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Postretirement Plans (Tables)
 4 Months Ended
Apr. 25, 2026
Summary of Company's Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets Related Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plan The company sponsors two pension plans, the Flowers Foods, Inc. Retirement Plan No. 2, and the Tasty Baking Company Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan (“Tasty SERP”). The Tasty SERP is frozen and has only retirees and beneficiaries remaining in the plan. The company provides certain health care and life insurance benefits for eligible retired employees covered under the active medical plans. The plan incorporates an up-front deductible, coinsurance payments and retiree contributions at various premium levels. Eligibility and maximum period of coverage is based on age and length of service.
Summary of Total Cost and Employer Contributions

The Flowers Foods, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan covers substantially all the company’s employees who have completed certain service requirements. The total cost and employer contributions were as follows (amounts in thousands):

 

 

 

For the Sixteen Weeks Ended

 

 

 

April 25, 2026

 

 

April 19, 2025

 

Total cost and employer contributions

 

$

11,082

 

 

$

10,777

 
Pension plans  
Components of Net Periodic Benefit / Cost

The net periodic pension cost for the company’s plans include the following components (amounts in thousands):

 

 

 

For the Sixteen Weeks Ended

 

 

 

April 25, 2026

 

 

April 19, 2025

 

Service cost

 

$

308

 

 

$

244

 

Interest cost

 

 

465

 

 

 

430

 

Expected return on plan assets

 

 

(402

)

 

 

(425

)

Amortization of prior service cost

 

 

106

 

 

 

(64

)

Amortization of net loss

 

 

(51

)

 

 

(58

)

Total net periodic pension cost

 

$

426

 

 

$

127