Add-on Acquisition • Food

Flowers Foods Acquires Royal Cake Co.

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

Acquisition Context

This is Flowers Foods’ 2nd transaction in the Food sector.
This is Flowers Foods’ 7th largest (disclosed) transaction.
This is Flowers Foods’ 2nd transaction in the United States.
This is Flowers Foods’ 1st transaction in North Carolina.

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M&A Deal Summary
Date	September 1, 2005
Target	Royal Cake Co.
Sector	Food
Buyer(s)	Flowers Foods
Deal Type	Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value	10M USD

Target Company

Royal Cake Co.

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 Overview 1

Buyer

Flowers Foods

Thomasville, Georgia, United States

Category	Company
Founded	1919
Sector	Food
Employees	10,200
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 Context for Buyer	#
Overall	2 of 16
Sector: Food	2 of 16
Type: Add-on Acquisition	1 of 12
State: North Carolina	1 of 1
Country: United States	2 of 16
Year: 2005	1 of 1
Size (of disclosed)	7 of 7

PREVIOUS DEAL

DATE	TARGET	DEAL TYPE	VALUE
2002-11-20	Bishop Baking Co. Cleveland, Tennessee, United States Bishop Baking Co., Inc., is a line of fresh snack cake items.	Buy	-

DATE

TARGET

DEAL TYPE

VALUE

2002-11-20

Bishop Baking Co.

Cleveland, Tennessee, United States

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

Buy

FOLLOWING DEAL

DATE	TARGET	DEAL TYPE	VALUE
2006-02-18	Derst Baking Co. Savannah, Georgia, United States Derst Baking Co., provides bakery foods.	Buy	-

DATE

TARGET

DEAL TYPE

VALUE

2006-02-18

Derst Baking Co.

Savannah, Georgia, United States

Derst Baking Co., provides bakery foods.

Buy

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