George Weston Bakeries Inc

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 Lynchburg, Va.

Maple Leaf Foods is a consumer packaged food company. The company produces food products and has national brands, such as Maple Leaf, Schneiders and Dempster s. Its business has three major groups; Meat Products Group, Bakery Products Group and Agribusiness Products Group. Bakery Products Group offers a variety of food products, such as bread, rolls, ethnic breads, frozen par-baked, fully-baked goods, pasta and sauces. Maple Leaf Foods has operations across Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, Asia and Mexico.