Flowers Baking Company is a division of Flowers Foods Bakeries Group, which is a super-regional baking company that is headquartered in Thomasville, Ga. The company is a subsidiary of Flowers Foods, and serves nearly 40 percent of the United States population. It operates more than 25 bakeries and has a network of nearly 3,000 independent distributors that deliver the company's fresh breads, rolls and snack cakes daily to more than 70,000 retail and food service customers. Among the company s top brands are Nature s Own soft variety breads, Cobblestone Mill specialty breads and BlueBird pastries and cakes. The company also markets bread under a variety of regional brands, such as Sunbeam, Bunny, Evangeline Maid, Roman Meal, Country Hearth and ButterKrust. Flowers Baking Company has a location in Sarasota, Fla.