secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     FLOWERS FOODS INC (FLO)
CIK:        0001128928
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-08-20T20:10:09+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-26-359191
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.80
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Flowers Foods Q2 net sales down 4.0% to $1.193B; cuts FY2026 guidance
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- Diluted EPS $0.19 (down $0.09 YoY); adjusted EPS $0.21; net income $40.7M, -30.3%.
- Adjusted EBITDA $111.3M, -19.2%; margin 9.3% of sales, down 180 bps.
- Branded Retail net sales $794.6M (-3.8%); Other net sales $398.3M (-4.4%); volume -5.8%.
- FY2026 guidance cut: net sales $5.070-5.142B, adj. EBITDA $453-481M, adj. EPS $0.75-0.85.
- CEO cites category headwinds; accelerating Nature's Own relaunch and cost realignment.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1128928/000119312526359191/0001193125-26-359191-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1128928/000119312526359191/flo-20260820.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-359191

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