Flowers Foods Inc.

Public Company, Headquarters Location
1919 Flowers Cir., Thomasville, GA 31757-1137, United States
(229)226-9110, http://www.flowersfoods.com

Primary SIC: Bread & Other Bakery Products, Primary NAICS: Commercial Bakeries
Description: Flowers Foods Inc was founded as Flowers Baking Co. in 1919 by William Howard and Joseph Hampton. The company incorporated in Georgia and began trading on the New York Stock Exchange in 1982. The specialty retailer of bakery products in the United States was renamed Flowers Foods Inc. in 2001. Headquartered in Thomasville, Georgia, the company operates 37 production facilities in Alabama, Louisiana, North Carolina, Arkansas, Florida, Tennessee, Texas, Georgia, Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland and Kentucky. As of 2008, Flowers Foods consisted of two business segments: Flowers Foods Bakeries Group and Flowers Foods Specialty Group. The Flowers Foods Bakeries Group markets and distributes fresh breads, buns, rolls and bakery goodies. The foodservice division rolls out hamburger buns for restaurant chains, such as Burger King, Hardee's, Outback Steakhouse, Wendy's, and Whataburger. Flowers Foods private label brand names include Sunbeam, Bunny, Roman Meal, ButterKrust, Cobblestone Mill and Nature's Own. The Flowers Foods Specialty Division makes snack cakes, pastries, doughnuts, bakery snack products and frozen bread products for retail, convenience stores, club stores, in-store bakeries and vending nationwide. More

Manufacturing: Fresh and frozen baked goods including breads, rolls, desserts and snacks.