EXHIBIT 99

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                Contact: Donald J. Radkoski (614) 492-4901
Feb. 10, 2006                        or Tammy Roberts Myers (614) 492-4954

                BOB EVANS FARMS ANNOUNCES THIRD QUARTER DIVIDEND

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Bob Evans Farms, Inc. (Nasdaq: BOBE) board of directors today
declared a quarterly dividend of 12 cents ($0.12) per share on the company's
outstanding common stock ($.01 par value). The dividend is payable March 1,
2006, to stockholders of record at the close of business on Feb. 17, 2006.

         On Monday, Feb. 13, 2006, the company will announce third quarter
earnings. Company executives will discuss the earnings results during a
conference call Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2006, at 10 a.m. ET. To listen, call (888)
394-8033 (conference ID number 7022624) or log-in to the webcast at
www.bobevans.com and then click on "investors." The call will be available for
replay for 48 hours, beginning Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2006, immediately following the
call by calling toll free (877) 519-4471, pin code 7022624. The webcast version
will also be archived on the company's Web site.

         Bob Evans Farms, Inc. owns and operates 582 full-service, family
restaurants in 19 states primarily in the Midwest, mid-Atlantic and Southeast
regions of the United States. In addition, the company operates 97 Mimi's Cafe
casual restaurants located in 15 states, primarily in California and other
western states. Bob Evans Farms, Inc. is also a leading producer and distributor
of pork sausage and a variety of complementary homestyle convenience food items
under the Bob Evans and Owens brand names. For more information about Bob Evans
Farms, Inc., visit the company's Web site at www.bobevans.com.

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                                  Act of 1995

         Statements in this report that are not historical facts are
forward-looking statements and are based on current expectations.
Forward-looking statements involve various important assumptions, risks and
uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially from those predicted by the
forward-looking statements because of various factors and possible events,
including, without limitation:

         -        Changing business and/or economic conditions, including energy
                  costs
         -        Competition in the restaurant and food products industries
         -        Ability to control restaurant operating costs, which are
                  impacted by market changes in the cost or availability of
                  labor and food, minimum wage and other employment laws, fuel
                  and utility costs and general inflation
         -        Changes in the cost or availability of acceptable new
                  restaurant sites
         -        Adverse weather conditions in locations where the company
                  operates its restaurants
         -        Consumer acceptance of changes in menu, price, atmosphere
                  and/or service procedures
         -        Consumer acceptance of the company's restaurant concepts in
                  new geographic areas
         -        Changes in hog and other commodity costs.

There is also the risk that the company may incorrectly analyze these risks or
that the strategies developed by the company to address them will be
unsuccessful.

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