Article: Frito-Lay veteran heading Sara Lee bakery business

Sara Lee Corp. has hired a Frito-Lay veteran to knead its bread business into shape and greatly expand bread delivery to retailers.

William J. Nictakis, 43, is now president of U.S. Fresh Bakery, the largest business unit of Sara Lee Bakery Group. The bakery group, including fresh bread, buns and rolls, accounts for $3 billion of Chicago-based Sara Lee's $18 billion in yearly sales.

Sara Lee announced the appointment Monday and said it was effective immediately. Nictakis left a 15-year career at Frito-Lay, where he was most recently vice president of sales, to join Sara Lee.

Nictakis' experience overseeing Frito-Lay's direct-to-store delivery routes and a 20,000-person sales team is vital to ...

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