M&A Deal Summary

Flowers Foods Acquires Alpine Valley Bread Co.

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

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Flowers Foods’ 10th transaction in the Food sector.
  • This is Flowers Foods’ 6th 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 Co.
Sector Food
Buyer(s) Flowers Foods
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 120M USD
Advisor(s) IBG Fox & Fin Financial Group (Financial)
GreenbergTraurig (Legal)

Target

Alpine Valley Bread Co.

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

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Buyer

Flowers Foods

Thomasville, Georgia, United States

Category Company
Founded 1919
Sector Food
Employees10,200
Revenue 5.1B USD (2024)
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.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 10 of 16
Sector: Food M&A 10 of 16
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 9 of 12
State: Arizona M&A 2 of 2
Country: United States M&A 10 of 16
Year: 2015 M&A 2 of 2
Size (of disclosed) 6 of 7
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-09-14 Dave s Killer Bread Co.

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