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Promotion Plans |
Bob Evans Restaurants has listed an auction for a vacation and breakfast with the restaurant’s founder, Bob Evans, on
Ebay.com. The winner will choose between two three-day trips: a trip to Gallipolis/Rio Grande, Ohio or any other Bob Evans
restaurant location. (Company Release 1/10/07)
Menu Development |
Bob Evans debuted Stacked and Stuffed Hotcakes, two stuffed hotcakes with a layer of vanilla cream cheese, finished with a
choice of toppings, whipped cream and powdered sugar. Varieties include Roasted Caramel Apple Cream, filled with caramel
and apples, covered with roasted apples and a warm caramel sauce; Chocolate Banana Cream, stuffed with banana slices
and chocolate chips and topped with chocolate fudge sauce; and Caramel Banana Pecan Cream, with honey-roasted pecans
and banana slices and a warm caramel sauce. (Company Website)
Bob Evans added a new item to its Stacked and Stuffed Hotcakes lineup: Strawberry Banana Cream, filled with slices of fresh
banana and topped with fresh strawberry topping and more banana slices, whipped cream and powdered sugar. (Company
Website)
Bob Evans added Fresh Strawberry Shortcake and brought back its Strawberry Supreme Pie. The Fresh Strawberry
Shortcake features a baked buttermilk biscuit split in half, covered with vanilla ice cream and fresh strawberries in strawberry
sauce, and finished with whipped topping and powdered sugar. The Strawberry Supreme Pie includes rich cream cheese
filling topped with a layer of fresh strawberries and whipped topping. (Company Website)
Bob Evans added new items to its Family Favorites and Slow-Roasted Dinners lineups. Family Favorites are Maple-Dijon
Salmon Fillet Bacon with 8-oz. Atlantic salmon fillet covered in maple-Dijon glaze and hickory-smoked bacon, paired with a
baked potato and garden vegetables. Guests can also order the item without bacon and topped with garlic herb butter or
Wildfire BBQ sauce. Potato-Crusted Flounder includes a fillet grilled in a potato crust, paired with a baked potato and grilled
garden vegetables. The new Slow-Roasted options include Garden Vegetable Alfredo, broccoli, carrots and squash with
penne pasta in an Alfredo sauce, topped with Parmesan cheese with slow-roasted chicken, vegetable, grilled shrimp or
Atlantic salmon fillet; and Stir-Frys, featuring broccoli, red and green peppers, carrots, scallions and purple and green cabbage
over rice pilaf, finished with citrus-ginger sauce, scallions and slivered almonds and served with a baked roll. Guests can also
choose to add slow-roasted chicken, vegetable, steak tips, grilled shrimp or Atlantic salmon fillet. (Company Website)
Bob Evans added a Bob-B-Q menu for the summer. Items on the menu are Bob-B-Q Baby Back Ribs, slow-roasted ribs
covered in Wildfire sauce with two Sweet Corn Griddle Cakes, coleslaw and baked rolls; Bob-B-Q Chicken Monterey, two
grilled chicken breasts covered with Monterey Jack cheese, Wildfire Sauce, bacon and a blend of red and green bell peppers,
diced tomatoes and corn, paired with rice pilaf, a garden salad and baked rolls; Bob-B-Q Pulled Pork Knife & Fork Sandwich,
slowroasted Wildfire Bob-B-Q pulled pork piled over mashed potatoes on grilled Texas toast, topped with Cheddar cheese and
Wildfire Sauce and crispy fried onions; Bob-BQ Pulled Pork Sandwich Platter; and Bob-B-Q Steak Burger. (Company Website)
Bob Evans introduced Country Stir-Fry meals in Grilled Shrimp, Slow-Roasted Chicken, Vegetable, Steak Tips and Atlantic
Salmon Fillet versions. All of the stir-fry dishes include broccoli, red and green peppers, carrots, purple and green cabbage
and scallions layered over rice pilaf and topped with a sweet citrus-ginger sauce and slivered almonds. (Company Website)
Personnel |
Mary Cusick, S.V.P. of Marketing
Chad Congrove, V.P. of Menu Development
Steven A. Davis, CEO
Donald J. Radkoski, CFO
L. Merl Beery, V.P. of Purchasing
Randall L. Hicks, E.V.P. of Operations
News & Other |
Bob Evans Restaurants reported October same-store sales increased 3%. (Company Release 11/7/06)
Bob Evans reported December same-store sales rose 3.3%. (Company Release 1/9/07)
Bob Evans reported January same-store sales increased 2.4%. (Company Release 2/6/07)
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