Bob Evans Farms, Inc.

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Company Overview


Company: Bob Evans Farms, Inc.
Industry: Casual Dining Restaurants
Website: http://www.bobevans.com

This company might suggest that breakfast sausage is the most important meal of the day. Bob Evans Farms operates a chain of 570 family-style restaurants in about 20 states that are best known for their breakfast menu of bacon, eggs, hotcakes, and sausage products. The company also has three production facilities where it makes its own sausage and bacon products that are sold under the Bob Evans and Owens brands at supermarkets and other grocery retailers. In addition, subsidiary SWH Corporation operates Mimi's Café, a chain of more than 140 full-service restaurants offering American-style dishes served with a New Orleans twist.


Key Numbers

Sales in U.S. Dollars (mil.) 1,750.5 (2009)
One-year % Growth in Sales 0.8 (2009)
Net Income in U.S. Dollars (mil.) -5.1 (2009)
One-year % Growth in Net Income 0.0 (2009)
Number of Employees 46,495 (2009)
One-year % Growth in Number of Employees -5.4 (2009)
Fiscal Year-End April