Flowers Foods

Hershey C.E.O. Named Chairman of GMA Board of Directors
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W. Va. -- The Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) announced this weekend that Richard H. Lenny, chairman, president and c.e.o. of the Hershey Co., has been elected as the new chairman of the GMA board of directors for a two-year term. The announcement came during GMA's Executive Conference here.
Ahold Names New Leadership Team at U.S. Foodservice
ZAANDAM, The Netherlands - Ahold today announced the names of the new executive leadership team that will lead its American subsidiary U.S. Foodservice under c.e.o. Lawrence Benjamin. The company also announced the reorganization of U.S. Foodservice's field operations.

Flowers Foods Recalls Bread for Metal

CHICAGO -- Flowers Foods, Inc. on Wednesday said it's voluntarily recalling 19 types of bread because they may contain small pieces of metal mesh screen.
Flowers Foods' Mrs. Smith Sale Gets Antitrust Okay

THOMASVILLE, Ga. - Flowers Foods Inc. has received antitrust approval for the $240 million sale of its Mrs. Smith's frozen-dessert business to Schwan Food Co., the company announced on Monday.
Flowers Foods to Sell Mrs. Smith's

THOMASVILLE, Ga. - Packaged bakery foods company Flowers Foods Inc. on Thursday reported a fourth-quarter loss of $9.9 million, or 33 cents a share, while announcing plans to sell its Mrs. Smith's Frozen Dessert business less than a year after the company started restructuring, according to Dow Jones newswire.
Mrs. Smith's Bakeries Signs with ACNielsen

SCHAUMBURG, Ill. - ACNielsen U.S., an operating unit of ACNielsen, a VNU company, on Monday announced that it has been named Mrs. Smith's Bakeries' new provider of syndicated sales information and consumer insights.
Charles P. Pizzi Named President and CEO of Tasty Baking Company

PHILADELPHIA - Tasty Baking Company today announced that Charles P. Pizzi has been named president and CEO of the company, effective October 7, 2002.
Mrs. Smith's Bakeries Acquires Gordon's Pies Brand

SUWANEE, Ga. - Mrs. Smith's Bakeries, the country's leading frozen dessert company and a business unit of Flowers Foods, has acquired the Gordon's Pies brand of baked fruit pies.
Flowers Bakeries Becomes Latest Supplier to Select viaLink for Data Synchronization

The viaLink Company (Nasdaq:VLNK - news) today announced that FlowersBakeries, a super-regional baking company and subsidiary of Flowers Foods (NYSE:FLO - news), will use viaLink's syncLink(SM)for product, price and promotion synchronization.

Hershey C.E.O. Named Chairman of GMA Board of Directors

Ahold Names New Leadership Team at U.S. Foodservice

Flowers Foods Recalls Bread for Metal

Flowers Foods' Mrs. Smith Sale Gets Antitrust Okay

Flowers Foods to Sell Mrs. Smith's

Mrs. Smith's Bakeries Signs with ACNielsen

Charles P. Pizzi Named President and CEO of Tasty Baking Company

Mrs. Smith's Bakeries Acquires Gordon's Pies Brand

Flowers Bakeries Becomes Latest Supplier to Select viaLink for Data Synchronization