Reporting Segments

3 Months Ended

Jul. 29, 2016

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Reporting Segments

Reporting Segments

We have two reporting segments: Bob Evans Restaurants and BEF Foods. We determine our segments on the same basis that the Company's chief operating decision maker uses to allocate resources and assess performance. We evaluate our segments based on operating income, excluding expenses and charges from corporate and other functions which we consider to be overall corporate costs, or costs not reflective of the reporting segment’s core operating businesses. This includes corporate functions such as information technology, finance, legal, human resources, supply chain and other corporate functions, and includes costs such as ongoing IT infrastructure costs, certain legal and professional fees, depreciation on our corporate assets and other costs.

Information on our reporting segments is summarized as follows:

	Three Months Ended
(in thousands)	July 29, 2016			July 24, 2015
Net Sales:
Bob Evans Restaurants	$	220,376		$	238,669
BEF Foods	90,713			86,048
Intersegment net sales of food products	(4,772		)	(3,004		)
Subtotal of BEF Foods	85,941			83,044
Total	$	306,317		$	321,713
Operating income (loss):
Bob Evans Restaurants	$	11,602		$	9,796
BEF Foods	15,387			15,851
Corporate and Other	(13,291		)	(17,385		)
Total	$	13,698		$	8,262

Discussion of segment results is included within Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.