M&A Deal Summary

Flowers Foods Acquires Royal Cake

On September 1, 2005, Flowers Foods acquired food company Royal Cake for 10M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Flowers Foods’ 2nd transaction in the Food sector.
  • This is Flowers Foods’ 6th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Flowers Foods’ 2nd transaction in the United States.
  • This is Flowers Foods’ 1st transaction in North Carolina.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2005-09-01
Target Royal Cake
Sector Food
Buyer(s) Flowers Foods
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 10M USD

Target

Royal Cake

Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States
Royal Cake Co., Inc., produces cookies, cereal bars and creme-filled cakes that are sold under the Royal, Bakers Best, and private label 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 2 of 14
Sector (Food) 2 of 14
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 1 of 11
State (North Carolina) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 2 of 14
Year (2005) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 6 of 6
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2002-11-20 Bishop Baking

Cleveland, Tennessee, United States

Bishop Baking Co., Inc., is a line of fresh snack cake items.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2006-02-18 Derst Baking

Savannah, Georgia, United States

Derst Baking Co., provides bakery foods.

Buy -
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