Flowers Foods (Flowers Foods) Cost of Goods Sold

: $2,632 Mil (TTM As of Dec. 2023)

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Flowers Foods's cost of goods sold for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $588 Mil. Its cost of goods sold for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $2,632 Mil.

Cost of Goods Sold is directly linked to profitability of the company through Gross Margin. Flowers Foods's Gross Margin % for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was 47.94%.

Cost of Goods Sold is also directly linked to Inventory Turnover. Flowers Foods's Inventory Turnover for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was 2.19.

Flowers Foods Cost of Goods Sold Historical Data

The historical data trend for Flowers Foods's Cost of Goods Sold can be seen below:

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Flowers Foods Annual Data

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Cost of Goods Sold

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2,155.71

2,196.14

2,175.25

2,502.00

2,632.14

Flowers Foods Quarterly Data
	Mar19	Jun19	Sep19	Dec19	Mar20	Jun20	Sep20	Dec20	Mar21	Jun21	Sep21	Dec21	Mar22	Jun22	Sep22	Dec22	Mar23	Jun23	Sep23	Dec23
Cost of Goods Sold	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															575.70	800.85	626.10	617.47	587.72

Flowers Foods Cost of Goods Sold Calculation

Cost of Goods Sold is the aggregate cost of goods produced and sold, and services rendered during the reporting period. It excludes Total Operating Expense, such as Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization and Selling, General, & Admin. Expense.

Cost of Goods Sold for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $2,632 Mil.

Flowers Foods (NYSE:FLO) Cost of Goods Sold Explanation

Cost of Goods Sold is directly linked to profitability of the company through Gross Margin.

Flowers Foods's Gross Margin % for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

Gross Margin %	=	(Revenue	-	Cost of Goods Sold)	/	Revenue
	=	(1129.027	-	587.719)	/	1129.027
	=	47.94 %

A company that has a moat can usually maintain or even expand their Gross Margin. A company can increase its Gross Margin in two ways. It can increase the prices of the goods it sells and keeps its Cost of Goods Sold unchanged. Or it can keep the sales price unchanged and squeeze its suppliers to reduce the Cost of Goods Sold. Warren Buffett believes businesses with the power to raise prices have moats.

Cost of Goods Sold is also directly linked to another concept called Inventory Turnover:

Flowers Foods's Inventory Turnover for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

Inventory Turnover	=	Cost of Goods Sold	/	Average Total Inventories
	=	587.719	/	268.5165
	=	2.19

Inventory Turnover measures how fast the company turns over its inventory within a year. A higher inventory turnover means the company has light inventory. Therefore the company spends less money on storage, write downs, and obsolete inventory. If the inventory is too light, it may affect sales because the company may not have enough to meet demand.

Usually retailers pile up their inventories at holiday seasons to meet the stronger demand. Therefore, the inventory of a particular quarter of a year should not be used to calculate inventory turnover. An average inventory is a better indication.

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Flowers Foods (Flowers Foods) Business Description

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Address

1919 Flowers Circle, Thomasville, GA, USA, 31757

Website

https://www.flowersfoods.com

Flowers Foods Inc is an American company producing bakery food for retail and foodservice across the United States. The product portfolio includes fresh breads, buns, rolls, snack cakes, and tortillas. The company distributes to supermarkets, convenience stores, and restaurants. The key brands are Nature's Own, Whitewheat, Cobblestone Bread, Wonder, Dave's Killer Bread, Canyon Bakehouse, Mrs. Freshley's, and Tastykake.

Executives

R Steve Kinsey	officer: EVP & Chief Financial Officer	301 HABERSHAM ROAD, THOMASVILLE GA 31792
Stephanie B Tillman	officer: Chief Legal Counsel	1919 FLOWERS CIRCLE, THOMASVILLE GA 31757
Ryals Mcmullian	officer: Chief Strategy Officer	2922 IVANHOE ROAD, TALLAHASSEE FL 32312
Brigitte King	director	1919 FLOWERS CIRCLE, THOMASVILLE GA 31757
Joanne D Smith	director	C/O DELTA AIR LINES, INC., P.O. BOX 20574, DEPT. 981, ATLANTA GA 30320
H Mark Courtney	officer: SVP Sales&Mkt Flowers Bakeries	16 MEANDER TRACE, THOMASVILLE GA 31792
Cindy Cox	officer: Chief Human Resources Officer	1919 FLOWERS CIRCLE, THOMASVILLE GA 31757
Chubb Thomas Caldecot Iii	director	999 PEACHTREE ST NE, SUITE 688, ATLANTA GA 30309
Melvin T Stith	director	1111 BAY AVENUE, SUITE 501, COLUMBUS GA 31901
Thomas L Winters	officer: Chief Supply Chain Officer	1919 FLOWERS CIRCLE, THOMASVILLE GA 31757
Heeth Iv Varnedoe	officer: Chief Transformation Officer	1919 FLOWERS CIRCLE, THOMASVILLE GA 31757
William Jameson Mcfadden	director	140 BROADWAY, NEW YORK NY 10005
Brad Cashaw	officer: Chief Supply Chain Officer	2711 NORTH HASKELL AVENUE, SUITE 3400, DALLAS TX 75204
Terry S Thomas	director	6430 STEFANI DRIVE, DALLAS TX 75225
Casey Edward J. Jr.	director	835 HAMILTON STREET, SUITE 150, ALLENTOWN PA 18101