years SOSLAND PUBLISHING of why we're standing strong as opposed to other businesses in our industry. " Ms. Neri-Ferraro recalled how she would wake up some mornings and her father and uncles still hadn't returned home from the bakery. " They were always at work, " she said. " They've groomed us and shown us what it's like to experience failure, and that's a big part of why we're so successful. " Today, Neri's fourth generation takes an active role in the bakery's operation. " We're all here every day, " Anthony Neri said. That doesn't mean the older third generation doesn't have a say in the business. " The key to our success is letting them think that they still are in control and that they're still holding the torch. No, I'm just joking around, " Anthony Neri said. " They're very much involved here. We try to walk in the footsteps of our father and uncles. They've clearly been doing Langdon S. Flowers encouraged employees to become stockholders in 1968, the year the family bakery went public. Flowers Foods 18 Baking & Snack April 2021 / www.bakingbusiness.comhttp://www.tpfoodgroup.com http://www.tecnopool.it