Flowers Foods, Inc.

Headquartered in Thomasville, Georgia, Flowers Foods, Inc. is one of the largest producers of packaged bakery foods in the United States with 2020 sales of $4.4 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, Wonder, Canyon Bakehouse, and Tastykake.

Flowers Foods received a 2021 Better Project Award for redesigning and rebuilding an existing bread plant to produce organic bread and includes a variety of sustainability features that reduced annual energy and water consumption by 22% and 64%, respectively.

Flower Foods received a 2022 Better Practice Award for expanding an operational upgrade project at a bakery into a series of thirteen energy efficiency projects, resulting in total energy savings of 13,506 MMBtu, $411,695 in utility incentives, and verified energy cost savings of $231,103 per year

NAICS 311, Food Manufacturing

Date of Pledge: December 2018

Implementation Model

Flowers Foods: Building an Energy Efficiency Project Pipeline Using Tiered Utility Incentives

Presentation

Best of the Betters: 2022 Better Practice Winners

Presentation

Best of the Betters: 2022 Better Practice Winners

Showcase Project

Flowers Foods: 40-year Old Bakery Conversion Prioritizes Energy and Water Performance

Webinar

Best of the Betters: 2021 Better Project Presentations

Solutions

Leadership Commitments

DOE Program Participation