Bob Evans Farms, Inc.
Type	Public (NASDAQ:BOBE)
Founded	Rio Grande, Ohio (1953)
Headquarters	Columbus, OH
Key people	Bob Evans, Founder Steven A. Davis, CEO
Industry	Restaurant (food service), Food processing, Food retailing
Products	Bob Evans Restaurants, Bob Evans Sausage, Owens Country Sausage, Mimi’s Cafe
Revenue	$1.58 billion USD(2006)
Employees	35,000 (2004)
Website	www.bobevans.com

Bob Evans Farms, Inc. NASDAQ: BOBE, is a billion dollar food service, processing, and retail company based in Columbus, Ohio. It operates two chains of casual dining restaurants in the United States including Bob Evans Restaurants and Mimi's Cafe. It also is a major food processing and retail enterprise selling products under the Bob Evans and Owens Country Sausage brand names. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... A public company usually refers to a company which is permitted to offer its securities (stock, bonds, etc. ... NASDAQ in Times Square, New York City. ... Rio Grande is a village located in Gallia County, Ohio. ... 1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... Nickname: Location in the state of Ohio, USA Coordinates: Country United States State Ohio Counties Franklin, Delaware, and Fairfield Government  - Mayor Michael B. Coleman (D) Area  - City  212. ... Toms Restaurant, a restaurant in New York made familiar by Suzanne Vega and the television sitcom Seinfeld A restaurant is an establishment that serves prepared food and beverages to order, to be consumed on the premises. ... Revenue is a U.S. business term for the amount of money that a company earns from its activities in a given period, mostly from sales of products and/or services to customers. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... ISO 4217 Code USD User(s) the United States, the British Indian Ocean Territory,[1] the British Virgin Islands, Cambodia, East Timor, Ecuador, El Salvador, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Palau, Panama, Turks and Caicos Islands, and the insular areas of the United States Inflation 2. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... For the album by the Kaiser Chiefs see Employment (album) Employment is a contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. ... A Web site (or colloquially, Website) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos and other digital assets that is hosted on a Web server, usually accessible via the Internet or a LAN. A Web page is a document, typically written in HTML, that is almost always accessible via HTTP... NASDAQ in Times Square, New York City. ... Nickname: Location in the state of Ohio, USA Coordinates: Country United States State Ohio Counties Franklin, Delaware, and Fairfield Government  - Mayor Michael B. Coleman (D) Area  - City  212. ... Official language(s) None Capital Columbus Largest city Columbus Largest metro area Cleveland Area  Ranked 34th  - Total 44,825 sq mi (116,096 km²)  - Width 220 miles (355 km)  - Length 220 miles (355 km)  - % water 8. ... A casual dining restaurant is a restaurant that serves moderately-priced food in a casual atmosphere. ... A typical restaurant in uptown Manhattan A restaurant is an establishment that serves prepared food and beverages to be consumed on the premises. ...

The Bob Evans Restaurant chain started from a single truck stop diner on the Bob Evans Farm in Rio Grande, Ohio and has grown to almost 600 locations in 23 states, primarily in the Mid-Atlantic, Midwestern, and upper Southern states. All locations are corporately owned, not franchised. A truck stop is an eating establishment, usually located near a busy road, with a large parking area for trucks and other heavy vehicles. ... A diner in Freehold Borough, New Jersey This article is about a type of restaurant. ... Rio Grande is a village located in Gallia County, Ohio. ...

The restaurant chain started after Bob Evans (born May 30, 1918, to Welsh ancestry) kept hearing patrons at his truck stop say that they thought his sausage was the best around. Bob slaughtered and packaged his own sausage using a unique recipe, but did not have the manufacturing capacity to fill large orders. He made a business arrangement with his cousin J. Tim Evans who was then the owner of Evans Packing Co. to package the Bob Evans Sausage products at Tim's plant. Sales went through the roof, and the rest is history. The Welsh (Cymry) are an ethnic group or nation associated with Wales and the Welsh language, which is a Celtic language. ...

Both Bob and Tim are retired, and both still maintain residences near the original Bob Evans Restaurant in Rio Grande. Another relative, Dan Evans, served as CEO until his retirement in 2000.

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A side view of a Bob Evans Restaurant.

The company also offers pork products to the retail grocery market, as well as some other prepared food products to both the grocery and food service segments. The restaurant chain was started because local restaurants would not purchase the high-quality pork sausage the company produced, saying that customers would not pay extra for quality. The company successfully disproved this idea. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (2208x808, 314 KB) Self-made photo of the Bob Evans Restaurant in Huntington, WV taken from the Robert C. Byrd Bridge on June 14, 2006. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (2208x808, 314 KB) Self-made photo of the Bob Evans Restaurant in Huntington, WV taken from the Robert C. Byrd Bridge on June 14, 2006. ... Two halves of pork being delivered Pork is the culinary name for meat from pigs. ...

The company acquired Texas based Owens Country Sausage in 1987. The company branded its otherwise identical restaurants in Texas as Owens Restaurants due to trademark issues; all Owens restaurants were closed in January 2006. [1] Official language(s) No Official Language See languages of Texas Capital Austin Largest city Houston Area  Ranked 2nd  - Total 261,797 sq mi (678,051 km²)  - Width 773 miles (1,244 km)  - Length 790 miles (1,270 km)  - % water 2. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A trademark or trade mark[1] is a distinctive sign of some kind which is used by an individual, business organization or other legal entity to uniquely identify the source of its products and/or services to consumers, and to distinguish its products or services from those of other entities. ...

The company also operates the Mimi's Cafe chain, consisting of 100 locations across the United States, which feature a French café theme. Some of the markets that have the Mimi's chain do not have Bob Evans Restaurants and vice versa. Coffeehouse in Damascus A coffeehouse, coffee shop, or café shares some of the characteristics of a bar, and some of the characteristics of a restaurant. ...

The company also operated a Mexican-themed restaurant called Cantina del Rio in the mid-1990's.

The Evans family controlled daily operations of the company until 2000 when Dan Evans (Bob's cousin) retired as CEO. After Dan's retirement, Stewart K. Owens (a former officer of the Owens Country Sausage company and later president of BOBE) assumed control of Bob Evans Farms Inc. as CEO. In 2001, he became Chairman of the Board. Company profits faltered under Owens' tenure. In August 2005, after corporate profits had dropped in eight of the previous nine quarters, Owens announced his resignation. Officially, the cause of Owens' departure was "personal reasons" but many business analyst believed Owens' departure and Bob Evans disappointing results were more than a mere coincidence. After operating for several months under interim CEO Larry Corbin, the company hired Steven Davis, the former president of Long John Silver's, as CEO in May 2006. 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The phrase Chairman of the Board has several meanings: Chairman of the Board is the term used to denote the leader of a corporations board of directors. ... Long John Silvers is a United States-based fast-food restaurant that specializes in seafood and fish and chips. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ...

On April 19 Bob Evans closed 11 restaurants primarily in Florida and Ohio in addition to some other states due to poor performace in those stores.

External links

• Official site