secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     FLOWERS FOODS INC (FLO)
CIK:        0001128928
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-03-30T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-26-130523
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.60
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1128928/000119312526130523/0001193125-26-130523-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1128928/000119312526130523/d103656d8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-130523

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