Flowers Foods

Koffee Kup Bakery, founded by Cherie Roberge in 1925 in Troy, Vermont, has a long-standing tradition of producing a variety of baked goods. Initially, Roberge delivered bread and rolls to local stores using a horse-drawn wagon. Today, the bakery serves customers primarily in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic United States, offering an extensive selection of products that includes bread, donuts, and English muffins. The company has established itself as a reliable source of quality bakery items, continuing its legacy of craftsmanship and community service.

Alpine Valley Bread Company produces a wide variety of organic, whole grain bakery products. Popularity grew and one year later, alpine products were being sold in grocery stores! Since that time, Alpine Valley Bakery has become a nationally distributed brand, sold in Costco, Sam’s Club, Kroger, Sprouts, and many other stores throughout the country.

Dave's Killer Bread, founded in 2005 and based in Milwaukie, Oregon, specializes in producing and distributing a variety of organic breads, including whole wheat, sprouted whole grains, and seeded honey wheat. The company emphasizes nutritious and vegan ingredients in its products, which also include bars and snack bites. Dave's Killer Bread sells its offerings online and through its bakery in Milwaukie, as well as through numerous retail outlets across the United States and Canada. Known for its commitment to quality and family values, the company operates as a subsidiary of Flowers Foods, Inc.

Sara Lee Corporation is a U.S.-based producer of frozen baked goods, fresh and processed meats, coffee, hosiery and knitwear, and household and shoe-care products. The company is headquartered in Downers Grove, Ill. The company was incorporated in 1939 by Nathan Cummings who bought C.D. Kenny Company, a small wholesale distributor in Baltimore. The company went through several name changes before it adopted the name Consolidated Grocers Corporation in 1945 and Consolidated Foods Corporation in 1954. In 1956, Consolidated Foods purchased a bakery company, Kitchens of Sara Lee (founded 1935), and in 1985 the entire corporation took the name Sara Lee. Sara Lee is the largest producer of frozen baked goods in the United States. The company’s Douwe Egberts subsidiaries are major marketers of coffee in Europe, and its Hanes hosiery and underwear are major product lines in the United States. The company also manufactures shoe polish and other personal-care products under the Kiwi label. After a period of diversification in the 1990s, the company sold off several subsidiaries in the early 2000s to focus on smaller packaged-goods segments, such as foods and beverages, household products, and underwear and intimates. In 2001 Sara Lee launched the Sara Lee Bakery Group, a company that manufactures and distributes fresh-baked goods. Sara Lee has plants operating in more than 40 countries worldwide.

Lepage Bakeries is a privately held baking company, engages in the manufacture and sale of breads. rolls. Lepage, a strong regional baker that serves New England and New York. Lepage operates two bakeries in Maine and one in Vermont with fresh breads, buns, rolls, croissants, English muffins, and donuts.

Tasty Baking Company is a privately held company produces and sells sweet baked goods in the United States. It manufactures, co-packages, and sells various single portion cakes, pies, donuts, snack bars, pretzels, and brownies under the TASTYKAKE trademark. Tasty abking also offers sponge cakes marketed under the JUNIORS and KRIMPETS trademarks; and chocolate enrobed cakes under the KANDY KAKES trademarks.

Leo's Foods operates as a subsidiary of Flowers Bakeries under its current name and will continue to serve existing customers with quality tortilla products. The company makes an extensive line of flour and corn tortillas and tortilla chips that are sold to foodservice and institutional customers nationwide under Leo's, Juarez, and customer brands. It was founded in 1978 by Leo Jimenez and Sule Jimenez, recognized leaders in the tortilla industry, who serve as president and finance executive, respectively.

ButterKrust Bakery is a privately-owned business based in Lakeland, Florida, specializing in the production of a variety of bakery products, including white, honey wheat, and rye breads. With annualized sales of approximately $70 million, the company operates profitably and employs 368 people. ButterKrust distributes its fresh breads and rolls throughout Florida, marketing its products under the Country Hearth, Rich Harvest, and Sunbeam brands, in addition to several store brands.

Holsum Bakery is a manufacturer and supplier of bread, buns, and rolls. It also offers its products through retail grocers, convenience stores, restaurants, hospitals, hotels, military bases, fast food establishments, and trading posts.

Derst Baking Company (“Derst”), a Savannah, Georgia-based bakery. Derst produces breads and rolls for customers and consumers in South Carolina, eastern Georgia and north Florida.

The Royal Cake Company, one of the oldest and largest bakeries in the United States, was established in Winston-Salem in 1925 as Easley Cookie Company, with David W. Easley as owner. Royal Cake Company, Inc. (“Royal”), a Winston-Salem, North Carolina based bakery. Royal produces cookies, cereal bars and creme-filled cakes.

Bishop Baking Company, with annual sales of approximately $30 million, operates one bakery in Cleveland. Bishop's products, a line of fresh snack cake items, are distributed nationwide.nc.

Ideal Baking Company, which has annual sales of approximately $15 million, is a family-owned business with a bakery in Batesville. The company employs 280 people and operates about 75 bakery routes that serve customers in northern Arkansas, southern Missouri and in Memphis with fresh breads and rolls.

Kotarides Baking Company in Norfolk, Virginia, which distributes breads and buns under the Mary Jane brand. The company recorded this trademark as an indefinite-lived intangible asset, with a carrying value of $3.3 million.