Sara Lee Corporation to Generate $500 Million Through De-Verticalization...

PR Newswire;  September 24, 1998 ;     700+ words ......24 /PRNewswire/ -- Sara Lee Corporation (NYSE...United States packaged meats business. Several projects have...program announced by Sara Lee in September 1997...million in products to Sara Lee divisions in North...are consistent with Sara Lee's ...

Sara Lee Corp., Chicago, will sell its European meats business to...

Frozen Food Age;  July 1, 2006 ;     19 words ...Sara Lee Corp., Chicago, will sell its European meats business to Smithfield Foods Inc., Smithfield, Va., for $614 million.

Sara Lee's renewed focus on food gets mixed reviews

Naperville Sun, The (IL);  February 23, 2006 ;     608 words ...Sara Lee bread sits stacked in a...believes the strategy of Sara Lee Corp. to refocus on its...Historically, processed meats always has been a good...that Downers Grove-based Sara Lee is a suitable buyer for ConAgra's refrigerated meats business. ConAgra, which has ...

Sara Lee in talks to sell division: Smithfield may buy European meats...

Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL);  May 6, 2006 ;     508 words ......restructuring effort, Sara Lee Corp. on Friday said...buyer for its European meats division. The company...largest pork producer. Once Sara Lee secures a buyer for the...sale of the European meats business is the latest example...portfolio as we transform Sara ...

Sara Lee slicing bread to make more dough Company closing bakeries, ending...

Chicago Sun-Times;  March 4, 2003 ;     556 words ...Sara Lee Corp. will close more bakeries and cease...best-known brands. Three national brands--Sara Lee, Earthgrains and Iron Kids-- generate 37...Richard Noll, chief operating officer of Sara Lee Bakery Group, told financial analysts at...

Sara Lee in Talks With Smithfield

AP Online;  May 5, 2006 ;     341 words ......Consumer products maker Sara Lee Corp. said Friday...sell its European meats business to hog producer Smithfield...of food operations. Sara Lee, whose brands include...April 1. The European meats business, located in Hoofddorp...said at the time that Sara ...

Sara Lee 'meats' with Smithfield

Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque);  May 6, 2006 ;     246 words ......AP) - Consumer products maker Sara Lee Corp. said Friday it is in exclusive negotiations to sell its European meats business to hog producer Smithfield Foods...diverse portfolio of food operations. Sara Lee, whose brands include the U.S.-based Jimmy Dean packaged meats, Hanes ...

Sara Lee in talks with Smithfield to sell European meats unit

AP Worldstream;  May 5, 2006 ;     325 words ......Consumer products maker Sara Lee Corp. said Friday...sell its European meats business to hog producer Smithfield...of food operations. Sara Lee, whose brands include...April 1. The European meats business, located in Hoofddorp...sell the European meats division, ...

Sara Lee in talks on European meats.(Brief article)

Crain's Chicago Business;  May 8, 2006 ;     87 words ...Sara Lee and Smithfield Foods...possible sale of Sara Lee's European meats business to Smithfield, the...S. pork producer. Sara Lee also said it expects...plan, has weighed on Sara Lee. Separately, Sara Lee shares rose Friday...

Sara Lee CEO defends restructuring plans

Chicago Sun-Times;  March 16, 2005 ;     317 words ......chief executive of Sara Lee, Brenda Barnes defended...performance. Chicago-based Sara Lee said last month it...off its European meats business, a worldwide cosmetics...sales would leave Sara Lee with about 40 percent less in assets. Sara Lee will hang on ...

Sara Lee officials admit huge hurdles

Chicago Sun-Times;  May 20, 2003 ;     700+ words ......two of its regional coffee brands nationwide. Sara Lee got clobbered by competitors, so now it is keeping...Chock Full O' Nuts coffee in the Northeast. Sara Lee is banking on its gee-whiz coffee machines that...sales, which have languished for eight years. Sara Lee also is building ...

Sara Lee says employees gave Ahold inaccurate info

Chicago Sun-Times;  April 8, 2003 ;     615 words ...Sara Lee Corp. said Monday that its second internal...employ them. Their fate will be decided when Sara Lee's investigation is complete, spokeswoman...no timetable. The salespeople, without Sara Lee's authorization, confirmed to U.S. Foodservice...

Sara Lee gets three in one Market Share, distribution, fresh products key...

Chicago Sun-Times;  July 3, 2001 ;     700+ words ...Sara Lee Corp. made the biggest acquisition in its 61-year history...Earthgrains is a three-fer: It will make Chicago-based Sara Lee the second-largest U.S. maker of fresh bread; expand Sara Lee's product offerings with a new line of refrigerated...

Smithfield Foods, Inc., Smithfield, VA, entered into an exclusive...

The Food Institute Report;  May 15, 2006 ;     122 words ......the purchase of the European meats business of SARA LEE CORPORATION, Chicago. Based...Netherlands, Sara Lee's European meats business generated $1.1 billion in sales...discussions between Smithfield and Sara Lee are successfully concluded...

Sara Lee Corp. names Kopriva president of meats business. (People In The...

Automatic Merchandiser;  February 1, 2003 ;     68 words ...Sara Lee Corp. has named Robert S. Kopriva...president and chief executive of its meats business. Kopriva, 51, has worked for Sara Lee since 1981 and was named a senior...He will head Cincinnati-based Sara Lee Foods. Its brands include Jimmy...