Flowers Foods Inc. - FLO- Profile

Flowers Foods, Inc.. The Group's principal activity is to produce and market bakery products in the United States. It operates through two segments: Flower Bakeries and Flowers Specialty. The Flowers Bakeries segment focuses on the production and marketing of bakery products in and surrounding the United States. The Flowers Specialty segment produces snack cakes for sale to co-pack, retail and vending customers. The Group operates through traditional supermarkets and their in-store deli/bakeries, foodservice distributors, convenience stores, mass merchandisers, club stores, wholesalers, restaurants, fast food outlets, schools, hospitals and vending machines. The Group's trademarks include BlueBird, Sunbeam, Roman Meal, Bunny, Tesoritos, ButterKrust, Ideal and Holsum. On 18-Feb-2006, the Group acquired Derst Baking Company in Savannah, Georgia. Flowers Bakeries accounted for 78% of 2006 gross revenues and Flowers Specialty, 22%