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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-130523"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FLO"
cik: "0001128928"
company_name: "FLOWERS FOODS INC"
filed_at: "2026-03-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T08:20:27.494372+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Flowers Foods chief growth officer Terry Thomas to depart; role dissolved effective April 24

## Summary
- Thomas will step down; his chief growth officer role, created in 2023, is being dissolved.
- Mark Courtney, chief brand officer (43-year veteran), will report directly to CEO and assume sales, innovation, revenue management.
- Departure follows recently announced operations changes under COO Varnedoe, including appointment of David Roach as chief DSD ops officer.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-130523
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FLO
- cik: 0001128928
- company_name: FLOWERS FOODS INC
- filed_at: 2026-03-30T23:59:59+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/1128928/000119312526130523/0001193125-26-130523-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1128928/000119312526130523/d103656d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-130523.txt

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