Flowers Foods, Inc. (NYSE: FLO), with 2016 sales of $3.9 billion, is a leading producer and marketer of packaged bakery foods for retail and foodservice customers in the U.S. The companyÍs 47 highly efficient bakeries produce breads, buns, rolls, snack cakes, pastries, and tortillas. More than 85 percent of the U.S. population has access to the companyÍs fresh bakery foods through a network of independent distributors. FlowersÍ frozen bakery items and snack cakes are delivered to customersÍ warehouses nationwide. Flowers'_ top brands include Nature's Own, Dave's Killer Bread, Wonder Bread, Cobblestone Bread Co., Tastykake, Mrs. Freshley's, European Bakers, and Mi Casa and regional brands that include Merita, Home Pride, Butternut, Country Kitchen, Barowsky's Organics, ButterKrust, Captain John Derst's, Evangeline Maid, Sunbeam, Bunny, Mary Jane, Aunt Hattie's, and Holsum.