FLOWERS FOODS, INC. REPORTS THIRD QUARTER 2025 RESULTS

THOMASVILLE, Ga., Nov. 6, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Flowers Foods, Inc. (NYSE: FLO) today reported financial results for the company's 12-week third quarter ended October 4, 2025.

Third Quarter Summary:

Compared to the prior year third quarter where applicable

Chairman and CEO Remarks:

"Flowers' leading brands continue to demonstrate strong relative performance amid ongoing challenges in the bread category," said Ryals McMullian, chairman and CEO of Flowers Foods. "Our proactive efforts to strategically align our portfolio with consumer demand are yielding positive results. By successfully targeting areas of opportunity with differentiated offerings of better-for-you and value-oriented products, we are driving growth even in segments of our category that are under pressure.

"To reflect greater certainty as we enter the fourth quarter, we are narrowing our 2025 financial outlook. Our commitment to innovation and focus on leveraging our strong portfolio of brands position us well to optimize current results while laying the groundwork for future growth. I am proud of our team's strong execution as we advance our strategic initiatives to enhance long-term performance and deliver value to shareholders."

For the 53-week Fiscal 2025, the Company Expects:

The company's outlook is based on the following assumptions:

Matters Affecting Comparability:

Reconciliation of Earnings per Share to Adjusted Earnings per Share

For the 12-Week

Period Ended

For the 12-Week

Period Ended

October 4, 2025

October 5, 2024

Net income per diluted common share

0.19

0.31

Business process improvement costs

Plant closure costs and impairment of assets

—

0.02

Restructuring charges

0.02

—

Restructuring-related implementation costs

0.01

—

Legal settlements and related costs

—

Acquisition and integration-related costs

0.01

—

Adjusted net income per diluted common share

0.23

0.33

NM - not meaningful.

Certain amounts may not add due to rounding.

Consolidated Third Quarter Operating Highlights

Compared to the prior year third quarter where applicable

Cash Flow, Capital Allocation, and Capital Return

Year-to-date, cash flow from operating activities increased $38.5 million to $320.8 million, capital expenditures decreased $6.3 million to $80.3 million, and dividends paid to shareholders increased $4.6 million to $157.0 million. Cash and cash equivalents were $16.7 million at quarter end.

(1)

Any reference to sales refers to net sales inclusive of allowances and deductions against gross sales for variable consideration and consideration payable to customers

(2)

Adjusted for items affecting comparability. See reconciliations of non-GAAP measures in the financial statements following this release. Earnings are net income. EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA are reconciled to net income.

(3)

No reconciliation of the forecasted range for adjusted EBITDA to net income for the 53-week Fiscal 2025 is included in this press release because the company is unable to quantify certain amounts that would be required to be included in the GAAP measure without unreasonable efforts. In addition, the company believes such reconciliation would imply a degree of precision that would be confusing or misleading to investors. For the same reasons, the company is unable to address the probable significance of the unavailable information, which could be material to future results.

(4)

Calculated as (current year period units X change in price per unit) / prior year period net sales dollars

(5)

Calculated as (prior year period price per unit X change in units) / prior year period net sales dollars

Pre-Recorded Management Remarks and Question and Answer Webcast

In conjunction with this release, Flowers Foods will post pre-recorded management remarks and a supporting slide presentation on the investors page of flowersfoods.com. The company will host a live question and answer webcast at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time on November 7, 2025, which will be archived on the investors page along with the other related materials.

About Flowers Foods

Headquartered in Thomasville, Ga., Flowers Foods, Inc. (NYSE: FLO) is one of the largest producers of packaged bakery foods in the United States with 2024 net sales of $5.1 billion. Flowers operates bakeries across the country that produce a wide range of bakery products. Among the company's top brands are Nature's Own, Dave's Killer Bread, Canyon Bakehouse, Simple Mills, Wonder, and Tastykake. Learn more at www.flowersfoods.com.

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Forward-Looking Statements

Statements contained in this press release and certain other written or oral statements made from time to time by Flowers Foods, Inc. (the "company", "Flowers Foods", "Flowers", "us", "we", or "our") and its representatives that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements relate to current expectations regarding our business and our future financial condition and results of operations and are often identified by the use of words and phrases such as "anticipate," "believe," "continue," "could," "estimate," "expect," "intend," "may," "plan," "predict," "project," "should," "will," "would," "is likely to," "is expected to" or "will continue," or the negative of these terms or other comparable terminology. These forward-looking statements are based upon assumptions we believe are reasonable. Forward-looking statements are based on current information and are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those projected. Certain factors that may cause actual results, performance, liquidity, and achievements to differ materially from those projected are discussed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 28, 2024 (the "Form 10-K") and our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") and may include, but are not limited to, (a) unexpected changes in any of the following: (1) general economic and business conditions; (2) the competitive setting in which we operate, including advertising or promotional strategies by us or our competitors, as well as changes in consumer demand; (3) interest rates and other terms available to us on our borrowings; (4) supply chain conditions and any related impact on energy and raw materials costs and availability and hedging counter-party risks; (5) relationships with or increased costs related to our employees and third-party service providers; (6) laws and regulations (including environmental and health-related issues and the impacts of tariffs, including retaliatory tariffs); and (7) accounting standards or tax rates in the markets in which we operate, (b) the loss or financial instability of any significant customer(s), including as a result of product recalls or safety concerns related to our products, (c) changes in consumer behavior, trends and preferences, including health and whole grain trends and consumer buying habits, the movement toward less expensive store branded products, and the continued reduction of purchases in the fresh packaged bread category, (d) the level of success we achieve in developing and introducing new products and entering new markets, (e) our ability to implement new technology and customer requirements as required, (f) our ability to operate existing, and any new, manufacturing lines according to schedule, (g) our ability to implement and achieve our corporate responsibility goals in accordance with regulatory requirements and the expectations of our stakeholders, suppliers, and customers; (h) our ability to execute our business strategies which may involve, among other things, (1) the ability to realize the intended benefits of completed, planned or contemplated acquisitions, dispositions or joint ventures, such as the acquisition of Simple Mills, (2) the deployment of new systems (e.g., our enterprise resource planning ("ERP") system), distribution channels and technology, and (3) an enhanced organizational structure (e.g., our sales and supply chain reorganization), (i) consolidation within the baking industry and related industries, (j) changes in pricing, customer and consumer reaction to pricing actions (including decreased volumes), and the pricing environment among competitors within the industry, (k) our ability to adjust pricing to offset, or partially offset, inflationary pressure or tariffs (including retaliatory tariffs) on the cost of our products, including ingredient and packaging costs; (l) disruptions in our direct-store-delivery distribution model, including litigation or an adverse ruling by a court or regulatory or governmental body that could affect the independent contractor classifications of the independent distributor partners ("IDPs"), and changes to our direct-store-delivery distribution model in California, (m) increasing legal complexity and legal proceedings that we are or may become subject to, (n) labor shortages and turnover or increases in employee and employee-related costs, (o) the credit, business, and legal risks associated with IDPs and customers, which operate in the highly competitive retail food and foodservice industries, (p) any business disruptions due to political instability, pandemics, armed hostilities, incidents of terrorism, natural disasters, labor strikes or work stoppages, technological breakdowns, product contamination, product recalls or safety concerns related to our products, or the responses to or repercussions from any of these or similar events or conditions and our ability to insure against such events, (q) the failure of our information technology systems to perform adequately, including any interruptions, intrusions, cyber-attacks or security breaches of such systems or risks associated with the implementation of the upgrade of our ERP system; and (r) the potential impact of climate change on the company, including physical and transition risks, our availability or restriction of resources, higher regulatory and compliance costs, reputational risks, and our availability of capital on attractive terms. The foregoing list of important factors does not include all such factors, nor does it necessarily present them in order of importance. In addition, you should consult other disclosures made by the company (such as in our other filings with the SEC or in company press releases) for other factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from those projected by the company. Refer to Part I, Item 1A., Risk Factors, of our Form 10-K, Part II, Item 1A., Risk Factors, of the Form 10-Q for the quarter ended October 4, 2025 and subsequent filings with the SEC for additional information regarding factors that could affect the company's results of operations, financial condition and liquidity. We caution you not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, as they speak only as of the date made and are inherently uncertain. The company undertakes no obligation to publicly revise or update such statements, except as required by law. You are advised, however, to consult any further public disclosures by the company (such as in our filings with the SEC or in company press releases) on related subjects.

Information Regarding Non-GAAP Financial Measures

The company prepares its consolidated financial statements in accordance with U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP). However, from time to time, the company may present in its public statements, press releases and SEC filings, non-GAAP financial measures such as, EBITDA, adjusted EBITDA, adjusted EBITDA margin, adjusted net income, adjusted diluted EPS, adjusted income tax expense, adjusted selling, distribution and administrative expenses (SD&A), and gross margin excluding depreciation and amortization. The reconciliations attached provide reconciliations of the non-GAAP measures used in this presentation or release to the most comparable GAAP financial measure. The company's definitions of these non-GAAP measures may differ from similarly titled measures used by others. These non-GAAP measures should be considered supplemental to, and not a substitute for, financial information prepared in accordance with GAAP.

The company defines EBITDA as earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization. Earnings are net income. The company believes that EBITDA is a useful tool for managing the operations of its business and is an indicator of the company's ability to incur and service indebtedness and generate free cash flow. The company also believes that EBITDA measures are commonly reported and widely used by investors and other interested parties as measures of a company's operating performance and debt servicing ability because EBITDA measures assist in comparing performance on a consistent basis without regard to depreciation or amortization, which can vary significantly depending upon accounting methods and non-operating factors (such as historical cost). EBITDA is also a widely-accepted financial indicator of a company's ability to incur and service indebtedness.

EBITDA should not be considered an alternative to (a) income from operations or net income (loss) as a measure of operating performance; (b) cash flows provided by operating, investing and financing activities (as determined in accordance with GAAP) as a measure of the company's ability to meet its cash needs; or (c) any other indicator of performance or liquidity that has been determined in accordance with GAAP.

The company defines adjusted EBITDA, adjusted EBITDA margin, adjusted net income, adjusted diluted EPS, adjusted income tax expense and adjusted SD&A, respectively, to exclude additional costs that the company considers important to present to investors to increase the investors' insights about the company's core operations. These costs include, but are not limited to, the costs of closing a plant or costs associated with acquisition and integration-related activities, restructuring activities, certain impairment charges, legal settlements, costs to implement an enterprise resource planning system and enhance bakery digital capabilities (business process improvement costs) to provide investors direct insight into these costs, and other costs impacting past and future comparability. The company believes that these measures, when considered together with its GAAP financial results, provide management and investors with a more complete understanding of its business operating results, including underlying trends, by excluding the effects of certain charges. Adjusted EBITDA is used as the primary performance measure in the company's 2014 Omnibus Equity and Incentive Compensation Plan (Amended and Restated Effective May 25, 2023).

Presentation of gross margin includes depreciation and amortization in the materials, supplies, labor and other production costs according to GAAP. Our method of presenting gross margin excludes the depreciation and amortization components, as discussed above.

The reconciliations attached provide reconciliations of the non-GAAP measures used in this release to the most comparable GAAP financial measure.

Flowers Foods, Inc.

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

(000's omitted)

October 4, 2025

December 28, 2024

Assets

Cash and cash equivalents

16,731

5,005

Other current assets

712,483

631,242

Property, plant and equipment, net

937,362

964,320

Right-of-use leases, net

331,619

318,785

Distributor notes receivable (1)

129,930

128,199

Other assets

44,159

46,631

Cost in excess of net tangible assets, net

2,177,334

1,306,265

Total assets

4,349,618

3,400,447

Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity

Current liabilities

483,516

480,079

Long-term debt (2)

1,779,623

1,021,644

Right-of-use lease liabilities (3)

337,240

322,989

Other liabilities

328,745

165,621

Stockholders' equity

1,420,494

1,410,114

Total liabilities and stockholders' equity

4,349,618

3,400,447

(1)

Includes current portion of $22,602 and $20,117, respectively.

(2)

Includes current portion of $399,433 and $0, respectively.

(3)

Includes current portion of $74,604 and $68,524, respectively.

Flowers Foods, Inc.

Consolidated Statement of Operations

(000's omitted, except per share data)

For the 12-Week

Period Ended

For the 12-Week

Period Ended

For the 40-Week

Period Ended

For the 40-Week

Period Ended

October 4, 2025

October 5, 2024

October 4, 2025

October 5, 2024

Net sales

1,226,554

1,190,561

4,023,619

3,992,362

Materials, supplies, labor and other production costs (exclusive of

depreciation and amortization shown separately below)

638,703

598,209

2,053,109

2,008,757

Selling, distribution, and administrative expenses

475,952

460,359

1,583,002

1,557,010

Restructuring charges

5,510

—

6,083

7,403

Plant closure costs and impairment of assets

—

4,483

7,397

9,860

Depreciation and amortization expense

39,873

37,331

128,967

122,393

Income from operations

66,516

90,179

245,061

286,939

Other pension benefit

(88)

(119)

(293)

(395)

Interest expense, net

14,453

4,778

43,537

15,297

Income before income taxes

52,151

85,520

201,817

272,037

Income tax expense

12,617

20,536

50,920

67,043

Net income

39,534

64,984

150,897

204,994

Net income per diluted common share

0.19

0.31

0.71

0.97

Diluted weighted average shares outstanding

212,107

211,975

212,089

212,123

Flowers Foods, Inc.

Condensed Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows

(000's omitted)

For the 12-Week

Period Ended

For the 12-Week

Period Ended

For the 40-Week

Period Ended

For the 40-Week

Period Ended

October 4, 2025

October 5, 2024

October 4, 2025

October 5, 2024

Cash flows from operating activities:

Net income

39,534

64,984

150,897

204,994

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash from operating

activities:

Total non-cash adjustments

55,797

58,273

207,637

182,843

Changes in assets and liabilities

(40,971)

(9,308)

(37,711)

(105,467)

Net cash provided by operating activities

54,360

113,949

320,823

282,370

Cash flows from investing activities:

Purchase of property, plant and equipment

(23,939)

(25,373)

(80,305)

(86,624)

Proceeds from sale of property, plant and equipment

369

1,231

577

2,040

Acquisition of business, net of cash acquired

(48)

—

(791,928)

—

Other

(389)

(12,295)

(23,738)

(28,358)

Net cash disbursed for investing activities

(24,007)

(36,437)

(895,394)

(112,942)

Cash flows from financing activities:

Dividends paid

(52,267)

(50,543)

(157,039)

(152,489)

Stock repurchases

—

(5,499)

(22,703)

Net change in debt borrowings

30,000

(15,000)

764,880

5,000

Payment of financing fees

—

(10,120)

(190)

Payments on financing leases

(20)

(66)

(64)

(235)

Other

(2,380)

(3,794)

(5,861)

(6,363)

Net cash (disbursed for) provided by financing activities

(24,667)

(69,403)

586,297

(176,980)

Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

5,686

8,109

11,726

(7,552)

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

11,045

6,866

5,005

22,527

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

16,731

14,975

16,731

14,975

Flowers Foods, Inc.

Net Sales by Sales Class and Net Sales Bridge

(000's omitted)

Net Sales by Sales Class

For the 12-Week Period

Ended

For the 12-Week Period

Ended

October 4, 2025

October 5, 2024

$ Change

% Change

Branded Retail

812,760

760,379

52,381

6.9

Other

413,794

430,182

(16,388)

(3.8)

Total Net Sales

1,226,554

1,190,561

35,993

3.0

Net Sales by Sales Class

For the 40-Week Period

Ended

For the 40-Week Period

Ended

October 4, 2025

October 5, 2024

$ Change

% Change

Branded Retail

2,651,263

2,562,960

88,303

3.4

Other

1,372,356

1,429,402

(57,046)

(4.0)

Total Net Sales

4,023,619

3,992,362

31,257

0.8

Net Sales Bridge

For the 12-week period ended October 4, 2025

Branded Retail

Other

Total

Pricing/mix^*

(1.1)

(4.1)

(2.3)

Volume*

(1.3)

0.3

(0.6)

Acquisition

9.3

0.0

5.9

Total percentage point change in net sales

6.9

(3.8)

3.0

For the 40-week period ended October 4, 2025

Branded Retail

Other

Total

Pricing/mix^*

(1.2)

(1.5)

(1.2)

Volume*

(1.5)

(2.5)

(1.9)

Acquisition

6.1

0.0

3.9

Total percentage point change in net sales

3.4

(4.0)

0.8

The table above presents certain sales by category that have been reclassified from amounts previously reported to conform to the current period presentation.

^ Includes sales reductions from variable consideration and payments to customers.

* Computations above are calculated as follows (the Total column is consolidated and is not adding the Branded Retail and Other columns):

Price/Mix $ = Current year period units × change in price per unit

Price/Mix % = Price/Mix $ ÷ Prior year period Net Sales $

Volume $ = Prior year period price per unit × change in units

Volume % = Volume $ ÷ Prior year period Net Sales $

Flowers Foods, Inc.

Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Measures

(000's omitted, except per share data)

Reconciliation of Earnings per Share to Adjusted Earnings per Share

For the 12-Week

Period Ended

For the 12-Week

Period Ended

For the 40-Week

Period Ended

For the 40-Week

Period Ended

October 4, 2025

October 5, 2024

October 4, 2025

October 5, 2024

Net income per diluted common share

0.19

0.31

0.71

0.97

Business process improvement costs

0.01

0.02

Plant closure costs and impairment of assets

—

0.02

0.03

Restructuring charges

0.02

—

0.02

0.03

Restructuring-related implementation costs

0.01

—

0.04

0.01

Acquisition and integration-related costs

0.01

—

0.07

—

Legal settlements and related costs

—

Adjusted net income per diluted common share

0.23

0.33

0.88

1.06

NM - not meaningful.

Certain amounts may not add due to rounding.

Reconciliation of Gross Margin

For the 12-Week

Period Ended

For the 12-Week

Period Ended

For the 40-Week

Period Ended

For the 40-Week

Period Ended

October 4, 2025

October 5, 2024

October 4, 2025

October 5, 2024

Net sales

1,226,554

1,190,561

4,023,619

3,992,362

Materials, supplies, labor and other production costs (exclusive

of depreciation and amortization)

638,703

598,209

2,053,109

2,008,757

Gross margin excluding depreciation and amortization

587,851

592,352

1,970,510

1,983,605

Less depreciation and amortization for production activities

21,198

20,914

69,754

67,581

Gross margin

566,653

571,438

1,900,756

1,916,024

Depreciation and amortization for production activities

21,198

20,914

69,754

67,581

Depreciation and amortization for selling, distribution, and

administrative activities

18,675

16,417

59,213

54,812

Total depreciation and amortization

39,873

37,331

128,967

122,393

Reconciliation of Selling, Distribution, and Administrative Expenses to

Adjusted SD&A

For the 12-Week

Period Ended

For the 12-Week

Period Ended

For the 40-Week

Period Ended

For the 40-Week

Period Ended

October 4, 2025

October 5, 2024

October 4, 2025

October 5, 2024

Selling, distribution, and administrative expenses

(SD&A)

475,952

460,359

1,583,002

1,557,010

Business process improvement costs

(949)

(490)

(2,311)

(5,779)

Restructuring-related implementation costs

(3,534)

—

(10,718)

(2,979)

Acquisition and integration-related costs

(1,735)

—

(16,370)

—

Legal settlements and related costs

—

(827)

(902)

(827)

Adjusted SD&A

469,734

459,042

1,552,701

1,547,425

Flowers Foods, Inc.

Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Measures

(000's omitted, except per share data)

Reconciliation of Net Income to EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA

For the 12-Week

Period Ended

For the 12-Week

Period Ended

For the 40-Week

Period Ended

For the 40-Week

Period Ended

October 4, 2025

October 5, 2024

October 4, 2025

October 5, 2024

Net income

39,534

64,984

150,897

204,994

Income tax expense

12,617

20,536

50,920

67,043

Interest expense, net

14,453

4,778

43,537

15,297

Depreciation and amortization

39,873

37,331

128,967

122,393

EBITDA

106,477

127,629

374,321

409,727

Other pension benefit

(88)

(119)

(293)

(395)

Business process improvement costs

949

490

2,311

5,779

Plant closure costs and impairment of assets

—

4,483

7,397

9,860

Restructuring charges

5,510

—

6,083

7,403

Restructuring-related implementation costs

3,534

—

10,718

2,979

Acquisition and integration-related costs

1,735

—

16,370

—

Legal settlements and related costs

—

827

902

827

Adjusted EBITDA

118,117

133,310

417,809

436,180

Net sales

1,226,554

1,190,561

4,023,619

3,992,362

Adjusted EBITDA margin

9.6

11.2

10.4

10.9

Reconciliation of Income Tax Expense to Adjusted Income Tax Expense

For the 12-Week

Period Ended

For the 12-Week

Period Ended

For the 40-Week

Period Ended

For the 40-Week

Period Ended

October 4, 2025

October 5, 2024

October 4, 2025

October 5, 2024

Income tax expense

12,617

20,536

50,920

67,043

Tax impact of:

Business process improvement costs

237

123

578

1,445

Plant closure costs and impairment of assets

—

1,122

1,850

2,466

Restructuring charges

1,377

—

1,521

1,851

Restructuring-related implementation costs

884

—

2,680

745

Acquisition and integration-related costs

—

2,016

—

Legal settlements and related costs

—

207

226

207

Adjusted income tax expense

15,202

21,988

59,791

73,757

Flowers Foods, Inc.

Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Measures

(000's omitted, except per share data)

Reconciliation of Net Income to Adjusted Net Income

For the 12-Week

Period Ended

For the 12-Week

Period Ended

For the 40-Week

Period Ended

For the 40-Week

Period Ended

October 4, 2025

October 5, 2024

October 4, 2025

October 5, 2024

Net income

39,534

64,984

150,897

204,994

Business process improvement costs

712

367

1,733

4,334

Plant closure costs and impairment of assets

—

3,361

5,547

7,394

Restructuring charges

4,133

—

4,562

5,552

Restructuring-related implementation costs

2,650

—

8,038

2,234

Acquisition and integration-related costs

1,648

—

14,354

—

Legal settlements and related costs

—

620

676

620

Adjusted net income

48,677

69,332

185,807

225,128

Reconciliation of Earnings per Share -

Full Year Fiscal 2025 Guidance

Range Estimate

Net income per diluted common share

0.85

0.91

Business process improvement costs

0.01

Plant closure costs and impairment of assets

0.03

Restructuring charges

0.02

Restructuring-related implementation costs

0.04

Acquisition and integration-related costs

0.07

Legal settlements and related costs

Adjusted net income per diluted common share

1.02

1.08

NM - not meaningful.

Certain amounts may not add due to rounding.

SOURCE Flowers Foods, Inc.