Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Flowers Foods, Inc. Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$29M
Total assets Below avg plan size
238
Participants Below avg headcount
79th
Percentile by assets National rank
$123,546
Avg per participant Near avg balance/head
PlainRetire home → About this data RSS: change history

Official DOL plan name: Flowers Foods, Inc. Retirement Plan No. 2 · Sponsored by Flowers Foods, Inc. · Georgia · Manufacturing

$29M in assets, 238 participants

Flowers Foods, Inc.'s Flowers Foods, Inc. Retirement Plan No. 2 reported $29M in total assets and 238 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 79th percentile by assets among filed plans. Figures are as reported by the plan sponsor to the Department of Labor, not audited or endorsed by PlainRetire.

  • #13,241 in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)

Coverage in Georgia

Flowers Foods, Inc. Retirement Plan No. 2 covers 238 participants in Georgia, about 22% of the average Georgia filer (state average ~1,096 per filing). Assets: $29M.

#13,241
in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)
+1.1%
assets growth YoY
0.3×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Flowers Foods, Inc. Retirement Plan No. 2's outsized position by total assets

Flowers Foods, Inc. Retirement Plan No. 2 vs every filed plan by assets

End-of-year total assets · plan year 2023 · DOL Form 5500

$29,404,059 Top 21% higher than 79% of 127,068 filed plans

This plan $0 $2,050,000,000 every filed plan with reported assets, bucketed by value

Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.

Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2023

Flowers Foods, Inc. Retirement Plan No. 2 among mid-size filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Flowers Foods, Inc. Retirement Plan No. 2 sits mid-pack in the medium band (238 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Flowers Foods, Inc. Retirement Plan No. 2 reported net income rose from -$5M in the plan year 2022 filing to $331K in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Flowers Foods, Inc. Retirement Plan No. 2 reported participants rose from 232 in the plan year 2022 filing to 238 in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Flowers Foods, Inc. Retirement Plan No. 2 end-of-year assets rose from $29M in the plan year 2022 filing to $29M in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

EBSA filing schedule strip

Filing strip 582582379 · Flowers Foods, Inc. PY 2023 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Flowers Foods, Inc. Retirement Plan No. 2 · $29M · 238 · 79th

  • SCH $29M
  • SCH 238
  • SCH 79th
  • SCH Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • SCH near Field Packing Company 2010 Restated Retirement Plan
  • SCH ind #13241

Stamps derive from this plan's Form 5500 line items (assets, participants, type, EIN, cohort placement) - not a quality rating of the sponsor. Read with Manufacturing retirement plans → · Plans in Georgia →

Flowers Foods, Inc. Retirement Plan No. 2 in the asset neighbourhood

Old Dutch Foods Office and Administrative Pension PlanOld Dutch Foods Office and A…$29MFlowers Foods, Inc. Retirement Plan No. 2Flowers Foods, Inc. Retireme…$29MField Packing Company 2010 Restated Retirement PlanField Packing Company 2010 R…$29MLiquor and Allied Workers Union Local No. 3 Pension FundLiquor and Allied Workers Un…$29MNECA Employees' Pension Plan$29M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Flowers Foods, Inc. Retirement Plan No. 2 and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Georgia filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$29M
Net Assets (End of Year)$29M
Net Income$331K
Employer EIN582582379
Plan Effective Date1989-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Flowers Foods, Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Flowers Foods, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$910M 19.984275362568816% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$700M$750M$800M$850M$900M$950M 202220232024 $758M $910M ▲ +20.0%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 3 8,918 $758M
2023 3 9,189 $850M
2024 3 9,388 $910M

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Georgia

Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.

Flowers Foods, Inc. Retirement Plan No. 2 vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Georgia, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -50000050000100000150000200000 -505101520 Total assets ($B) Participants Flowers Foods, Inc. Retirement Plan No. 2, Total assets ($B): 0.029404059 · Participants: 238Flowers Foods, Inc. Retirement Plan No. 2The Southern Company Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 15.596954837 · Participants: 25241The Southern Company Pension PlanUPS/Ibt Full-Time Employee Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 12.285105757 · Participants: 70241UPS/Ibt Full-Time Employee Pension PlanUPS Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 9.733665646 · Participants: 153217UPS Pension PlanCox Enterprises, Inc. Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 7.396009274 · Participants: 24023Cox Enterprises, Inc. Pension PlanDelta Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 7.309889555 · Participants: 15601Delta Retirement Plan
Flowers Foods, Inc. Retirement Plan No. 2 vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Georgia, assets vs. participants
Compare Flowers Foods, Inc. Retirement Plan No. 2 side-by-side with 3 peers →

Flowers Foods, Inc. Retirement Plan No. 2's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Georgia, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Field Packing Company 2010 Restated Retirement Plan in KY ($29M); by covered participants it is Southern Star Retirement Plan (Non-Union) in KY (238 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (238 participants); asset peers above are excluded.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did Flowers Foods, Inc. Retirement Plan No. 2 assets move in 2023? ▼
Flowers Foods, Inc. Retirement Plan No. 2 edged up modestly - up 1.1% during 2023, from $29M to $29M. Reported net income was $331K.
How have Flowers Foods, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Flowers Foods, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 20.0%, from $758M to $910M.
Where does Flowers Foods, Inc. Retirement Plan No. 2 rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Flowers Foods, Inc. Retirement Plan No. 2 ranks in the 79th percentile by end-of-year assets among 127,072 plans that reported assets for plan year 2023 (in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Flowers Foods, Inc. Retirement Plan No. 2? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Field Packing Company 2010 Restated Retirement Plan in KY ($29M, 368 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Flowers Foods, Inc. Retirement Plan No. 2? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Southern Star Retirement Plan (Non-Union) in KY (238 participants, $48M in assets).

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2023.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 582582379.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA). See our methodology for details.