Bob Evans Farms Inc. announced its results for the fiscal 2013 third quarter ended Friday, January 25, 2013. The company reported net sales increase of 1.4%. Bob Evans Restaurants achieved positive same-store sales of 1.6%, its third consecutive quarter with positive same-store sales, despite approximately 50 basis points of weather-related impact. BEF Foods' net sales increased 7.5%, and volume was up 13.1%. Partially offsetting these increases, Mimi's Cafe's same-store sales decline 4.0%.
Consolidated net sales were $434.4 million in the third quarter of fiscal 2013, a 1.4 percent increase, compared to $428.3 million in the third quarter of fiscal 2012. This growth was the result of a net sales increase in the BEF Foods segment as well as new restaurant and same-store sales increases at Bob Evans Restaurants, partially offset by same-store sales declines at Mimi's Cafe. The BEF Foods segment's third-quarter fiscal 2013 net sales were $97.8 million, an increase of 7.5 percent, compared to $91.0 million in the third quarter of fiscal 2012. Total pounds sold increased 13.1 percent.