---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-22-155484"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FLO"
cik: "0001128928"
company_name: "FLOWERS FOODS INC"
filed_at: "2022-05-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-25T08:34:42.806056+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Flowers Foods Q1 sales record $1.44B, adj. EPS $0.44 beat; FY EPS guidance cut to $1.20-1.30

## Summary
- Sales up 10.3% to $1.436B (record); net income $85.6M (+19.4%).
- Adjusted diluted EPS $0.44 (record, +$0.03 YoY); GAAP EPS $0.40.
- FY2022 sales guidance raised to $4.764-4.850B (10-12% growth).
- FY2022 adjusted EPS guidance lowered to $1.20-1.30 from $1.25-1.35.
- Inflation and supply chain disruptions; Q2 price increase to help; $0.05 EPS hit in Q2+Q3.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-22-155484
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FLO
- cik: 0001128928
- company_name: FLOWERS FOODS INC
- filed_at: 2022-05-20T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1128928/000119312522155484/0001193125-22-155484-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1128928/000119312522155484/d293170d8k.htm

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