Flowers Foods (FLO) 10-Q 2008 Q2 Quarterly report

CERTIFICATIONS — EXHIBIT 32

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

     In connection with the Quarterly Report of Flowers Foods, Inc. (the “company”) on Form 10-Q for the period ended July 12, 2008, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), each of the undersigned officers of the company certifies, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. ss. 1350, as adopted pursuant to ss. 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that, to such officer’s knowledge:

     1. The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

     2. The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the company as of the dates and for the periods expressed in the Report.

/s/ GEORGE E. DEESE  

George E. Deese 

Chairman of the Board, President and
Chief Executive Officer 

/s/ R. STEVE KINSEY  

R. Steve Kinsey 

Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer 

/s/ KARYL H. LAUDER  

Karyl H. Lauder 

Senior Vice President and
Chief Accounting Officer 

Date: August 21, 2008

The foregoing certification is being furnished solely pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 and is not being filed as part of the Report or as a separate disclosure document.