Sustainability Initiative

Flowers Foods recognizes that without a healthy environment, it cannot be successful.

Our company is committed to applying the principles of sustainability to all aspects of our business. We encourage every Flowers team member to accept responsibility for conserving natural resources and for seeking ways to improve the company's use of those resources.

Working with our team members, business partners, suppliers, and customers, Flowers Foods strives to prevent waste of water, packaging, energy, and other resources through the following initiatives:

• Recycle and reduce use of resources at all locations
• Reduce fuel and energy consumption at all locations
• Seek innovations to reduce the use of non-renewable resources
• Further integrate sustainability into the company's core processes
• Require suppliers to embrace sustainability initiatives
• Educate our workforce regarding sustainability
• Participate in community efforts to encourage sustainability

Flowers Foods' commitment to sustainability makes us a stronger corporate citizen as we do what is right for all our stakeholders and the environment.

As reported in our 2010 Sustainability Report, posted 11/11: Our sustainability performance improved slightly over 2009, but we continued to fall below our 2008 baseline performance in most areas due to a difficult economy and a highly competitive market, which reduced our overall production volume. We reported—for the first time—sustainability data for our non-manufacturing facilities—warehouses, distribution centers, offices, and retail outlets. We restated our 2015 goals for natural gas and water to reflect the impact of a new production process acquired in 2009 that uses significantly more gas and water than bread and cake production. We achieved a rate of 31.08 net pounds sold per transport mile compared to 30.95 in 2009, saving 324,475 transport miles. We diverted 12.50 million pounds of trash from landfills to recycling and achieved a company-wide diversion rate of 89.46% in 2010.

In 2008, we established employee-member Green Teams at our bakery subsidiaries to help generate sound ideas for improving sustainability in all areas of our business. Green Team members are volunteers that span the spectrum of functions and experience levels at our bakeries. They are individuals who have an interest in and a concern for the environment.