust property to any beneficiary to the
                 extent that such distribution would be in discharge of such
                 trustee's legal obligation (in his or her individual capacity)
                 to support such beneficiary. If an individual trustee is
                 precluded, from participating in a particular decision by the
                 foregoing provisions of this paragraph, then the decision
                 shall be made by the other trustee who is not so precluded, if
                 any. If the sole trustee or all of the co-trustees are
                 precluded from participating in a particular decision, then
                 the trustee or trustees with respect to any such trust may
                 appoint by an instrument filed with the trust records any
                 person (other than the settlor) or qualified corporate trustee
                 to act as a "special trustee" of such trust whose sole power
                 shall be to make those decisions relating to




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                 discretionary distributions of income and principal of
                 any trust hereunder which the trustee is precluded from
                 making. If for any reason the trustee who appoints a "special
                 trustee" pursuant to this paragraph ceases to act as a
                 trustee, the term of office of the "special trustee" shall
                 terminate. A "special trustee" may act in such capacity more
                 than once. 

                 SIXTH: This agreement is irrevocable and may not be amended. 

                 SEVENTH: This agreement shall be governed by and interpreted in
        accordance with the laws of Illinois.

                 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I and the trustee have signed this
        agreement on the date first written above.


                                 /s/ Jasper Sanfilippo
                                    -----------------------------
                                    JASPER SANFILIPPO, as Grantor


                                 /s/ Marian Sanfilippo
                                    -----------------------------
                                    MARIAN SANFILIPPO, as Trustee


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                                                                      Exhibit 4

                              JAMES J. SANFILIPPO

                         IRREVOCABLE TRUST AGREEMENT

         This agreement is made on Oct. 8, 1996, between me, JASPER SANFILIPPO,
as grantor, and my wife, MARIAN SANFILIPPO ("my wife"), as trustee. I am
transferring to the trustee $10.00 and other property. The trustee shall hold
such property for the benefit of my son, JAMES J. SANFILIPPO ("JAMES"), as
hereinafter provided. This trust shall be known as the "James J. Sanfilippo
Irrevocable Trust, dated Oct. 8, 1996."

              FIRST: A. The trustee shall pay to JAMES, commencing
         with the creation of the trust and continuing until the        
         termination of the trust, all of the income of the trust and so much
         or all of the principal thereof as the trustee determines to be
         required or advisable from time to time for JAMES' reasonable support
         and medical care, considering his other resources known to the
         trustee.

              B. Upon JAMES' death, the trust shall terminate and the trustee 
         shall distribute any accrued or undistributed income of the trust to
         JAMES' estate and the principal of the trust to such person or
         persons, other than JAMES' estate, his creditors and the creditors of
         his estate, as JAMES may appoint by will which specifically exercises
         this limited power of appointment. The trustee may assume that JAMES
         left no will if at the expiration of three (3) months after JAMES'
         death the trustee has no knowledge of the existence of his will.
         Principal of the trust not validly appointed by JAMES shall be
         distributed to his descendants per



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         stirpes who are living upon the termination of the trust and if none,  
         to my descendants per stirpes who are then living.

              SECOND: The following provisions shall apply to each trust created
by this agreement:

              A. If under any prior provision of this agreement a share of any
         trust is distributable, except by the exercise of a power of   
         appointment, to a beneficiary who has not then attained age 21, the
         beneficiary's share shall immediately vest in the beneficiary but in
         the trustee's discretion the trustee shall either (1) create a
         custodianship for the beneficiary under a Uniform Transfers to Minors
         Act and distribute the share to that custodian; (2) distribute the
         share to a then acting custodian for the beneficiary under a Uniform
         Transfers to Minors Act; or (3) retain the share in a separate trust
         as follows: the trustee shall pay to the beneficiary so much or all of
         the income and principal of the trust as the trustee determines to be
         required or advisable from time to time for the beneficiary's
         reasonable support, education and medical care, considering the
         beneficiary's other resources known to the trustee. Income not paid to
         the beneficiary shall be added to trust principal. When the
         beneficiary attains age 21, the trust shall terminate and the trustee
         shall distribute to the beneficiary the principal and any accrued or
         undistributed income of the trust. If the beneficiary dies before
         attaining age 21, the trust thereupon shall terminate and the trustee
         shall distribute

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         the principal and any accrued or undistributed income of the
         trust to the beneficiary's estate.

              B. Mandatory income payments shall be made in quarterly
         installments, or more often if the trustee sees fit.

              C. Each trust created under this agreement or pursuant to any
         power of appointment granted hereunder shall terminate not later than
         the day immediately preceding the date 21 years after the death of the
         last to die of me, my wife and my descendants who are living on March
         16, 1990, and the trustee shall upon that day, regardless of any other
         provision of this agreement, distribute the principal and any accrued
         or undistributed income of each trust then held hereunder to the
         income beneficiary thereof.

              THIRD: In addition to the powers from time to time conferred on
the trustee by the Illinois Trusts and Trustees Act, the trustee shall have 
the following powers exercisable in the trustee's discretion:
        
              A. To charge or not to charge against income an allowance for   
         depreciation;

              B. To borrow money from any source, including but not limited
         to, the banking department of a successor corporate trustee;
        
              C. If at any time the principal of a trust required to be held
         under the terms of this agreement is less than $50,000 in value, to
         distribute the principal and any accrued or undistributed income of
         the



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         trust to its income beneficiary, and that trust shall thereupon
         terminate, notwithstanding any provisions in this agreement to the
         contrary;

              D. When there is a trust under this agreement and a trust under
         another document, each having the same beneficiary or beneficiaries
         and terms which are substantially identical as to the distribution of
         income and principal, to transfer all of the assets of such trust
         under this agreement to the trustee or trustees of the substantially
         identical trust, and thereupon such trust under this agreement shall
         terminate;

              E. To retain as an investment of the trusts securities of any
         one or more closely-held businesses which may become an asset of the 
         trusts, and/or of any successor to or subsidiary or affiliate of each 
         such business. Each such business and all successors, subsidiaries 
         and affiliates thereof, if any, are hereinafter singly and 
         collectively referred to as the "Company." "Securities" shall include 
         common and preferred stocks, bonds, debentures, voting trust 
         certificates, interests in limited liability companies, and any other
         evidence of a proprietary or partnership interest in and/or an
         obligation of the Company. The trustee shall have with reference to
         such securities the following powers, in addition to those elsewhere
         herein granted:

                 1. To participate in the management of the Company as an
              officer or director or otherwise, with appropriate compensation;

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                 2. To extend credit to the Company from the banking department 
              of a corporate successor trustee; and
                        
                 3. To increase the investment of the trusts in the Company by 
              any means, including but not limited to, one or more of the
              following: making secured or unsecured loans to the Company,
              purchasing or subscribing to securities of the Company, or
              pledging assets for debts of the Company. 
              The trustee shall exercise ordinary business judgment in 
         determining how long such securities shall be retained, it
         being the settlor's intention that the trustee retain such securities
         as long as in the trustee's judgment it is in the best interest of the
         beneficiaries, and the trustee shall not be liable for any loss
         resulting from such retention. The settler realizes that he is
         exposing the trusts to risks inherent in all business operations but
         he believes those risks justifiable by the possibility of preserving
         the capital and income values of such securities. To the extent that
         the trustee renders services to the Company, the trustee may charge
         the Company for those services. Nothing in this agreement shall be
         construed to prevent any individual trustee from being employed or
         retained by the Company at a salary or fee commensurate with the value
         of his or her service, nor to prevent him or her from purchasing such
         securities from the trusts or from any other source; 

              F. To make secured or unsecured loans to the income beneficiary 
         of any trust hereunder, and to pledge trust assets, guarantee

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                        or otherwise encumber trust assets for any debts, 
                        loans, obligations or liabilities of the income
                        beneficiary of any trust hereunder, all as the trustee
                        considers proper and at the sole discretion of the
                        trustee. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a trustee who
                        is the beneficiary of any trust hereunder shall not
                        have any powers under this paragraph relating to the
                        trust or trusts of which the trustee is the
                        beneficiary. The trustee shall not be liable to any
                        beneficiary of any trust hereunder or any other person
                        or entity for deciding in the trustee's discretion to
                        exercise or not to exercise the powers under this
                        paragraph and the trustee shall not be personally
                        liable under any such pledge, guarantee or other
                        encumbrance; and

                                G. To do all other acts to accomplish the
                        proper management, investment and distribution of the
                        trusts. 

                        FOURTH: No interest under this trust shall be 
              assignable by any beneficiary. Cash or other property 
              distributable hereunder shall not be subject to claims of any 
              creditor of any beneficiary, nor to claims for alimony or 
              maintenance. Nothing herein contained shall prevent the exercise 
              of any power of appointment under this agreement or prevent 
              distribution of money or property to the estate of a deceased 
              beneficiary when required by this agreement.

                        FIFTH: The following provisions shall apply to each 
              trust created by this agreement:

                                A. If for any reason my wife does not act or
                        continue to act as trustee, JAMES is appointed
                        successor trustee. If for any reason


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              neither or the foregoing individuals acts or continues to act
              as trustee, my other child or children who are then living and
              competent are appointed successor co-trustees or sole trustee, as
              the case may be. If for any reason one of my remaining children
              does not act or continue to act as a successor co-trustee, that
              vacancy shall not be filled, except that if none of the foregoing
              act or continue to act as trustee, THE NORTHERN TRUST COMPANY, of
              Chicago, Illinois, is appointed successor trustee. If for any
              reason none of the foregoing nor any successor trustee appointed
              as hereinafter provided acts or continues to act as trustee, a
              successor trustee shall be appointed as provided in the Illinois
              Trusts and Trustees Act and shall be any "qualified corporate
              trustee". A "qualified corporate trustee" shall be any
              corporation situated in the United States and authorized under
              the laws of the United States or of any state thereof to
              administer trusts and with capital, surplus and undivided profits
              of at least fifty million dollars. 

              B. While more than one trustee is acting:

                   1. The term "trustee" as used in this agreement shall be 
              read as "trustees" and, where appropriate, the singular shall
              be read as the plural, and corresponding changes shall be read in
              references to gender.

                   2. Any trustee may from time to time, by signed revocable
              instrument, delegate to the other trustee or trustees the


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              exercise of all or less than all of the powers herein conferred   
              upon the successor co-trustees jointly.

              C. For purposes of this agreement, an individual shall be 
         determined to  be incompetent (1) if the individual is under age 18,
         or (2) if the individual is age 18 or older, upon the unanimous
         determination by his or her attending physician and such of my
         children who are then living and competent that the individual is
         incapable of properly managing his or her financial affairs (except
         that the individual whose competency is in question shall not
         participate in that determination).

              D. If an individual is acting as a trustee hereunder and a
         determination is made that he or she is incompetent, that determination
         shall be deemed to constitute his or her resignation as trustee.

              E. The income beneficiary of any trust created under this 
         agreement may at any time approve the trustee's accounts with respect
         to that trust, with the same effect as if a court having jurisdiction
         over the trust approved the accounts.

              F. The income beneficiary of each trust created hereunder shall 
         have the right from time to time, while living and competent, to
         remove the then acting corporate trustee of such trust and to appoint
         any qualified corporate trustee as successor corporate trustee. If the
         income beneficiary desires to exercise his or her rights under this
         paragraph, the income beneficiary shall deliver to the trustee whom he
         or she intends to remove and to the trustee whom he or she intends to
         appoint, an

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         instrument signed by the income beneficiary reciting such removal and  
         appointment. Such removal and appointment shall take effect 30 days
         after the removed trustee receives that instrument.

              G. In the case of any incompetent income beneficiary, a living and
         competent parent or child, or guardian or conservator if the income
         beneficiary has no living and competent parent or child, may receive   
         notices, approve accounts, appoint successor trustees and removal
         corporate trustees as provided in this article on behalf of the
         incompetent income beneficiary.

              H. Notwithstanding any contrary provision herein, no individual 
         trustee shall participate as trustee in making any decisions
         relating to a discretionary distribution of income or principal of the
         trust property to any beneficiary to the extent that such distribution
         would be in discharge of such trustee's legal obligation (in his or
         her individual capacity) to support such beneficiary. If an individual
         trustee is precluded, from participating in a particular decision by
         the foregoing provisions of this paragraph, then the decision shall be
         made by the other trustee who is not so precluded, if any. If the sole
         trustee or all of the co-trustees are precluded from participating in
         a particular decision, then the trustee or trustees with respect to
         any such trust may appoint by an instrument filed with the trust
         records any person (other than the settler) or qualified corporate
         trustee to act as a "special trustee" of such trust whose sole power
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         discretionary distributions of income and principal of any trust
         hereunder which the trustee is precluded from making. If for any
         reason the trustee who appoints a "special trustee" pursuant to this
         paragraph ceases to act as a trustee, the term of office of the
         "special trustee" shall terminate. A "special trustee" may act in
         such capacity more than once. 

         SIXTH: This agreement is irrevocable and may not be amended. 

         SEVENTH: This agreement shall be governed by and interpreted in 
accordance with the laws of Illinois.   

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I and the trustee have signed this agreement on the
date first written above.



                                  /s/ Jasper Sanfilippo
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                                  JASPER SANFILIPPO, as Grantor


                                  /s/ Marian Sanfilippo 
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                                  MARIAN SANFILIPPO, as Trustee


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