Exhibit 99(b)

                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                             18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Bob Evans Farms, Inc. (the
"Company") for the fiscal year ended April 25, 2003, as filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I, Donald
J. Radkoski, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary of the Company,
certify, pursuant to Title 18, United States Code, Section 1350, as adopted
pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

     (1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or
         15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

     (2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all
         material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of
         the Company.

Dated: July 22, 2003                 By:  /s/ Donald J. Radkoski *
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                                        Donald J. Radkoski
                                        Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and
                                        Secretary

* A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906, or other
  document authenticating, acknowledging, or otherwise adopting the signature
  that appears in typed form within the electronic version of this written
  statement required by Section 906 has been provided to Bob Evans Farms, Inc.
  and will be retained by Bob Evans Farms, Inc. and furnished to the Securities
  and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.