---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-24-097808"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FLO"
cik: "0001128928"
company_name: "FLOWERS FOODS INC"
filed_at: "2024-08-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T08:47:40.990641+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Flowers Foods Q2 net income up 5%; adjusted EBITDA up 7.8%; FY guidance reaffirmed

## Summary
- Sales $1.225B (-0.2% YoY); pricing/mix +1.0%, volume -1.2% from business exits.
- Net income $67.0M (+5.0%); diluted EPS $0.32; adjusted EPS $0.36 (+$0.03).
- Adjusted EBITDA $143.5M (+7.8%), margin 11.7% (+90 bps).
- FY2024 outlook: sales $5.091B-$5.172B, adj.EBITDA $524M-$553M, adj.EPS $1.20-$1.30 (unchanged).
- CEO cites brand share gains, private label margin improvement, and cost savings.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-24-097808
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FLO
- cik: 0001128928
- company_name: FLOWERS FOODS INC
- filed_at: 2024-08-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1128928/000095017024097808/0000950170-24-097808-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1128928/000095017024097808/flo-20240816.htm

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