Flowers Foods

Flowers Foods is one of the largest producers of packaged bakery foods in the United States, manufacturing breads, buns, rolls, snack items, bagels, English muffins, and tortillas for nationwide distribution. Founded in 1919 in Thomasville, Georgia, the company has grown from a small family bakery into an operation of more than 10,000 team members, with 44 bakeries across 19 states and 2024 sales of $5.1 billion.

The company's portfolio includes Nature's Own, billed as America's best-selling bread, and Dave's Killer Bread, the number one organic bread brand, alongside brands such as Wonder, Tastykake, Canyon Bakehouse and Simple Mills. Products reach consumers through an independent distributor network that covers about 85% of the U.S. population, making distributor relations a core part of how the business goes to market.

Work spans commercial bakery manufacturing, food production and packaging, distributor network logistics and brand portfolio management. The stated strategy centres on developing the team, building brands, prioritising margins and making smart acquisitions, with an emphasis on innovation alongside the company's family bakery roots.

Flowers Foods describes its values as honesty and integrity, respect and inclusion, sustainability, passion and humility.