Industry Segments

9 Months Ended

Jan. 25, 2013

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Industry Segments

6.Industry Segments

Information on our operating segments is summarized as follows:

				(in thousands)
				Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
				Jan. 25, 2013		Jan. 27, 2012		Jan. 25, 2013		Jan. 27, 2012
Sales:
	Bob Evans Restaurants		$	245,494	$	242,360	$	739,762	$	728,949
	Mimi's Café			91,119		94,948		258,715		270,385
	BEF Foods			105,517		95,160		279,331		252,581
				442,130		432,468		1,277,808		1,251,915
	Intersegment sales of BEF Foods			(7,690)		(4,129)		(22,776)		(11,030)
		Total	$	434,440	$	428,339	$	1,255,032	$	1,240,885
Operating (loss) income:
	Bob Evans Restaurants		$	17,638	$	19,889	$	55,449	$	63,865
	Mimi's Café			134,357		3,222		126,001		(1,544)
	BEF Foods			(153,641)		7,147		(141,075)		16,762
		Total	$	(1,646)	$	30,258	$	40,375	$	79,083

In the third quarter of fiscal 2013, we forgave an intercompany note payable to Bob Evans Farms, Inc. (Delaware Corporation), a member of the BEF Foods segment, from Mimi's Café for $156,945 and an intercompany note receivable from Bob Evans Restaurants from Mimi's Café for $527. The extinguishment of the intercompany payable is reported in S,G&A line of the Consolidated Statements of Income.

Effective January 28, 2013, we entered into a definitive agreement for the sale of our Mimi's Café operating segment to Le Duff America, Inc. Effective February 15, 2013, we completed the sale of Mimi's Café to Le Duff America, Inc. See Note 14 for further information.