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Reporting Segments (Details) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
Reporting Segments (Details) $ in Thousands	Apr. 29, 2016 USD ($)	Jan. 22, 2016 USD ($)	Oct. 23, 2015 USD ($)	Jul. 24, 2015 USD ($)	Apr. 24, 2015 USD ($)	Jan. 23, 2015 USD ($)	Oct. 24, 2014 USD ($)	Jul. 25, 2014 USD ($)	Apr. 29, 2016 USD ($) segment	Apr. 24, 2015 USD ($)	Apr. 25, 2014 USD ($)
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Number of reporting segments \| segment									2
Net Sales	$ 345,587	$ 346,505	$ 325,021	$ 321,713	$ 332,393	$ 357,177	$ 333,279	$ 326,341	$ 1,338,827	$ 1,349,190	$ 1,328,552
Operating income	(1,535)	$ 18,060	$ 11,434	$ 8,262	937	$ 7,673	$ 9,012	$ 64	36,221	17,686	33,125
Depreciation and amortization									79,607	80,074	79,456
Capital Expenditures									65,694	74,517	190,995
Identifiable Assets	800,374				1,018,980				800,374	1,018,980	1,065,752
Operating Segments
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales									1,357,596	1,368,494	1,343,385
Operating Segments \| Bob Evans Restaurants
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales									951,212	969,877	956,579
Operating income									34,793	56,239	80,187
Depreciation and amortization									53,833	57,236	60,446
Capital Expenditures									28,906	43,927	83,106
Identifiable Assets	490,849				665,910				490,849	665,910	693,543
Operating Segments \| BEF Foods
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales									406,384	398,617	386,806
Operating income									71,011	39,993	22,435
Depreciation and amortization									16,224	17,141	14,514
Capital Expenditures									17,149	6,830	56,390
Identifiable Assets	150,645				179,137				150,645	179,137	193,634
Operating Segments \| Corporate and Other
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Operating income									(69,583)	(78,546)	(69,497)
Depreciation and amortization									9,550	5,697	4,496
Capital Expenditures									19,639	23,760	51,499
Inter-segment net sales of food products
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales									(18,769)	(19,304)	(14,833)
General corporate assets
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Identifiable Assets	$ 158,880				$ 173,933				$ 158,880	$ 173,933	$ 178,575