M&A Deal Summary

Flowers Foods Acquires Butterkrust Bakery

On August 4, 2008, Flowers Foods acquired food company Butterkrust Bakery

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Flowers Foods’ 4th transaction in the Food sector.
  • This is Flowers Foods’ 4th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Flowers Foods’ 1st transaction in Florida.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2008-08-04
Target Butterkrust Bakery
Sector Food
Buyer(s) Flowers Foods
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Butterkrust Bakery

Lakeland, Florida, United States
Butterkrust Bakery, Inc., serves fresh breads and rolls to the supermarket and institutional accounts. Butterkrust's brands include Sunbeam, Rich Harvest, and Country Hearth brands.

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Buyer

Flowers Foods

Thomasville, Georgia, United States
Category Company
Founded 1919
Sector Food
Employees9,200
Revenue 5.1B USD (2023)
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 4 of 14
Sector (Food) 4 of 14
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 3 of 11
State (Florida) 1 of 2
Country (United States) 4 of 14
Year (2008) 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2006-02-18 Derst Baking

Savannah, Georgia, United States

Derst Baking Co., provides bakery foods.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-08-11 Holsum Bakery

Phoenix, Arizona, United States

Holsum Bakery, Inc., is a provider of high quality breads and rolls.

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