date:Sep 09, 2013
The acquisition of the Hostess fresh bread brand assets in late July may have established Flowers Foods, Inc. as the No. 2 player in the wholesale bakery market, but the Thomasville, Ga.-based company also remains open to expanding in other areas of the supermarket.
Asked to comment about the trend toward par-baked bread during Flowers presentation at the Barclays Back-to-School Conference Sept. 3 in Boston, Allen Shiver, president and chief executive officer, said Flowers views bakery deli as