Flowers files trademark infringement against I.B.C.

frank wrote:

Does anybody know what the earnings (%)for Flowers drivers and what is their average weekly sales and how many units they handle in a week.

ILL IBC wrote:

Bunny Man, Flowers is just a small part of the over all market, IBC has won awards for best new product with the 100 cal packs, it is featured in magazines of all kids and endorsed by weight watchers, while our bread may not be supported by them neither is yours, Sara Lee takes the honors there , so if broken down , all companies can crow about something, just remember this, when IBC comes out of BK which it will, it will once again take over the market and thats why you and sara lee or so quick to put them down as you know they wil be a threat to your lively hood.

nature own man wrote:

<quoted text> It all depends where you live I guess,I live in Jacksonville Fl.area and I have a median size route here.I run around 10000 a week. So I make 1900.00 with about 500.00 expense,that's tax deductable. There's are guys out there running 16000 a week and I'm pretty sure there making around 3000.00 a week with expenses,again tax deductable because you own your own route,that you need no money to put in when purchasing a route unlike other companies. Good luck,its a great company to work for.

Wonder wrote:

Nature own man, i was in nj for a couple of days last week and didnt notice any of your award winning bread. Is it only in the dirty south in which we are able to buy your products? Maybe one day you might be nation wide.

NC Bunny man wrote:

OUR PRODUCTS TELL HOW WE ARE STABLE VERSUS EVERYONE ELSE
Flowers Foods Named 'Best-Managed' Food Company Among the 400 Best Big Companies in America
Forbes Magazine puts Thomasville-based Flowers Foods No. 1 among food, drink, and tobacco companies
THOMASVILLE, Ga., Jan. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/-- Flowers Foods (NYSE: FLO) has been named the "best-managed" food company among the 400 best big companies in America by Forbes Magazine. Forbes editors selected Flowers Foods as the best among the 17 companies in the food, drink, and tobacco category that made it on to Forbes' annual Platinum 400 list. This is Flowers Foods' fifth time on the list and the second time the company has been named "best" in its category.
To create the list, the magazine looked at more than 1,000 publicly traded companies with at least $1 billion in revenue and then chose 400 based on financial metrics, earnings forecasts, corporate governance ratings, and other public company information. From that list, Forbes editors picked one best-managed company from each of the 26 industries represented. Forbes selected these companies not just for their financial performance, but also for leadership, innovation, and execution.
In addition, Flowers Foods' stock was one of 15 noted by Forbes as holding up well during recession. Editors looked through the Platinum 400 to see which stocks performed best in 2008 and during the last recession in 2001.
"We're honored to once again be selected as 'best of the best' among our peers by Forbes," said George E. Deese, chairman of the board, CEO, and president. "The entire organization takes pride in our ongoing dedication to executing on our long-term strategy that continues to build value for our shareholders."
"America's Best Big Companies" appears in the January 12, 2009 issue of Forbes and online at www.forbes.com/platinum .
Headquartered in Thomasville, Ga., Flowers Foods, with annual sales of over $2.4 billion, is one of the nation's leading producers and marketers of packaged bakery foods for retail and foodservice customers. Flowers Foods operates 38 bakeries that produce a wide range of bakery products marketed throughout the Southeastern, Southwestern, and mid-Atlantic states via an extensive direct-store-delivery network and nationwide through other delivery systems. Among the company's top brands are Nature's Own, Whitewheat, Cobblestone Mill, Blue Bird, and Mrs. Freshley's. For more information, visit www.flowersfoods.com .
SOURCE Flowers Foods
CONTACT: Mary A. Krier, VP/Communications of Flowers Foods

doughboy 007 wrote:

NC Bunny man,
The fact is Forbes doesn't look at how Flowers doesn't provide benenfits to it's route salesman.They make Forbes magazine for profits and neglect providing a family the basic insurance,accumulated sick time,vacation time off according to seniority, and uniforms to make it's sales force look like the professionals that they are. Shame on Mr. George Desse for not rallying behind the number one sales force because that's why unions convince people that they can get those basic elements and more. Those posted profits are a true indication that Mr.Desse could make a good company even better by just doing what is truly right in the eyes of hard workings Americans.<quoted text>

NC BUNNY MAN wrote:

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But do you really need to have a uniform to be a professional??? I dress nice and presentable to my customers. You have to think that if the corporate was to provide insuurance..uniforms..benefits ..ETC. Our cost would go out the roof and have to settle on selling for a higher prices, less % of commisions that we sell. We are in the 10 yr investment...You can't look at it as a job. We invest our time and money and build equity over the duration of our employment. We do make the company what it is today.