Reporting Segments (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Jan. 22, 2016

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Schedule of Segment Reporting Information, by Segment

Information on our reporting segments is summarized as follows:

	Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
(in thousands)	January 22, 2016			January 23, 2015			January 22, 2016			January 23, 2015
Net Sales:
Bob Evans Restaurants	$	238,608		$	250,389		$	708,018		$	731,691
BEF Foods	112,858			112,060			298,386			300,618
Intersegment net sales of food products	(4,961		)	(5,272		)	(13,165		)	(15,513		)
Subtotal of BEF Foods	107,897			106,788			285,221			285,105
Total	$	346,505		$	357,177		$	993,239		$	1,016,796
Operating income (loss):
Bob Evans Restaurants	$	14,453		$	14,153		$	37,585		$	49,709
BEF Foods	20,609			15,274			50,443			24,675
Corporate and Other	(17,002		)	(21,754		)	(50,272		)	(57,635		)
Total	$	18,060		$	7,673		$	37,756		$	16,749

(in thousands)	January 22, 2016		April 24, 2015
Identifiable Assets:
Bob Evans Restaurants	$	633,152	$	665,910
BEF Foods	133,404		179,137
General corporate assets	168,357		187,540
Total	$	934,913	$	1,032,587