30 May 2016 --- Flowers Foods (NYSE: FLO) announced that its board of directors has declared a quarterly dividend of $0.16 per share, an increase of 10.3% over the same quarter last year. This is the 55th consecutive quarterly dividend paid by the company and is payable on June 23, 2016 to shareholders of record on June 9, 2016. This action increases the annualized dividend rate to $0.64 per share from $0.58 per share at this time last year.