Bob Evans Farms Confirms Receipt of Letter from Sandell

Bob Evans Farms (NASDAQ: BOBE) today confirmed that it received a letter from Sandell Asset Management,and issued the following statement:"We welcome our shareholders expressing their views to us, and we take intoconsideration their concerns and suggestions."About Bob Evans Farms, Inc.Bob Evans Farms, Inc. owns and operates full-service restaurants under the BobEvans Restaurants brand name.  At the end of the first fiscal quarter (July26, 2013), Bob Evans Restaurants owned and operated 560 family restaurants in19 states, primarily in the Midwest, mid-Atlantic and Southeast regions of theUnited States. Bob Evans Farms, Inc., through its BEF Foods segment, is also aleading producer and distributor of refrigerated side dishes, pork sausage anda variety of refrigerated and frozen convenience food items under the BobEvans and Owens brand names.  For more information about Bob Evans Farms,Inc., visit www.bobevans.com.SAFE HARBOR STATEMENT UNDER THE PRIVATE SECURITIES LITIGATION REFORM ACT OF1995Certain statements in this news release that are not historical facts areforward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements involve variousimportant assumptions, risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differmaterially from those predicted by the forward-looking statements because ofvarious factors and possible events. We discuss these factors and events,along with certain other risks, uncertainties and assumptions, under theheading "Risk Factors" in Item 1A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for thefiscal year ended April 26, 2013, and in our other filings with the Securitiesand Exchange Commission. We note these factors for investors as contemplatedby the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Predicting oridentifying all such risk factors is impossible. Consequently, investorsshould not consider any such list to be a complete set of all potential risksand uncertainties. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date onwhich they are made, and we undertake no obligation to update anyforward-looking statement to reflect circumstances or events that occur afterthe date of the statement to reflect unanticipated events. All subsequentwritten and oral forward-looking statements attributable to us or any personacting on behalf of the Company are qualified by the cautionary statements inthis section.