Exhibit 99.1

EIGHTH AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT

This EIGHTH AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “Amendment”) is entered into as of July 7, 2017, by and among JOHN B. SANFILIPPO & SON, INC., a Delaware corporation (“Borrower”), the lenders identified on the signature pages hereof (such lenders, together with their respective successors and permitted assigns, are referred to hereinafter each individually as a “Lender” and collectively as the “Lenders”), and WELLS FARGO CAPITAL FINANCE, LLC (f/k/a Wells Fargo Foothill, LLC), a Delaware limited liability company, as administrative agent (in such capacity “Agent”) and as a Lender. Unless otherwise specified herein, capitalized terms used in this Amendment shall have the meanings ascribed to them by the Credit Agreement (defined below).

RECITALS

WHEREAS, Borrower, Agent, and Lenders have entered into that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of February 7, 2008 (as amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”); and

WHEREAS, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, the Borrower, Agent and Lenders have agreed to amend the Credit Agreement as more fully described below;

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing, mutual agreements contained herein and for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, Borrower, Agent and Lenders hereby agree as follows:

SECTION 1. Amendment. Subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 2 below and in reliance on the representations and warranties set forth in Section 4 below, Section 6.10 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

6.10. Distributions.

Make any distribution or declare or pay any dividends (in cash or other property, other than common Stock) on, or purchase, acquire, redeem, or retire any of Borrower’s Stock, of any class, whether now or hereafter outstanding; provided, that, Borrower may make up to four dividends or distributions on its Stock, or purchase, acquire, redeem or retire its Stock in any fiscal year so long as (x) the aggregate amount of such dividends, distributions, purchases, acquisitions, redemptions and retirements made in any fiscal year do not exceed $60,000,000 in the aggregate and (y) immediately before and after giving effect to the making of any such dividend, distribution, purchase, acquisition, redemption or retirement, (i) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and (ii) Excess Availability shall exceed $30,000,000.

SECTION 2. Conditions Precedent. This Amendment shall become effective when the Agent shall have received duly executed counterparts of this Amendment from the Borrower and the Lenders and the Agent shall have executed and delivered its counterpart to this Amendment.

SECTION 3. Reference to and Effect Upon the Credit Agreement.

(a) Except as specifically set forth herein, the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall remain in full force and effect and are hereby ratified and confirmed; and

(b) The amendment set forth herein is effective solely for the purpose set forth herein and shall be limited precisely as written, and shall not be deemed to (i) be a consent to any amendment, waiver of or modification of any other term or condition of the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, (ii) operate as a waiver of or otherwise prejudice any right, power or remedy that Agent or Lenders may now have or may have in the future under or in connection with the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document or (iii) constitute an amendment or waiver of any provision of the Credit Agreement or any Loan Document, except as specifically set forth herein. Upon the effectiveness of this Amendment, each reference in the Credit Agreement to “this Agreement”, “herein”, “hereof’ and words of like import and each reference in the Credit Agreement and the Loan Documents to the Credit Agreement shall mean the Credit Agreement as amended hereby. This Amendment shall be construed in connection with and as part of the Credit Agreement.

SECTION 4. Representations and Warranties. In order to induce Agent and Lenders to enter into this Amendment, Borrower hereby represents and warrants to Agent and Lenders, after giving effect to this Amendment:

(a) All representations and warranties of Borrower and its Subsidiaries contained in the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date of this Amendment, in each case as if made on and as of such date, other than representations and warranties that expressly relate solely to an earlier date (in which case such representations and warranties were true and correct on and as of such earlier date);

(b) No Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing; and

(c) This Amendment and the Credit Agreement, as amended hereby, constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of Borrower and are enforceable against Borrower in accordance with their respective terms, except as enforcement may be limited by equitable principles or by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, or similar laws relating to or limiting creditors’ rights generally.

SECTION 5. Costs and Expenses. As provided in Section 17.10 of the Credit Agreement, Borrower shall pay all costs and expenses incurred by or on behalf of Agent and Lenders arising from or relating to this Amendment constituting Lender Group Expenses.

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SECTION 6. GOVERNING LAW. THE VALIDITY OF THIS AMENDMENT, THE CONSTRUCTION, INTERPRETATION, AND ENFORCEMENT HEREOF, AND THE RIGHTS OF THE PARTIES HERETO WITH RESPECT TO ALL MATTERS ARISING HEREUNDER OR RELATED HERETO SHALL BE DETERMINED UNDER, GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS.

SECTION 7. Headings. Section headings in this Amendment are included herein for convenience of reference only and shall not constitute part of this Amendment for any other purposes.

SECTION 8. Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed an original, but all such counterparts shall constitute one and the same instrument.

(signature pages follow)

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, as of the date first above written.

Signature Page to Eighth Amendment to Credit Agreement

Signature Page to Eighth Amendment to Credit Agreement