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Filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 8, 2009
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Registration No.&nbsp;333-<U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>FLOWERS FOODS, INC.</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of issuer as specified in its charter)</DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Georgia</B><BR>
(State or other jurisdiction of <BR>
incorporation or organization)
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>58-2582379</B><BR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>1919 Flowers Circle, Thomasville, Georgia 31757</B><BR>
(Address of principal executive offices)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>FLOWERS FOODS, INC. 2001 EQUITY AND PERFORMANCE INCENTIVE PLAN,<BR>
AS AMENDED AND RESTATED AS OF APRIL 1, 2009</B><BR>
(Full title of the plan)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>A. Ryals McMullian, Jr., Esq.<BR>
Associate General Counsel<BR>
Flowers Foods, Inc.<BR>
1919 Flowers Circle<BR>
Thomasville, Georgia 31757</B><BR>
(Name and address of agent for service)<BR>
<B>(229)&nbsp;226-9110</B><BR>
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt">With a copy to:<BR>
<B>Sterling A. Spainhour, Jr., Esq.<BR>
Jones Day<BR>
1420 Peachtree St., NE<BR>
Suite&nbsp;800<BR>
Atlanta, GA 30309-3053<BR>
(404)&nbsp;521-3939</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 3pt">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated
filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule&nbsp;12b2 of the Exchange Act.
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                    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock, $.01 Par Value</DIV></TD>
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    <TD>Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;),
this registration statement shall be deemed to cover any additional securities to be offered
or issued from stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions.</TD>
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    <TD>Computed in accordance with Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act, solely for the purposes
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    <TD>Estimated solely for calculating the amount of the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c)
and (h)&nbsp;of the Securities Act, the price per share is based on the average of the high and low
prices of the common stock reported on the New York Stock Exchange on June&nbsp;2, 2009.</TD>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;<A HREF="g19380exv23w2.htm">EX-23.2 CONSENT OF PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS, LLP</A></FONT></TD></TR>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This Registration Statement on Form S-8 (this &#147;Registration Statement&#148;) relating to the
Flowers Foods, Inc. 2001 Equity and Performance Incentive Plan, as amended and restated as of April
1, 2009 (the &#147;Plan&#148;), is being filed to register additional securities of the same class as other
securities for which a previously filed registration statement on Form S-8 relating to the Plan is
effective. Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, this Registration Statement incorporates
by reference the contents of the Registration Statements on Form S-8 previously filed by Flowers
Foods, Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) on March
9, 2006 (File No.&nbsp;333-132293) and April&nbsp;23, 2001 (File No.&nbsp;333-59354) with respect to the Plan,
including all attachments and exhibits thereto.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents filed by the Company with the Commission are incorporated herein by
reference:
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">1.</TD>
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    <TD>The Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January&nbsp;3, 2009 filed
with the Commission on March&nbsp;4, 2009;</TD>
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    <TD>The Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended April&nbsp;25, 2009
filed with the Commission on June 4, 2009;</TD>
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    <TD>The Company&#146;s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on February&nbsp;5, 2009 and May&nbsp;27, 2009; and</TD>
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    <TD>The description of the Company&#146;s common stock contained in the Company&#146;s Registration
Statement on Form&nbsp;10 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and all amendments thereto.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, before the filing of a post-effective amendment that
indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then
remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement
and to be part of this Registration Statement from the date of the filing of such documents
(excluding any Current Reports on Form 8-K to the extent disclosure is furnished and not filed).
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Restated Articles of Incorporation of Flowers Foods, Inc., as amended on May&nbsp;30,
2008 (Incorporated by reference to the Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q,
dated June 4, 2009, File No.&nbsp;1-16247).</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated Bylaws of Flowers Foods, Inc. as amended on November&nbsp;14, 2008
(Incorporated by reference to the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K dated
November&nbsp;18, 2008, File No.&nbsp;1-16247).</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">

<TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Share Certificate of Common Stock of Flowers Foods, Inc. (Incorporated by reference
to the Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K, dated March&nbsp;30, 2001, File No.
1-16247).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">

<TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.4
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Rights Agreement between Flowers Foods, Inc. and First Union National Bank, as
Rights Agent, dated March&nbsp;23, 2001 (Incorporated by reference to the Company&#146;s
Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K, dated March&nbsp;30, 2001, File No.&nbsp;1-16247).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">

<TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.5
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amendment No.&nbsp;1, dated November&nbsp;15, 2002, to Rights Agreement between Flowers Foods,
Inc. and Wachovia Bank, N.A. (as successor in interest to First Union National
Bank), as rights agent, dated March&nbsp;23, 2001. (Incorporated by reference to the
Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;8-A, dated November&nbsp;18, 2002, File No.
1-16247).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">10.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Flowers Foods, Inc. Equity and Performance Incentive Plan, as amended and restated
as of April&nbsp;1, 2009 (Incorporated by reference to the Company&#146;s Proxy Statement on
Schedule&nbsp;14A, dated April&nbsp;24, 2009, File No.&nbsp;1-16247).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*5.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Jones Day.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Jones Day (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent registered public accounting firm.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney (included in the signature page of this Registration Statement).</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>filed herewith</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">ITEM 9. UNDERTAKINGS.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)&nbsp;to file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this registration statement:
</DIV>

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    <TD width="4%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(i)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>to include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the
Securities Act;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="4%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(ii)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the
effective date of this registration statement (or the most recent post-effective
amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a
fundamental change in the information set forth in this registration statement.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities
offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that
which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated
maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the
Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume
and price represent no more than 20&nbsp;percent change in the maximum aggregate
offering price set forth in the &#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in the
effective registration statement;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="4%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(iii)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>to include any material information with respect to the plan of
distribution not previously disclosed in this registration statement or any
material change to such information in the registration statement; provided,
however, that the undertakings set forth in paragraphs (1)(i) and (1)(ii) do not
apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by
those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by the registrant
pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated
by reference in this registration statement.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such
post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3)&nbsp;To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities
being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4)&nbsp;That, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of
the registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange that is
incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that
time shall be deemed to be the initial <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in
the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against
such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a
director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action,
suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with
the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the
matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the
question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities
Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">SIGNATURES
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it
has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and
has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Thomasville, State of
Georgia, on the 8th day of June,
2009.
</DIV>

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    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">FLOWERS FOODS, INC.<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Stephen R. Avera
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Stephen R. Avera&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Executive Vice President, Secretary &#038; General Counsel&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">POWER OF ATTORNEY
</DIV>



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Know all men by these presents, that each of the undersigned officers and/or directors of
Flowers Foods, Inc., a Georgia corporation, hereby constitutes and appoints each of George E.
Deese, R. Steve Kinsey and Stephen R. Avera, the true and lawful attorney-in-fact of the
undersigned, with full power of substitution and re-substitution, to act on and sign any and all
amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement and to file the
same with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities
and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the regulations
promulgated thereunder, or any state regulatory authority, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and
agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact may lawfully do or cause to
be done by virtue hereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated:
</DIV>
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    <TD width="39%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="12%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Signature</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Title</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Date</B></TD>
</TR>

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    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ George E. Deese
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
George E. Deese</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
President, Chief Executive
Officer<BR> and Chairman of the
Board
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">June 8, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ R. Steve Kinsey
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
R. Steve Kinsey</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Executive Vice President &#038;
Chief <BR>Financial Officer
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">June 8, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Karyl H. Lauder
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Karyl H. Lauder</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Senior Vice President &#038;
Chief <BR>Accounting Officer
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">June 8, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Amos R. McMullian
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Amos R. McMullian</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">June 8, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Joe E. Beverly
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Joe E. Beverly</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">June 8, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Franklin L. Burke
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Franklin L. Burke</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">June 8, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">Manuel A. Fernandez
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Manuel A. Fernandez</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">June 8, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Benjamin H. Griswold
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Benjamin H. Griswold, IV</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">June 8, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Joseph L. Lanier, Jr.
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Joseph L. Lanier, Jr.</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">June 8, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ J.V. Shields, Jr.
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
J.V. Shields, Jr.</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">June 8, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Melvin T. Stith
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Melvin T. Stith</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">June 8, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Jackie M. Ward
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Jackie M. Ward</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">June 8, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ C. Martin Wood III
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
C. Martin Wood III</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">June 8, 2009</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Exhibit</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Number.</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Description</B></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Jones Day.</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Jones Day (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent registered public accounting firm.</TD>
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As
Filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 8, 2009
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
FLOWERS FOODS, INC.
(Exact name of issuer as specified in its charter)
Georgia
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
58-2582379
(I.R.S. Employee
Identification No.)
1919 Flowers Circle, Thomasville, Georgia 31757
(Address of principal executive offices)
FLOWERS FOODS, INC. 2001 EQUITY AND PERFORMANCE INCENTIVE PLAN,
AS AMENDED AND RESTATED AS OF APRIL 1, 2009
(Full title of the plan)
A. Ryals McMullian, Jr., Esq.
Associate General Counsel
Flowers Foods, Inc.
1919 Flowers Circle
Thomasville, Georgia 31757
(Name and address of agent for service)
(229) 226-9110
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
With a copy to:
Sterling A. Spainhour, Jr., Esq.
Jones Day
1420 Peachtree St., NE
Suite 800
Atlanta, GA 30309-3053
(404) 521-3939
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large accelerated
filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer
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Accelerated filer
o
Non-accelerated filer
o
Smaller reporting company
o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Each
Proposed Maximum
Proposed Maximum
Class of Securities
Amount To Be
Offering Price Per
Aggregate Offering
Amount of
to Be Registered
Registered (1)
Share (2)
Price (3)
Registration Fee
Common Stock, $.01 Par Value
4,000,000
$
21.695
$
86,780,000
$
4,842.32
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"),
this registration statement shall be deemed to cover any additional securities to be offered
or issued from stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions.
(2)
Computed in accordance with Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act, solely for the purposes
of determining the registration fee.
(3)
Estimated solely for calculating the amount of the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c)
and (h) of the Securities Act, the price per share is based on the average of the high and low
prices of the common stock reported on the New York Stock Exchange on June 2, 2009.
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PART II
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ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE
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ITEM 8. EXHIBITS
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ITEM 9. UNDERTAKINGS
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SIGNATURES
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EXHIBIT INDEX
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EX-5.1 OPINION OF JONES DAY
EX-23.2 CONSENT OF PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS, LLP
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Registration Statement on Form S-8 (this "Registration Statement") relating to the
Flowers Foods, Inc. 2001 Equity and Performance Incentive Plan, as amended and restated as of April
1, 2009 (the "Plan"), is being filed to register additional securities of the same class as other
securities for which a previously filed registration statement on Form S-8 relating to the Plan is
effective. Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, this Registration Statement incorporates
by reference the contents of the Registration Statements on Form S-8 previously filed by Flowers
Foods, Inc. (the "Company") with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on March
9, 2006 (File No. 333-132293) and April 23, 2001 (File No. 333-59354) with respect to the Plan,
including all attachments and exhibits thereto.
PART II
ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.
The following documents filed by the Company with the Commission are incorporated herein by
reference:
1.
The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2009 filed
with the Commission on March 4, 2009;
2.
The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended April 25, 2009
filed with the Commission on June 4, 2009;
3.
The Company's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on February 5, 2009 and May 27, 2009; and
4.
The description of the Company's common stock contained in the Company's Registration
Statement on Form 10 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and all amendments thereto.
All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, before the filing of a post-effective amendment that
indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then
remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement
and to be part of this Registration Statement from the date of the filing of such documents
(excluding any Current Reports on Form 8-K to the extent disclosure is furnished and not filed).
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ITEM 8. EXHIBITS.
Exhibit
Number.
Description
4.1
Restated Articles of Incorporation of Flowers Foods, Inc., as amended on May 30,
2008 (Incorporated by reference to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q,
dated June 4, 2009, File No. 1-16247).
4.2
Amended and Restated Bylaws of Flowers Foods, Inc. as amended on November 14, 2008
(Incorporated by reference to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated
November 18, 2008, File No. 1-16247).
4.3
Share Certificate of Common Stock of Flowers Foods, Inc. (Incorporated by reference
to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K, dated March 30, 2001, File No.
1-16247).
4.4
Rights Agreement between Flowers Foods, Inc. and First Union National Bank, as
Rights Agent, dated March 23, 2001 (Incorporated by reference to the Company's
Annual Report on Form 10-K, dated March 30, 2001, File No. 1-16247).
4.5
Amendment No. 1, dated November 15, 2002, to Rights Agreement between Flowers Foods,
Inc. and Wachovia Bank, N.A. (as successor in interest to First Union National
Bank), as rights agent, dated March 23, 2001. (Incorporated by reference to the
Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A, dated November 18, 2002, File No.
1-16247).
10.1
Flowers Foods, Inc. Equity and Performance Incentive Plan, as amended and restated
as of April 1, 2009 (Incorporated by reference to the Company's Proxy Statement on
Schedule 14A, dated April 24, 2009, File No. 1-16247).
*5.1
Opinion of Jones Day.
*23.1
Consent of Jones Day (included in Exhibit 5.1).
*23.2
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent registered public accounting firm.
24.1
Power of Attorney (included in the signature page of this Registration Statement).
*
filed herewith
ITEM 9. UNDERTAKINGS.
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) to file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this registration statement:
(i)
to include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the
Securities Act;
(ii)
to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the
effective date of this registration statement (or the most recent post-effective
amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a
fundamental change in the information set forth in this registration statement.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities
offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that
which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated
maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the
Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume
and price represent no more than 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate
offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the
effective registration statement;
(iii)
to include any material information with respect to the plan of
distribution not previously disclosed in this registration statement or any
material change to such information in the registration statement; provided,
however, that the undertakings set forth in paragraphs (1)(i) and (1)(ii) do not
apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by
those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by the registrant
pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated
by reference in this registration statement.
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(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such
post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities
being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(4) That, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of
the registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange that is
incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that
time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in
the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against
such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a
director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action,
suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with
the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the
matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the
question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities
Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it
has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and
has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Thomasville, State of
Georgia, on the 8th day of June,
2009.
FLOWERS FOODS, INC.
By:
/s/ Stephen R. Avera
Stephen R. Avera
Executive Vice President, Secretary & General Counsel
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
Know all men by these presents, that each of the undersigned officers and/or directors of
Flowers Foods, Inc., a Georgia corporation, hereby constitutes and appoints each of George E.
Deese, R. Steve Kinsey and Stephen R. Avera, the true and lawful attorney-in-fact of the
undersigned, with full power of substitution and re-substitution, to act on and sign any and all
amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement and to file the
same with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities
and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the regulations
promulgated thereunder, or any state regulatory authority, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and
agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact may lawfully do or cause to
be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated:
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ George E. Deese
George E. Deese
President, Chief Executive
Officer
and Chairman of the
Board
June 8, 2009
/s/ R. Steve Kinsey
R. Steve Kinsey
Executive Vice President &
Chief
Financial Officer
June 8, 2009
/s/ Karyl H. Lauder
Karyl H. Lauder
Senior Vice President &
Chief
Accounting Officer
June 8, 2009
/s/ Amos R. McMullian
Amos R. McMullian
Director
June 8, 2009
/s/ Joe E. Beverly
Joe E. Beverly
Director
June 8, 2009
/s/ Franklin L. Burke
Franklin L. Burke
Director
June 8, 2009
Manuel A. Fernandez
Manuel A. Fernandez
Director
June 8, 2009
/s/ Benjamin H. Griswold
Benjamin H. Griswold, IV
Director
June 8, 2009
/s/ Joseph L. Lanier, Jr.
Joseph L. Lanier, Jr.
Director
June 8, 2009
/s/ J.V. Shields, Jr.
J.V. Shields, Jr.
Director
June 8, 2009
/s/ Melvin T. Stith
Melvin T. Stith
Director
June 8, 2009
/s/ Jackie M. Ward
Jackie M. Ward
Director
June 8, 2009
/s/ C. Martin Wood III
C. Martin Wood III
Director
June 8, 2009
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number.
Description
5.1
Opinion of Jones Day.
23.1
Consent of Jones Day (included in Exhibit 5.1).
23.2
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent registered public accounting firm.
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