13 Facts About Flowers Foods

Flowers Foods, headquartered in Thomasville, Georgia, is a producer and marketer of packed bakery food.

Flowers Foods operates 47 bakeries producing bread, buns, rolls, snack cakes, pastries, and tortillas.

Flowers Foods' products are sold regionally through a direct store delivery network that encompasses the East, South, Southwest, West, and the Northwest regions of the United States and are delivered nationwide to retailer's warehouses.

Flowers Foods has two operating segments: The Direct Store Delivery and the Warehouse.

Flowers Foods is continually expanding its market reach through acquisitions and by stretching its current territory.

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In 1996, Flowers Foods acquired both the Keebler Company and Mrs Smith's Pies.

In 2002 Flowers Foods restructured into 3 divisions: Flowers Bakeries, Flowers Snack, and Mrs Smith's Bakeries.

In late 2002, Flowers Foods purchased Ideal Baking Company, and bought Bishop Baking Company from Kellogg Company, giving the company a presence in north Arkansas, southern Missouri, and parts of Tennessee including Memphis.

In 2003, Flowers Foods sold its Mrs Smith's frozen dessert business to the Schwan Food Company.

Royal Cake Company was purchased in September 2005, and Flowers Foods continued to operate the bakery in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

In 2008, Flowers Foods acquired both ButterKrust Bakery in Lakeland, Florida, and Holsum Bakery in Phoenix.

Flowers Foods purchased most of the bread brands of Hostess Brands, including Wonder Bread, plus 20 closed Hostess bakeries, in 2013.

Flowers Foods purchased Dave's Killer Bread of Milwaukie, Oregon, for $275 million in cash; bought Alpine Valley Bread Co.