---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-25-214305"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FLO"
cik: "0001128928"
company_name: "FLOWERS FOODS INC"
filed_at: "2025-09-24T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T05:45:08.215495+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Flowers Foods CFO R. Steve Kinsey to retire Dec 31, 2025 after 36 years

## Summary
- Kinsey notified company Sept 19, 2025; retirement effective Dec 31, 2025.
- He served as CFO for 18 of his 36 years; will stay in advisory role post-retirement.
- Company has engaged a leading executive search firm to find a successor.
- No successor named yet; transition planned for smooth handover.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-25-214305
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FLO
- cik: 0001128928
- company_name: FLOWERS FOODS INC
- filed_at: 2025-09-24T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1128928/000119312525214305/0001193125-25-214305-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1128928/000119312525214305/d15844d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-25-214305.txt

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