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Flowers Foods

#2929

Rank

$4.31B

Marketcap

US United States

Country

Flowers Foods
Leadership team

Mr. A. Ryals McMullian Jr. (Pres, CEO & Director)

Mr. R. Steve Kinsey (CFO & Chief Accounting Officer)

Mr. Bradley K. Alexander (Chief Operating Officer)

Products/ Services
Bakery, Food and Beverage, Food Processing
Number of Employees
1,000 - 20,000
Headquarters
Thomasville, Georgia, United States
Established
1919
Company Registration
SEC CIK number: 0001128928
Net Income
100M - 500M
Revenue
Above - 1B
Traded as
FLO
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Overview
Location
Summary
Flowers Foods, Inc. produces and markets packaged bakery products in the United States. It offers fresh breads, buns, rolls, snack cakes, and tortillas, as well as frozen breads and rolls under the Nature's Own, Dave's Killer Bread, Wonder, Canyon Bakehouse, Mrs. Freshley's, and Tastykake brand names. The company distributes its products through a direct-store-delivery distribution and a warehouse delivery system, as well as operates 46 bakeries comprising 44 owned and two leased. Its customers include mass merchandisers, supermarkets and other retailers, convenience stores, national and regional restaurants, quick-serve chains, retail in-store bakeries, foodservice distributors, food wholesalers, institutions, dollar stores, and vending companies. The company was formerly known as Flowers Industries and changed its name to Flowers Foods, Inc. in 2001. Flowers Foods, Inc. was founded in 1919 and is headquartered in Thomasville, Georgia.
History

In 1919, brothers William Howard and Joseph Hampton Flowers opened Flowers Baking Company in Thomasville, Georgia. They made their first acquisition, of Tally Maid bakery, in 1937, and in 1942, became the sixth bakery in the U.S. to franchise Quality Bakers of America’s Sunbeam brand and Little Miss Sunbeam for its white bread.After acquiring bakeries in Florida, Alabama, and Georgia in the mid-to-late 1960s, the company in 1968 made an initial public offering, changed its name to Flowers Industries and began trading over-the-counter. Less than a year later, Flowers was listed on the American Stock Exchange. In 1982, the company listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol FLO, and the following year was listed for the first time on the Fortune 500 list of the largest U.S. Industrial corporations, at number 470.

Mission
Nourishing lives with delicious, quality bakery foods and providing opportunities for individual and community growth.
Vision
To be the proud producers of the world’s best-loved branded bakery foods.
Key Team

Mr. David Keith Wheeler (Chief Sales Officer)

Mr. H. Mark Courtney (Chief Brand Officer)

Mr. Mark Chaffin (Chief Information Officer)

Mr. J. T. Rieck (SVP Fin. & Investor Relations)

Ms. Stephanie B. Tillman (Chief Legal Counsel)

Ms. Mary A. Krier (Sr. VP of Communications & Corp. Responsibility)

Mr. Debo Mukherjee (Chief Marketing Officer)

Recognition and Awards
Flowers Foods has been recognized numerous times for its innovative products, marketing strategies, and environmental stewardship. It has won the National Biscuit Company Calorie Control Award, Grocery Headquarters Magazine’s Baker of the Year Award, and King Arthur Flour’s Recipe of the Year Award. The company has also been recognized by the Environmental Protection Agency as an Energy Star partner.
References
Flowers Foods
Leadership team

Mr. A. Ryals McMullian Jr. (Pres, CEO & Director)

Mr. R. Steve Kinsey (CFO & Chief Accounting Officer)

Mr. Bradley K. Alexander (Chief Operating Officer)

Products/ Services
Bakery, Food and Beverage, Food Processing
Number of Employees
1,000 - 20,000
Headquarters
Thomasville, Georgia, United States
Established
1919
Company Registration
SEC CIK number: 0001128928
Net Income
100M - 500M
Revenue
Above - 1B
Traded as
FLO
Social Media