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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-25-073102"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FLO"
cik: "0001128928"
company_name: "FLOWERS FOODS INC"
filed_at: "2025-05-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-21T02:50:07.676325+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Flowers Foods Q1 net income down 27% to $53M; lowers FY2025 guidance

## Summary
- Net sales $1.554B, down 1.4% YoY; net income $53M (-27.4%); diluted EPS $0.25 vs $0.34.
- Adjusted diluted EPS $0.35 vs $0.38; adjusted EBITDA $162M (+1.6%), margin 10.4%.
- Simple Mills acquisition contributed $24.3M sales, net loss $4.2M, and ($0.02) to EPS.
- FY2025 guidance lowered: sales $5.297B-$5.395B, adj. EBITDA $534M-$562M, adj. EPS $1.05-$1.15.
- Plant closure costs $3.4M from bakery closure; net interest expense up $8.4M on acquisition debt.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-25-073102
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FLO
- cik: 0001128928
- company_name: FLOWERS FOODS INC
- filed_at: 2025-05-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- 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/1128928/000095017025073102/0000950170-25-073102-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1128928/000095017025073102/flo-20250516.htm

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