Stock-Based Compensation	9 Months Ended
Stock-Based Compensation	Jan. 23, 2015
Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract]
Stock-Based Compensation	Stock-Based Compensation At January 23, 2015, there were equity awards outstanding under the Bob Evans Farms, Inc. 2010 Equity and Cash Incentive Plan (the “2010 Plan”), as well as previous equity plans adopted in 2006, 1998 and 1992. The types of awards that may be granted under the 2010 Plan include: stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock awards ("RSAs"), restricted stock units ("RSUs"), cash incentive awards, performance shares, performance units, and other awards. We made grants of approximately 50,000 RSAs and RSUs under the 2010 Plan in the three months ended January 23, 2015, while no stock awards were granted during the three month period ended January 24, 2014. We granted approximately 90,000 and 195,000 RSAs and RSUs under the 2010 Plan in the nine months ended January 23, 2015, and January 24, 2014, respectively. Stock-based compensation expense, included primarily within the S,G&A line on the Consolidated Statements of Net Income, was $271 and $1,587 for the three months ended January 23, 2015, and January 24, 2014, respectively, and $2,158 and $5,165 for the nine months ended January 23, 2015, and January 24, 2014, respectively.

The entire disclosure for compensation-related costs for equity-based compensation, which may include disclosure of policies, compensation plan details, allocation of equity compensation, incentive distributions, equity-based arrangements to obtain goods and services, deferred compensation arrangements, employee stock ownership plan details and employee stock purchase plan details.

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