Flowers Foods Declares Dividend

THOMASVILLE, Ga., Aug. 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The board of directors of Flowers Foods (NYSE: FLO) today announced a quarterly dividend of $.175 per share. This action renews the annual dividend rate of $.70. The dividend is payable on September 18, 2009, to shareholders of record on September 4, 2009. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080530/CLF007LOGO ) Headquartered in Thomasville, Ga., Flowers Foods is one of the nation's leading producers and marketers of packaged bakery foods for retail and foodservice customers. Among the company's top brands are Nature's Own, Whitewheat, Cobblestone Mill, Blue Bird, and Mrs. Freshley's. Flowers operates 39 bakeries that are among the most efficient in the baking industry. Flowers Foods produces, markets, and distributes fresh bakery products that are delivered to customers daily through a direct-store-delivery system serving the Southeast, Mid-Atlantic, and Southwest as well as select markets in California and Nevada. The company also produces and distributes fresh snack cakes and frozen breads and rolls nationally through warehouse distribution. For more information, visit www.flowersfoods.com. Statements contained in this press release that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements. All forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ from those projected. Other factors that may cause actual results to differ from the forward-looking statements contained in this release and that may affect the company's prospects in general include, but are not limited to, (a) competitive conditions in the baked foods industry, including promotional and price competition, (b) changes in consumer demand for our products, (c) the success of productivity improvements and new product introductions, (d) a significant reduction in business with any of our major customers including a reduction from adverse developments in any of our customer's business, (e) fluctuations in commodity pricing, (f) our ability to fully integrate recent acquisitions into our business, and (g) our ability to achieve cash flow from capital expenditures and acquisitions and the availability of new acquisitions that build shareholder value. In addition, our results may also be affected by general factors such as economic and business conditions (including the baked foods markets), interest and inflation rates and such other factors as are described in the company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. SOURCE Flowers Foods -0- 08/21/2009 /CONTACT: Mary A. Krier, VP-Communications of Flowers Foods, +1-229-227-2333/ /Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080530/CLF007LOGO AP?Archive: http://photoarchive.ap.org PRN?Photo?Desk, photodesk@prnewswire.com/ /Web Site: http://www.flowersfoods.com / (FLO) CO: Flowers Foods ST: Georgia IN: FOD SU: DIV PR -- CL64374 -- 0274 08/21/2009 08:51 EDT http://www.prnewswire.com