Flowers Foods: brands it owns and its ownership tree
Flowers Foods (NYSE: FLO) is a publicly listed company headquartered in Thomasville, Georgia, United States that owns 4 consumer brands.[1][2]
Flowers Foods was founded in Georgia in 1919 and is the second-largest baker in the United States. It grew substantially by buying regional bakeries and by acquiring brands from the collapse of Hostess in 2012, including Wonder Bread.
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Company facts
- Legal name
- Flowers Foods, Inc.
- Type
- publicly listed company · see all publicly listed company owners
- Headquarters
- 🇺🇸 Thomasville, Georgia, United States
- Founded
- 1919
- Tickers
- NYSE: FLO
- Revenue
- $5.26 billion (2025)[2]
- SEC CIK
- 0001128928
- Website
- www.flowersfoods.com
- Last verified
- · 2 sources
What Flowers Foods's annual report says about its business
Read from Flowers Foods's latest annual filing[1]. Each line gives the sentence the filing uses, copied word for word.
Acquisitions and disposals named in the filing
- Acquired: Purposeful Foods Holdings, Inc., the parent company of Simple Mills, Inc. (February 21, 2025).
On February 21, 2025, the company completed the acquisition of 100% of the equity interests of Purposeful Foods Holdings, Inc., the parent company of Simple Mills, Inc. ("Simple Mills"), maker of a premium brand of better-for-you crackers, cookies, snack bars, and baking mixes.
- Acquired: Simple Mills (February 21, 2025), approximately $848.6 million.
On February 21, 2025, the company completed the acquisition of Simple Mills, maker of a premium brand of better-for-you crackers, cookies, snack bars, and baking mixes, for total consideration of approximately $848.6 million.
Flowers Foods in numbers
- Flowers Foods owns 4 consumer brands tracked here across 1 top-level categories; the largest is food with 4 brands.[1]
Flowers Foods financial history
Headline figures from Flowers Foods's annual reports filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, in USD as reported, fiscal years ending 2021–2026. Revenue moved from $4.39bn to $5.26bn, an average of 3.7% a year (calculated).
| Fiscal year ended | Revenue | Operating income | Operating margin | Net income | Total assets | Long-term debt | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $5.26bn | $174m | 3.3% | $83.8m | $4.18bn | $1.36bn | 10-K | |
| $5.1bn | $348.3m | 6.8% | $248.1m | $3.4bn | $1.02bn | 10-K | |
| $5.09bn | $172.9m | 3.4% | $123.4m | $3.43bn | $1.05bn | 10-K | |
| $4.81bn | $303.2m | 6.3% | $228.4m | $3.31bn | $891.8m | 10-K | |
| $4.33bn | $294.9m | 6.8% | $206.2m | $3.25bn | $890.6m | 10-K | |
| $4.39bn | $321.5m | 7.3% | $152.3m | $3.32bn | $960.1m | 10-K |
Source: SEC XBRL company facts. A dash means the company did not report that line in a form we could read. Figures for a year can be restated in a later filing; the latest filing's number is shown.
Everything Flowers Foods owns
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Brand portfolio by category
Flowers Foods in the global legal-entity registry
The Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF) keeps an open register of legal entities. Each entity reports its own parents. We show it as a cross-check on the ownership recorded on this page, which is built from filings.
- Legal entity identifier (LEI)
- 7YNCQQNDK8FBM9BBTK25
- Registered name
- FLOWERS FOODS, INC. (US)
- Registration status
- Issued · record updated 29 September 2026
- Parent
- None named: it reports that no person or entity controls it.
- Retrieved
- · GLEIF record (JSON)
Flowers Foods SEC filings
The documents behind the figures on this page, as listed in the SEC's EDGAR index. Each links to the filing itself.
Annual reports
- Annual report, filed (10-K)
- Annual report, filed (10-K)
- Annual report, filed (10-K)
- Annual report, filed (10-K)
- Annual report, filed (10-K)
- Annual report, filed (10-K)
Proxy statements
- Proxy statement, filed (DEF 14A)
- Proxy statement, filed (DEF 14A)
- Proxy statement, filed (DEF 14A)
Recent current and quarterly reports
| Filed | Form | What it declares |
|---|---|---|
| 8-K | Change to articles or bylaws | |
| 10-Q | Quarterly report | |
| 8-K | Results of operations and financial condition | |
| 8-K | Departure or appointment of directors or officers | |
| 8-K | Results of a shareholder vote | |
| 10-Q | Quarterly report | |
| 8-K | Results of operations and financial condition; Other events | |
| 8-K | Entry into a material agreement; Creation of a direct financial obligation | |
| 8-K | Departure or appointment of directors or officers | |
| 8-K | Departure or appointment of directors or officers | |
| 8-K | Results of operations and financial condition | |
| 8-K | Departure or appointment of directors or officers | |
| 8-K | Departure or appointment of directors or officers | |
| 8-K | Results of operations and financial condition |
Latest news about Flowers Foods
- Flowers Foods Issues Recall of Nature’s Own Hawaiian Bread Due to Undeclared Milk — fda.gov, · recall
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Frequently asked questions
What brands does Flowers Foods own?
Flowers Foods owns 4 consumer brands tracked here, including Tastykake, Wonder Bread, Nature's Own and Dave's Killer Bread.
Is Flowers Foods an American company?
Yes. Flowers Foods is headquartered in Thomasville, Georgia, United States and was founded in 1919.
Who owns Flowers Foods?
Flowers Foods is a publicly listed company owned by its shareholders; it trades as FLO on the NYSE.
Sources (2) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Flowers Foods, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-25 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 25 February 2026; retrieved 16 September 2026.
- [2] Flowers Foods, Inc.: Form 10-K for the year ended 2026-01-03 (revenue) — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 25 February 2026; retrieved 4 October 2026.
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