M&A Deal Summary

Flowers Foods Acquires Alpine Valley Bread

On October 13, 2015, Flowers Foods acquired food company Alpine Valley Bread for 120M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Flowers Foods’ 10th transaction in the Food sector.
  • This is Flowers Foods’ 5th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Flowers Foods’ 10th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Flowers Foods’ 2nd transaction in Arizona.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2015-10-13
Target Alpine Valley Bread
Sector Food
Buyer(s) Flowers Foods
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 120M USD
Advisor(s) IBG/Fox & Fin Financial Group, LC (Financial)
GreenbergTraurig (Legal)

Target

Alpine Valley Bread

Mesa, Arizona, United States
website
Alpine Valley Bread Co. is a family-owned producer of certified organic and all natural breads.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Flowers Foods

Thomasville, Georgia, United States

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Category Company
Founded 1919
Sector Food
Employees9,200
Revenue 4.8B USD (2022)
DESCRIPTION

Flowers Foods is a producer of fresh packaged bakery foods. Flowers operates bakeries across the country that produce a wide range of bakery products. Flowers Foods was founded in 1919 and is based in Thomasville, Georgia. Flowers Foods was incorporated in 1919 and is based in Thomasville, Georgia.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 10 of 14
Sector (Food) 10 of 14
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 9 of 11
State (Arizona) 2 of 2
Country (United States) 10 of 14
Year (2015) 2 of 2
Size (of disclosed) 5 of 6
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-09-14 Dave s Killer Bread

Milwaukie, Oregon, United States

Dave's Killer Bread Co. is a provider of organic sliced bread in the U.S., with 17 varieties of whole grain organic bakery products and widespread distribution across the U.S. and Canada.

Buy $275M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-11-07 Canyon Bakehouse

Woodland Park, Colorado, United States

Canyon Bakehouse LLC offers a line of 21 gluten-free breads, buns, bagels, English muffins, and specialty items. Almost 90% of its sales are distributed frozen through natural, specialty, grocery, and mass retailers around the country, with the remainder, sold fresh. The Canyon Bakehouse brand is the top gluten-free loaf brand in natural and specialty food stores,1 the number-two brand in the overall gluten-free loaf category and the fastest-growing gluten-free bread loaf brand in the U.S.

Buy $205M