secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     FLOWERS FOODS INC (FLO)
CIK:        0001128928
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-05-16T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000950170-25-073102
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1128928/000095017025073102/0000950170-25-073102-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1128928/000095017025073102/flo-20250516.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-25-073102

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