Flowers Foods: completes merger with Holsum Bakery

Thomasville / GA. (ffi) Flowers Foods Inc. announced the completion of its merger with Holsum Bakery Inc. Holsum will operate as a subsidiary of Flowers under its current name and with its existing management team. Established in 1881, Holsum Bakery operates profitably on annualized sales of approximately 146 million USD from its two bakeries in the Phoenix area. The company sells its fresh breads and rolls through independent distributors that serve retail and foodservice customers in Arizona, New Mexico, southern Nevada and Southern California. Headquartered in Thomasville, Georgia, Flowers Foods, with annual sales of over 2,02 billion USD, is one of the United States´ leading producers and marketers of packaged bakery foods for retail and foodservice customers. Flowers operates 36 bakeries that produce a wide range of bakery products marketed throughout the Southeastern, Southwestern, and mid-Atlantic states via an direct-store-delivery network and nationwide through other delivery systems.