Flowers Foods Inc., Thomasville, GA, recently announced that, consistent with the management succession plan established by its board of directors five years ago, George E. Deese, age 68, will retire as executive chairman of the board at the end of 2014. He will become nonexecutive chairman of the board and continue to be involved in the strategic direction of the company.
Allen L. Shiver will continue to serve as president and CEO. With Flowers Foods for 36 years, Shriver was elected president in 2010 and CEO in 2013, when Deese moved to the position of executive chairman.