 | Flowers Foods 1919 Flowers Circle Thomasville, Georgia 31757 229.226.9110 flowersfoods.com |
November 7, 2022
Via EDGAR
Division of Corporation Finance
Office of Energy & Transportation
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Attention: Mr. Karl Hiller, Branch Chief
| Re: | Flowers Foods, Inc. |
Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year ended January 1, 2022
Filed February 23, 2022
File No. 001-16247
Dear Mr. Hiller:
On behalf of Flowers Foods, Inc. (the “Company”), we acknowledge receipt of the comments of the Staff (the “Staff”) of the Division of Corporation Finance of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission contained in the Staff’s letter dated October 25, 2022 (the “Comment Letter”), regarding the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K referenced above.
The Comment Letter requests that the Company respond to the Staff’s comments within ten business days or inform the Staff when the Company will respond. As we have discussed with the Staff, the Company hereby requests an extension to December 2, 2022 to respond to the Staff’s comments. This additional time will enable the necessary review by the Company needed to adequately respond in full to the Comment Letter.
Thank you for your consideration of our request for an extension. If you have any questions regarding the foregoing, please do not hesitate to contact me by telephone at 229.227.2284 or by email at Steve.Kinsey@flocorp.com, or our legal counsel at Jones Day, Joel T. May, by telephone at 404.581.8967 or by email at jtmay@jonesday.com.
| Very truly yours, |
| Flowers Foods, Inc. |
/s/ R. Steve Kinsey |
| R. Steve Kinsey |
| Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer |
| cc: | Joel T. May (Jones Day) |
Molly Steinhaus Brophy (Jones Day)