Flowers Foods competitors and alternatives
As of Nov 14, 2026, Alion lists 10 companies most like Flowers Foods: King's Hawaiian, Bread Alone, U.S. Waffle Company, Joy Baking Group, DecoPac, Einstein Bros. Bagels, Insomnia Cookies, Panera Bread, Safia Bakery and El Abd Foods.
- Flowers Foods itself has 117 open roles on Alion.
- Of them, Einstein Bros. Bagels is hiring the most, with 445 open roles.
- Open roles at Insomnia Cookies fell the most: from 475 on Oct 12, 2026 to 316 now.
Flowers Foods and its competitors compared
Open roles are the postings Alion lists today; their change is shown only for career sites that state posting dates. Funding is the venture money on record. A dash means Alion holds no figure.
| Company | Open roles | Change | Employees | Headquarters | Main technologies | Hiring in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Flowers Foods
This company
|
117 | – | – | Thomasville, United States | Gemma, Power BI, Microsoft Excel | United States |
King's Hawaiian
In common: Bakery & Pastry · Power BI, Microsoft Excel · headquarters in United States |
35 | – | 201-500 | Torrance, United States | GMP, Tableau, Windows | United States |
Bread Alone
In common: Bakery & Pastry · Power BI, Microsoft Excel · headquarters in United States |
6 | – | – | Lake Katrine, United States | GMP, Microsoft Excel, Power BI | United States |
U.S. Waffle Company
In common: Bakery & Pastry · Microsoft Excel · headquarters in United States |
13 | – | 51-200 | Hazelwood, United States | CAPA, Microsoft Excel | United States |
Joy Baking Group
In common: Bakery & Pastry · Power BI · headquarters in United States |
12 | – | 501-1000 | Flagstaff, United States | GMP, Azure, SQL | United States |
DecoPac
In common: Bakery & Pastry · Microsoft Excel · headquarters in United States |
6 | – | – | Anoka, United States | Microsoft Excel | United States |
Einstein Bros. Bagels
In common: Bakery & Pastry · Power BI, Microsoft Excel · headquarters in United States |
445 | – | 1001-5000 | Lenexa, United States | Microsoft Excel, Ray, Power BI | United States, Canada, United Kingdom |
Insomnia Cookies
In common: Bakery & Pastry · Power BI, Microsoft Excel · headquarters in United States |
316 | -33%since Oct 12, 2026 | 1001-5000 | Philadelphia, United States | Insomnia, Rollup, A/B Testing | United States, Argentina, Canada |
| Panera Bread In common: Bakery & Pastry · Power BI, Microsoft Excel · headquarters in United States | 146 | – | 1001-5000 | Saint Louis, United States | CI/CD, GCP, SQL | United States, Denmark |
Safia Bakery
In common: Bakery & Pastry · Power BI, Microsoft Excel |
13 | – | 1001-5000 | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | Microsoft Excel, 1C, Canva | Uzbekistan |
| El Abd Foods In common: Bakery & Pastry · Power BI, Microsoft Excel | 7 | – | 201-500 | Giza, Egypt | Microsoft Excel, Power BI | Egypt |
How the list is made
The list comes from Alion's similar-companies engine, the same one AI agents query through the Alion MCP server. A company ranks higher when it shares more of Flowers Foods's industry segments and is less spread over others, when its job postings name the same technologies, when it is headquartered in the same country and when its size is close. The list is rebuilt every week.
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