Flowers Foods has two operating segments. The Direct Store Delivery (DSD) Segment handles fresh breads, buns, rolls, and snack cakes that are sold regionally through a network of independent distributors. The company is continually expanding its market reach through acquisitions and by stretching its current territory. Flowers’ Warehouse Segment is responsible for the national distribution of frozen snack cakes and breads and rolls that are sold direct to customers' warehouses. Flowers' Mrs. Freshley's brand of snack cakes is available nationally to retail and vending customers through this segment, as is the European Bakers' brand of frozen specialty breads and rolls, which is available nationally to retail in-store bakeries and foodservice customers.[2]
Grupo Bimbo, S.A.B. de C.V., known as Bimbo, is a Mexicanmultinational bakery product manufacturing company headquartered in Mexico City, Mexico. It is the world's largest baking company[1] and operates the largest bakeries in the United States, Mexico, Canada, Chile and Spain, and has some of the widest distribution networks in Mexico and the United States. It was also the ninth largest company of Mexico by revenues in 2013.[2]
Bimbo reported revenues of US$14.1 billion for 2014. It has more than 129,000 employees, 165 manufacturing plants[3] and 2.5 million sales centers [4] located in 22 countries in America, Europe and Asia. It operates more than 100 trademarks, among which are Bimbo, Tia Rosa, Marinela, Wonder (in Mexico only), Barcel, Sara Lee, Mrs Baird's and Oroweat. Bimbo has one of the widest distribution networks in the world, surpassing 52,000 routes[5] Bimbo operates under a scheme of recurrent sales channels views, making three daily visits to the same establishment.
In June 2015, Bimbo was being considered as a possible buyer of Hostess Brands, the manufacturer of Twinkies valued at US$2 billion.[6] However, a month later Hostess Brands' owners cancelled its plans to sell the company after failing to receive any offers.[7]
Bimbo has been listed on the Mexican Stock Exchange since 1980 and is a constituent of the IPC, the main benchmark index of Mexican stocks. In 2016, Forbes magazine ranked Grupo Bimbo at #986 on the Forbes Global 2000, an annual ranking of the top 2,000 public companies in the world.[8] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grupo_Bimbo
