---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-22-034521"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FLO"
cik: "0001128928"
company_name: "FLOWERS FOODS INC"
filed_at: "2022-02-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T09:03:08.356574+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Flowers Foods reports Q4 sales down 3.9% to $983.5M; guides FY2022 sales growth of 7.6%-8.4%

## Summary
- Full-year adjusted EPS $1.24 (down $0.07); Q4 adjusted EPS $0.20 (down $0.08).
- Q4 adjusted EBITDA $88.7M, down 21.9% vs prior year period.
- Fiscal 2022 guidance: sales $4.660-4.695B, adjusted EPS $1.25-1.35.
- Price increase implemented Jan 2022 to offset inflationary pressures.
- Capital expenditures expected $175M-$185M, including $65-75M for ERP upgrade.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-22-034521
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FLO
- cik: 0001128928
- company_name: FLOWERS FOODS INC
- filed_at: 2022-02-10T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- 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/1128928/000119312522034521/0001193125-22-034521-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1128928/000119312522034521/d308244d8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-034521.txt

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