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- Bob Evans Farms, Inc. (NASDAQ: BOBE), a subsidiary of Post Holdings, Inc., produces and distributes refrigerated and frozen food products, including pork sausage, mashed potatoes, macaroni and cheese, and complementary breakfast and side dishes; core offerings encompass fresh, smoked, and fully cooked pork and turkey sausage, ham, hickory-smoked bacon, diced and shredded potatoes, homestyle stuffing, pasta dishes, breakfast biscuits, burritos, bowls, gravies, soups, and liquid egg substitutes under brands such as Bob Evans, Owens Sausage, Simply Potatoes, Egg Beaters, Country Creek, Pineland Farms, Davidson's, and Abbotsford Farms; the company also supplies private-label products to retail and foodservice customers. Founded in 1948 in Gallipolis, Ohio, by Bob Evans as a sausage producer, it is headquartered in New Albany, Ohio, with manufacturing facilities in Xenia and Lima, Ohio; Hillsdale, Michigan; Sulphur Springs, Texas; Springfield, Ohio; and Rigby, Idaho, distributing through over 15,000 grocery stores across approximately 30 U.S. states and serving consumer packaged goods, foodservice, and perimeter-of-store markets nationwide. In recent developments, Bob Evans Farms sold its restaurant division to Golden Gate Capital in 2017 for $565 million to focus exclusively on its higher-growth foods segment; was acquired by Post Holdings in 2018 for $1.5 billion, integrating with its refrigerated egg, potato, and cheese operations; launched Farmhouse Favorites vegetable sides such as sweet corn with chipotle butter and carrots with sweet butter in select Kroger stores in 2024 with nationwide rollout; introduced Bacon Macaroni & Cheese as a limited-time flavor in October 2025 available at Kroger, Giant Eagle, Meijer, and other retailers; acquired Potato Products of Idaho's Rigby facility in March 2025 to expand refrigerated and frozen potato production capacity; and appointed new executives including Mike McCoy as President and CEO in 2024, Adam Gonsiorowski as CFO in 2024, Alan Slindee as SVP Sales in 2025, and Ciare James as SVP and CMO in 2024 to drive sales, marketing, and operational growth.