date:May 20, 2013
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Flowers Foods completed the acquisition of the Sara Lee and Earthgrains brands for sliced breads, buns, and rolls in the state of California from BBU in February. The new business is being rolled out in stages through early summer.
The company said that dollar sales and volume increased across all channels. Increases in soft variety, white bread, buns and rolls, and cake primarily drove volume increases in the branded retail channel. The volume increases in the store brand channel were