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 A Bob Evans in Huntington, West Virginia | |
| Company type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Nasdaq: BOBE | |
| Industry | Food |
| Genre | Family style |
| Founded | 1948 |
| Founder | Bob Evans |
| Fate | Company split in 2017; restaurant division sold to Golden Gate Capital, and BE Farms sold to Post Holdings |
| Successor | Golden Gate Capital (restaurant) Post Holdings (farms) |
| Headquarters | 8111 Smith's Mill Road New Albany, Ohio, U.S. |
| Products | Breakfast foods, steaks, chicken, seafood, burgers, sandwiches, soups, salads, desserts, beverages[1] |
| Revenue | US$384.94 Million (2017) [2] |
| Owner |
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Number of employees | 30,625[3] |
| Website | bobevans.com |
Bob Evans Restaurants is an American chain of restaurants owned by Golden Gate Capital based in New Albany, Ohio. After its founding in 1948 by Bob Evans (1918–2007), the restaurant chain evolved into a company with the corporate brand name "Bob Evans Farms, Inc." (BEF), and eventually established a separate food division to handle the sale of its products in other markets.
The company made several major acquisitions, including Owens Country Sausage in 1987, and was split in January 2017 with the sale of its restaurant division to an affiliate of Golden Gate Capital. BEF Foods remained independently owned until September 2017 when it was sold to Post Holdings.
As of April 2024, the company operates 436 locations in Delaware, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia.[4] The locations are all corporate owned, and none of them are franchised.
The restaurants feature a country-living theme, and most locations sell baked goods, snacks, and small gift items. The company formerly offered pork products and refrigerated side dishes in retail grocery and food service markets. The distribution of these products, sold under the Bob Evans and Owens Country Sausage brand names, was independent of the restaurant division.
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- ^ "Our Company – Who We Are". Bob Evans Farms. Retrieved March 27, 2018.