Flowers Foods

Simple Mills, Inc. is a Chicago-based company established in 2014 that specializes in the production and sale of organic, gluten-free, and plant-based food products. Its diverse product line includes baking mixes made from almond flour, as well as a variety of snacks such as crackers and cookies. The company focuses on providing convenient and nutritious options for those with specific dietary needs, utilizing natural ingredients to enhance nutrient density while minimizing adverse effects on health. Simple Mills distributes its offerings through wholesalers, retailers, and online platforms, catering to a growing market for healthy and accessible food choices.

Papa Pita Bakery is a producer and distributor of a variety of baked goods, including bagels, tortillas, buns, muffins, pita bread, donuts, and flatbreads. The company serves customers across the Midwest and Western United States, ensuring daily freshness through efficient store delivery systems. By focusing on quality and variety, Papa Pita Bakery aims to meet the diverse needs of its clientele with a range of delightful baking products.

Cherie Roberge emigrated from Canada in 1925, settling in Troy, Vermont. He opened a small bakery, making bread and rolls which he delivered to local stores via horse-drawn wagon.

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 is built on the Dahl family legacy – a rich history of bold baking methods, strong family values, and seeing the good in people. We are best-known for making killer, nutritious organic bread.

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 that specializes in the manufacture and sale of a variety of baked goods, including breads, rolls, muffins, cakes, cookies, sweet buns, croissants, English muffins, and donuts. The company operates two bakeries in Maine and one in Vermont, serving customers primarily in New England and New York. Known as a strong regional baker, Lepage focuses on delivering fresh products to its market.

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

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, which operates profitably on annualized sales of approximately $70 million, is a privately-owned business with one bakery in Lakeland that employs 368 people. ButterKrust sells its fresh breads and rolls throughout Florida. The company sells its products under the Country Hearth, Rich Harvest, and Sunbeam brands as well as 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.

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.