Flowers Foods, Inc.

Thomasville, GA ManufacturingNAICS 311800

Self-funded health planPlan year 2025Renews January
11,224Participants+12% vs. prior year
$26.6MEst. pharmacy spend / yrParticipants × national avg.
Jan 2027Next renewalPlan year begins January 1
#3 of 82Manufacturing in GABy participants

Overview

Flowers Foods, Inc. sponsors a self-funded health plan that covered 11,224 participants in plan year 2025, up 12% from the prior year. The plan year starts in January. Alongside medical, its benefits filing reports life insurance, dental, vision, long-term disability, and more.

Plan type
ERISA welfare benefit plan, self-funded (benefits paid from employer assets or a trust)
Participants
11,224 · prior year 10,026
Plan year
Begins January 1 · next renewal January 2027
Health plans filed
Flowers Foods, Inc. Group Insurance Plan, plan 501 (11,224 participants)
Broker compensation
$466K across insured contracts
MedicalLife insuranceDentalVisionLong-term disabilityDeath benefitsOther welfare benefits

Insurance carriers

Insured coverage reported on Schedule A. Self-funded medical claims aren't reported there.

CarrierCoverageCoveredPremiumBroker comp
Reliastar Life Insurance CompanyLife18,252$4.2M$435K
Hartford Life and AccidentLong-term disability3,932$1.8M$32K
Blue Cross Blue Shield Healthcare Plan of Georgia, Inc.Vision14,024$742K—

Pharmacy benefit estimate

StreamRX estimate for a plan this size. Not based on this plan's claims.

$26.6M/ year

Estimated prescription spend: 11,224 participants × $2,371 national average per member. Usually higher once dependents are counted.

$692K–$1.7M/ year

Typical savings opportunity found in independent reviews of plans this size.

Brands with a generic available$202K–$506K
Lower-cost therapeutic alternatives$295K–$617K
Generic pricing vs. actual cost$128K–$383K
PBM contract terms$67K–$200K
The DOL's PBM fee disclosure rule first applies to this plan for the plan year beginning January 2028: semiannual PBM compensation reports and an annual audit right.

Form 5500 filing details

Filing
Form 5500 with Schedule A, plan year 2025
Plan sponsor
Flowers Foods, Inc.
Sponsor EIN
58-2582379
Plan number
501
Filed with
U.S. Department of Labor (EBSA) via EFAST2

Verify this filing: search EIN 58-2582379 in the Department of Labor's EFAST2 Form 5500 search.

Retirement plan

Plan
Flowers Foods, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan
Type
401(k) plan
Participants
12,933

About this data

Source: Flowers Foods, Inc.'s Form 5500 filing for plan year 2025 and its Schedule A insurance reports, published by the U.S. Department of Labor. "Self-funded" means the filing reports benefits paid from employer assets or a trust, with no medical insurance contract or with a stop-loss contract. Pharmacy figures are StreamRX estimates based on national averages. StreamRX is not affiliated with Flowers Foods, Inc..

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