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FLOWERS FOODS ELECTS STERLING A. SPAINHOUR TO BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Flowers Foods, Inc. (NYSE: FLO) today announced that its board of directors has elected a new board member. Sterling A. Spainhour, executive vice president and chief legal officer of Southern Company will join Flowers Foods' board of directors effective Oct. 1, 2025. He will serve on the audit committee and finance committee of the board.
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