U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              Washington, DC 20549

                                     FORM 4

                  STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

    Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
       Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or
               Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

[_]  Check box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations
     may continue. See Instruction 1(b).

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1.   Name and Address of Reporting Person*

Pokrajac                             William               R.
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   (Last)                           (First)             (Middle)
c/o John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc.
2299 Busse Road
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                                    (Street)

Elk Grove Village                    IL                  60007
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   (City)                           (State)              (Zip)


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2.   Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol

John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc.    (JBSS)

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3.   IRS Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an Entity (Voluntary)


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4.   Statement for Month/Day/Year

4/28/03
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5.   If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year)


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6.   Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
     (Check all applicable)

     [ ]  Director                             [_]  10% Owner
     [X]  Officer (give title below)           [_]  Other (specify below)
      Vice President of Finance and Controller
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7.   Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check applicable line)

     [X]  Form filed by one Reporting Person
     [_]  Form filed by more than one Reporting Person
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           Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of,
                             or Beneficially Owned
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                                                                                                 5.             6.
                                                                 4.                              Amount of      Owner-
                                                                 Securities Acquired (A) or      Securities     ship
                                                    3.           Disposed of (D)                 Beneficially   Form:     7.
                                      2A.           Transaction  (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)             Owned Follow-  Direct    Nature of
                         2.           Deemed        Code         ------------------------------- ing Reported   (D) or    Indirect
1.                       Transaction  Execution     (Instr. 8)                   (A)             Transaction(s) Indirect  Beneficial
Title of Security        Date         Date, if any  ------------     Amount      or     Price    (Instr. 3      (I)       Ownership
(Instr. 3)               (mm/dd/yy)   (mm/dd/yy)     Code     V                  (D)             and 4)         (Instr.4) (Instr. 4)
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Common Stock		  4/28/03                     M               750         A      6.00
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Common Stock              4/28/03                     M               1600        A      9.375
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Common Stock              4/28/03                     M               1500        A      6.250
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Common Stock              4/28/03                     M               3500        A      4.00
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Common Stock              4/28/03                     M               3750        A      4.50
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Common Stock              4/28/03                     S               11100       D      16.4848     0             D
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Common Stock                                                                                         150           D        Joint
															    with
															    Spouse
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*    If the Form is filed by more than one  Reporting  Person,  see  Instruction
     4(b)(v).

Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially
          owned directly or indirectly.

                                                                          (Over)




FORM 4 (continued)

Table II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
         (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

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                                                                                                         9.        10.
                                                                                                         Number    Owner-
                                                                                                         of Deriv- ship
                                                                                                         ative     Form
            2.                                                                                           Secur-    of
            Conver-                           5.                              7.                         ities     Deriv-   11.
            sion                              Number of                       Title and Amount           Bene-     ative    Nature
            or                3A.             Derivative    6.                of Underlying     8.       ficially  Secur-   of
            Exer-             Deemed 4.       Securities    Date              Securities        Price    Owned     ity:     In-
            cise     3.       Execu- Trans-   Acquired (A)  Exercisable and   (Instr. 3 and 4)  of       Follow-   Direct   direct
            Price    Trans-   tion   action   or Disposed   Expiration Date   ----------------  Deriv-   ing Re-   (D) or   Bene-
1.          of       action   Date,  Code     of(D)         (Month/Day/Year)            Amount  ative    ported    In-      ficial
Title of    Deriv-   Date     if any (Instr.  (Instr. 3,    ----------------            or      Secur-   Trans-    direct   Owner-
Derivative  ative    (Month/  (Month 8)       4 and 5)      Date     Expira-            Number  ity      action(s) (I)      ship
Security    Secur-   Day/     /Day/  ------   ------------  Exer-    tion               of      (Instr.  (Instr.   (Instr.  (Instr.
(Instr. 3)  ity      Year)    Year)  Code V    (A)   (D)    cisable  Date     Title     Shares  5)       4)        4)       4)
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Employee     6.00     4/28/03         M               750    (1)      1/10/05  Common    750
Stock 									       Stock
Option
(Right to
Buy) *
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Employee     9.375    4/28/03         M               1600   (2)      10/2/05  Common    1600
Stock 									       Stock
Option
(Right to
Buy) **
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Employee     6.25     4/28/03         M               1500   (3)      5/21/07  Common    1500
Stock 									       Stock
Option
(Right to
Buy) **
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Employee     4.00     4/28/03         M               3500   (4)      2/2/09   Common    3500
Stock 									       Stock
Option
(Right to
Buy) ***
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Employee     4.50     4/28/03         M               3750   (5)      1/27/10  Common    3750              7850      D
Stock 									       Stock
Option
(Right to
Buy) ***
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Explanation of Responses:
*Reflects options granted pursuant to the John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc.
1991 Stock Option Incentive Plan
**Reflects options granted pursuant to the John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc.
1995 Stock Option Incentive Plan
***Reflects options granted pursuant to the John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc.
1998 Stock Option Incentive Plan

(1) Options vested and exercisable in equal installments of 25% on each
of the first, second, third and fourth anniversary of the option's Date
of Grant on January 10, 1996, 1997, 1998 & 1999.
(2) Options vested and exercisable in equal installments of 25% on each
of the first, second, third and fourth anniversary of the option's Date
of Grant on October 2, 1996, 1997, 1998 & 1999.
(3) Options vested and exercisable in equal installments of 25% on each
of the first, second, third and fourth anniversary of the option's Date
of Grant on May 21, 1998,1999, 2000 & 2001.
(4) Options vested and exercisable in equal installments of 25% on each
of the first, second, third and fourth anniversary of the option's Date
of Grant on February 2, 2000, 2001, 2002 & 2003.
(5) Options vested and exercisable in equal installments of 25% on each
of the first, second, third and fourth anniversary of the option's Date
of Grant on January 27, 2001, 2002 & 2003.




     /s/Linda Crowley					    4/29/03
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      **Signature of Reporting Person                             Date

By: Linda Crowley, as attorney-in-fact
    for William R. Pokrajac per Power of
    Attorney dated February 1, 2001, original
    on file with the SEC.


**     Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal
       Criminal Violations.

See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).

Note:  File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed.
       If space provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.


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