<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001127602-22-001833.txt : 20220121
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20220121150721
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001127602-22-001833
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3/A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20210104
FILED AS OF DATE:		20220121
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20220121

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Varnedoe Heeth IV
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001837144

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3/A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-16247
		FILM NUMBER:		22545719

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1919 FLOWERS CIRCLE
		CITY:			THOMASVILLE
		STATE:			GA
		ZIP:			31757

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			FLOWERS FOODS INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001128928
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	FOOD & KINDRED PRODUCTS [2000]
		IRS NUMBER:				582582379
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			GA
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0101

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1919 FLOWERS CIRCLE
		CITY:			THOMASVILLE
		STATE:			GA
		ZIP:			31757
		BUSINESS PHONE:		9122269110

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1919 FLOWERS CIRCLE
		CITY:			THOMASVILLE
		STATE:			GA
		ZIP:			31757
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    <documentType>3/A</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2021-01-04</periodOfReport>

    <dateOfOriginalSubmission>2021-01-07</dateOfOriginalSubmission>

    <noSecuritiesOwned>0</noSecuritiesOwned>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001128928</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>FLOWERS FOODS INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>FLO</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001837144</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Varnedoe Heeth IV</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>1919 FLOWERS CIRCLE</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>THOMASVILLE</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>GA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>31757</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <officerTitle>Chief Transformation Officer</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>11711</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">This amount has been updated to include the 3,670 Time Based Restricted Stock Units (&quot;TBRSUs&quot;) that reporting person was granted in 2019 (the &quot;2019 Award&quot;) and the 3,490 TBRSUs that reporting person was granted in 2020 (the &quot;2020 Award,&quot; and, together with the 2019 Award, the &quot;Awards&quot;), each under the Flowers Foods, Inc. 2014 Omnibus Equity and Incentive Compensation Plan. The 2019 Award will become non-forfeitable over the period running through January 5, 2022, with one-third (1/3) of the 2019 Award becoming non-forfeitable on each of (a) January 5, 2020, (ii) January 5, 2021, and (c) January 5, 2022, subject to reporting person having remained in the continuous employ of the Company and/or a Subsidiary until said date. The 2020 Award will become non-forfeitable over the period running through January 5, 2023, with one-third (1/3) of the 2020 Award becoming non-forfeitable on each of (a) January 5, 2021, (ii) January 5, 2022, and (c) January 5, 2023, subject to reporting person having remained in the continuous employ of the Company and/or a Subsidiary until said date. The Awards were inadvertently excluded from reporting person's Form 3, originally filed on January 7, 2021 and amended for other reasons on March 9, 2021, and were also inadvertently excluded from two Form 4s filed by reporting person after his original Form 3 was filed.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Stephanie B. Tillman, Agent</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2022-01-21</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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