Merita Bakery, 1300 1st Ave S, Birmingham, AL 35233, US

Flowers Baking Company, founded in 1919, is one of the leading producers and marketers of packaged bakery foods for retail and foodservice customers in the United States. It operates more than 30 bakeries and a network of over 3,000 independent distributors that produce a wide range of products marketed through a direct-store delivery system. The company produces a complete line of fresh breads, buns, rolls, pastries, snack cakes, and frozen breads and rolls. Among the company's top brands are Nature's Own, Roman Meal, Cobblestone Mill, Sunbeam, BlueBird, Bunny, Country Hearth, and Mrs. Freshley's. Flowers Baking Company is located in Birmingham, Ala., and markets its products throughout the Southeast, Southwest and Middle Atlantic States.