On January 29, 2020, Karyl H. Lauder, senior vice president and chief accounting officer of Flowers Foods, Inc., notified the Company that she will retire from this position, effective as of April 30, 2020, after 41 years of service. Ms. Lauder will continue to serve in this role until her retirement in order to ensure a smooth transition of her duties. The company has appointed R. Steve Kinsey, the current chief financial officer and chief administrative officer of the company, to serve as CFO and chief accounting officer, effective May 1, 2020. Mr. Kinsey, 59, has served as CFO and chief administrative officer since May 2017. Previously, Mr. Kinsey served as executive vice president and CFO from 2008 until 2017, and as senior vice president and CFO from 2007 to 2008. Prior to those appointments, Mr. Kinsey served as vice president and corporate controller from 2003 until 2007, and as controller from 2002 until 2003. He served as director of tax from 1998 until 2002 at the Company and Flowers Industries. At Flowers Industries, Mr. Kinsey also served as tax manager from 1994 until 1998, and as tax associate from 1989 until 1994. He joined the Company in 1989. No new compensatory arrangements were entered into in connection with Mr. Kinsey’s appointment as chief accounting officer.
Flowers Foods, Inc. is a producer and marketer of packaged bakery foods in the United States. The Company's products include breads, buns, rolls, snack items, bagels, English muffins, and tortillas and are sold under a variety of brand names, including Nature's Own, Dave's Killer Bread (DKB), Wonder, Canyon Bakehouse, Tastykake, and Mrs. Freshley's. Its fresh baked foods customers include mass merchandisers, supermarkets and other retailers, restaurants, quick-serve chains, food wholesalers, institutions, dollar stores and vending companies. It supplies national and regional restaurants, institutions and foodservice distributors, and retail in-store bakeries with breads and rolls. It sells packaged bakery products to wholesale distributors for ultimate sale to food outlets. It sells packaged snack cakes primarily to customers who distribute them nationwide through multiple channels of distribution, including mass merchandisers, supermarkets, vending outlets and convenience stores.
FLOWERS FOODS, INC. 
