Article: Cheesecake challenge: Philadelphia's ready-to-eat filling does surprisingly well against other brands.

Article: Sara Lee slicing bread to make more dough Company closing bakeries, ending many regional bread brands
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...

Article: Sara Lee officials admit huge hurdles
Chicago Sun-Times;  May 20, 2003 ;     700+ words ...Investors are growing impatient with Sara Lee Corp.'s three-year- old efforts to reinvent...face high hurdles. But they insisted that Sara Lee is intent upon building national recognition...analyst with Goldman Sachs, from suggesting Sara Lee split into three publicly traded ...

Article: 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...

Article: Sara Lee gets three in one Market Share, distribution, fresh products key ingredients in purchase of Earthgrains
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...

Article: Nobody doesn't like the real Sara Lee
Chicago Sun-Times;  September 13, 1990 ;     700+ words ...LOS ANGELES "That's the real Sara Lee," says the supermarket employee stationed to herd shoppers toward the Sara Lee freezer case. A woman passing by stops...shrugs. "I didn't even know there was a Sara Lee," one man says. Sara Lee, in Los Angeles...

Article: Frito-Lay veteran heading Sara Lee bakery business
Chicago Sun-Times;  June 11, 2003 ;     441 words ...Sara Lee Corp. has hired a Frito-Lay veteran to...Fresh Bakery, the largest business unit of Sara Lee Bakery Group. The bakery group, including...accounts for $3 billion of Chicago-based Sara Lee's $18 billion in yearly sales. Sara Lee...

Article: Winston-Salem, N.C., Board Approves $500,000 Boost for Sara Lee.
High Point Enterprise (High Point, North Carolina) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News);  April 19, 2002 ;     555 words ...Byline: Richard Craver Apr. 19--Sara Lee's proposed move to consolidate its Triad...Aldermen voted 7-1 to approve offering Sara Lee $500,000 in financial assistance for a...business park expansion. Under the package, Sara Lee would receive $100,000 a year for five...

Article: Sara Lee results to gauge progress.
Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL);  August 14, 2007 ;     700+ words ...Byline: James P. Miller Aug. 14--When Sara Lee Corp. reports fiscal fourth-quarter earnings...ambitious five-year transformation plan at Sara Lee more than two years ago, Barnes has sought...things, the plan has dramatically reduced Sara Lee's size. Including the September 2006 ...

Article: Sara Lee earnings drop 78%: Weakness raises questions about company's restructuring strategy.
Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL);  May 10, 2006 ;     700+ words ...Byline: James P. Miller May 10--Sara Lee Corp., burdened by hefty charges linked...business continue to progress rapidly. Sara Lee's latest results landed with a thud on...to see obvious signs of improvement at Sara Lee, even though Barnes' revamp effort has...

Article: Half baked? The loaf hasn't fully risen yet on Sara Lee's Earthgrains deal.(Company Profile)
Food Processing;  January 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ...Nobody doesn't love the idea of Sara Lee securing its future by acquiring a national...than a year after announcing the deal, Sara Lee had launched Ironkids Crustless Bread...fortune of private-label competition even as Sara Lee scaled back its own private-label business...

Article: Sara Lee in major restructuring Barnes to become company's first female CEO
Chicago Sun-Times;  February 11, 2005 ;     700+ words ...Sara Lee, the maker of Jimmy Dean sausages and Playtex...51, will become the first woman to head Sara Lee, succeeding Steve McMillan as CEO. Barnes...with the $4.5 billion apparel business, Sara Lee intends to sell off its European packaged...

Article: Sara Lee to Sell Most of Its U.S. Fabric-Making Operations.(Originated from The Charlotte Observer, N.C.)
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  September 16, 1997 ;     700+ words ...Sep. 16--Sara Lee Corp., which employs 18,350 people in...president of $20 billion Chicago-based Sara Lee, said Monday that no jobs would be lost...end, could mean the sale of all 13 of Sara Lee's U.S. plants that make yarn and fabric...

Article: Sara Lee protests charges it broke U.S. law
Chicago Sun-Times;  November 20, 1987 ;     553 words ...Chicago-based Sara Lee Corp. is protesting U.S. Commerce Department...Administration Act. If the unusual charges stand, Sara Lee would be subject to a fine of as much...10,000 for every piece of information Sara Lee allegedly supplied to Kuwait. Kuwait...

Article: Profit up at Sara Lee, but forecast cut
Chicago Sun-Times;  April 25, 2002 ;     442 words ...Since Sara Lee Corp. embarked on a massive restructuring...Wednesday when the Chicago-based maker of Sara Lee baked goods, Ball Park hot dogs and Hanes...to $257 million, or 31 cents a share, Sara Lee reported sluggish sales volumes and lowered...