WORKER HEALTH & SAFETY
The safety of our team is our top priority. The Flowers Environmental, Safety, and Sustainability (ESS) team fosters a culture of intervention that encourages proactive identification and reporting of unsafe conditions and behaviors. Our ESS management system establishes the framework for safety programs, policies, communications, tracking, and continuous improvement efforts, with a focus on preventing incidents before injuries occur.
Our ESS management system framework includes:
Measuring and Improving: We emphasize continuous improvement by setting clear performance goals, monitoring results, and adjusting as needed. We also conduct regular internal audits to assess compliance with Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulations and work collaboratively with OSHA during site visits.
Leadership: Leaders at every level are responsible for establishing policies, ensuring team members understand their responsibilities, and promoting accountability. Our senior vice president of safety, sustainability, and environmental oversees health and safety programs and policies, with additional oversight provided by our Corporate Responsibility Executive and Steering Committees.
Planning: We develop resources and processes that support a strong safety culture, including risk assessments, written program requirements, and robust recordkeeping.
Implementation: We support the adoption of safety best practices through tools, programs, and processes designed to empower employees and reinforce safe behaviors across our operations.
Communication and Training: We regularly communicate safety expectations and best practices while providing ongoing training for employees across our bakeries, warehouses, and retail locations. Training begins during orientation and is reinforced annually.
Talent Acquisition, Development & Engagement
Our team is the essential ingredient to our success. For more than 100 years, Flowers Foods has been built on the dedication, hard work, and commitment of thousands of team members whose contributions continue to shape our culture and strengthen our business. We honor that legacy by striving for excellence in everything we do and by fostering a workplace where employees feel supported, respected, and empowered to grow.
We are committed to:
Supporting Our People
We offer competitive pay and a wide range of benefits designed to support employee health, wealth, and career development.
Leading with Integrity
We build trust through transparency, regular communication, and a culture that encourages employees to share ideas, feedback, and perspectives.
Embracing Our Culture
We are passionate about our products, our people, and the communities we serve. We support one another by solving challenges together, celebrating milestones, and living our values of honesty, integrity, respect, inclusion, sustainability, passion, and humility.
Recruiting
Flowers aims to attract and retain a qualified workforce through an open and accessible recruiting process. Through campus outreach, apprenticeship, internship, and rotational opportunities, our recruiting process is designed to engage and retain a broad range of high-potential candidates in today’s competitive talent market. Learn more about open positions at Flowers here.
Development
We offer extensive training and development programs for employees at all stages of their career journey. From performance assessments to skill-based training, leadership development and more, we are dedicated to helping our employees reach their fullest potential.
Engagement
We value the contributions of every team member and are committed to fostering an environment where employees feel engaged, motivated, and heard.
We believe supporting our team members and their families outside the workplace enables them to be more focused, productive, and fulfilled at work. Flowers invests significantly in the overall health and well-being of its workforce through quality healthcare coverage, health screenings, fitness and wellness programs, mental health resources, peer support networks and other employee services.
We seek employee feedback to better understand the needs and perspectives of our workforce and to strengthen our culture. Annual Confidential Employee Opinion Surveys provide team members with an opportunity to share candid feedback and suggestions for improving the workplace. In addition, we conduct skip-level meetings – conversations between employees and leaders above their direct supervisor – as well as focus groups throughout the year to encourage open dialogue and gather meaningful insights.
To help foster a respectful workplace culture, Flowers requires all employees to complete annual anti-harassment and anti-discrimination training. This training is also incorporated into our onboarding process for new corporate and bakery team members. Beyond these programs, employees have access to a range of professional development and skills-building opportunities designed to support career growth and long-term success.
