Flowers Foods describes itself as one of the largest producers of packaged bakery foods in the United States. Brothers William Howard and Joseph Hampton Flowers, Jr. opened Flowers Baking Co. in Thomasville, Georgia, in 1919, and the company is still headquartered there. Its brands include Nature’s Own, Dave’s Killer Bread, Canyon Bakehouse, Simple Mills, Wonder and Tastykake.
The company says it operates 44 bakeries in 19 states and reported 2025 sales of $5.3 billion. It is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker FLO, and A. Ryals McMullian is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. Food Engineering ranks Flowers Foods 97th in its 2026 Top 100 Food and Beverage Companies, with food sales of $5,256 million for the year to December 2025. The company pages reviewed do not describe any operations in India or the UK.