Flowers Foods is the Georgia-based, publicly-traded maker of Mrs. Freshley's cakes, Nature's Own bread and other brands, and it's shown interest in Tasty before. Flowers didn't call back either.



What about Pennsauken's own J&J Snack Foods ? "No way," said Costello. With no debt and tens of millions in cash, "they could buy Tastyake in a burp. But J&J makes stuff that lasts for weeks. They buy struggling national brands with long shelf life, or else frozen products, and turn them around. They have not been interested in regional operations with a short shelf life."