Flowers Foods raises quarterly dividend 3.1% to 24.75c per share

Flowers Foods (FLO) announced that its board of directors has declared a quarterly dividend of 24.75c per share, an increase of 3.1% over the same quarter last year. This is the 91st consecutive quarterly dividend paid by the company and is payable on June 19 to shareholders of record on June 5. This action increases the annualized dividend rate to 99c per share from 96c per share at this time last year.