Flowers Foods

Simple Mills, Inc. is a Chicago-based company that specializes in producing organic, gluten-free, and plant-based food products. Founded in 2014, the company offers a variety of items, including almond flour baking mixes, crackers, cookies, and mixes for muffins, pancakes, and pizza dough. Simple Mills focuses on using natural ingredients to enhance nutrient density while minimizing adverse effects on health, thereby catering to diverse dietary needs. The company distributes its products through wholesalers, retailers, and online platforms, making its convenient and delicious offerings accessible to a broad consumer base.

Papa Pita Bakery is a producer and distributor of a variety of baked goods, including bagels, tortillas, buns, English muffins, donuts, and flatbreads. The company serves customers across the Midwest and Western United States, ensuring a daily supply of fresh products through efficient store delivery systems. With a focus on quality and freshness, Papa Pita Bakery caters to a diverse clientele, offering an assortment of baked delights that meet the needs of both individual consumers and businesses.

Koffee Kup Bakery, founded by Cherie Roberge in 1925 in Troy, Vermont, has established itself as a prominent producer of bakery products in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic United States. Originally starting as a small bakery delivering bread and rolls via horse-drawn wagon, the company has expanded its offerings to include a diverse array of baked goods, such as bread, donuts, and English muffins. Koffee Kup Bakery is dedicated to serving its customers with quality products that reflect its long-standing tradition in the baking industry.

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 manufacturer known for producing a diverse range of products, including frozen baked goods, fresh and processed meats, coffee, hosiery, knitwear, and household and shoe-care items. Headquartered in Downers Grove, Illinois, the company was established in 1939 by Nathan Cummings, who acquired a small wholesale distributor. Over the decades, it underwent several name changes, ultimately adopting the name Sara Lee in 1985 following the acquisition of Kitchens of Sara Lee, a bakery founded in 1935. Sara Lee is recognized as the largest producer of frozen baked goods in the United States, and its Douwe Egberts subsidiaries are significant players in the European coffee market. Additionally, the company's Hanes brand is well-known for hosiery and underwear in the U.S. After diversifying in the 1990s, Sara Lee streamlined its focus in the early 2000s on key segments, launching the Sara Lee Bakery Group in 2001 to enhance its fresh-baked goods offerings. The company operates plants in over 40 countries worldwide.

Lepage Bakeries is a privately held baking company specializing in the manufacture and sale of a wide range of baked goods. Based in New England, it operates two bakeries in Maine and one in Vermont. The company produces an array of products, including fresh breads, rolls, croissants, English muffins, donuts, muffins, cakes, cookies, and sweet buns. Lepage Bakeries is recognized as a strong regional baker, effectively serving customers in New England and New York.

Tasty Baking Company is a privately held producer of sweet baked goods based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The company manufactures and sells a diverse range of products, including single portion cakes, pies, donuts, snack bars, pretzels, and brownies under the TASTYKAKE trademark. Additionally, Tasty Baking offers sponge cakes marketed under the JUNIORS and KRIMPETS trademarks, along with chocolate enrobed cakes branded as KANDY KAKES. With a focus on quality and variety, Tasty Baking caters to the snacking needs of consumers across the United States.

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 manufacturer of bakery products based in Lakeland, Florida, where it operates a single bakery employing 368 people. The company generates annual sales of approximately $70 million and specializes in producing a variety of breads, including white, honey wheat, and rye. ButterKrust sells its fresh products throughout Florida under well-known brands such as Country Hearth, Rich Harvest, and Sunbeam, as well as 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.