date:May 20, 2013
Even as Flowers Foods, Inc. continued to delay issuing full-year earnings guidance because of a lack of clarity over when it will complete an acquisition of 20 Hostess Brands baking plants, George E. Deese, chairman and chief executive officer, was unbridled in his enthusiasm about the companys financial prospects.
I can tell you that I believe it will be a record year, and that it will meet or exceed our long-term objectives, he said. With the Hostess transaction still under regulatory review,