Sara Lee News

Procter and Gamble has signed a a 320m deal to buy the Ambi Pur air freshener brand from Sara Lee Corporation.

Sara Lee Corp would be wise to split the company to strip out fixed liabilities from recent divestitures and rebase its existing operations, like coffee and baked goods, outside the United States, a former company executive and industry analyst said.

(Reuters) a " Sara Lee Corp. would be wise to split the company to strip out fixed liabilities from recent divestitures and rebase its existing operations, like coffee and baked goods, outside the United States, a former company executive and industry analyst said. Tim Ramey, a former vice ...

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European air-freshener unit, The Wall Street Journal reported late Tuesday on its Web site, citing people familiar with the matter.

More than sex or even money, food satisfies a primal human urge that goes beyond simply needed calories.

If you don't know much about China, find someone who does. Daniel Gross, Slate 's "Moneybox" columnist, wondered why he had so much trouble finding a chocolate bar in China.

FORT WALTON BEACH An employee of the Sara Lee Corporation parked his "Iron Kids" logo bread truck on Lovejoy Road on Nov.

Sara Lee Corp. lost a court challenge to a U.S. pension agency ruling that it's partly responsible for a $60 million retirement fund shortfall caused by Interstate Bakeries Corp.'s bankruptcy.

Floyd County and Northwest Georgia employers are among 29 who have been chosen to receive a total of $1.4 million in federal stimulus funds to become Certified Work Ready facilities.

Since my last update, nearly three months ago, the Basic Food Fund, or "BFF," has risen 6.4% from $182.93 to $194.66 versus an 8.4% increase in the Dow.

Despite an impressive market rally that has major indexes up around 65% off the March 9 lows, there are still a number of blue-chip stocks delivering handsome dividend yields.

South Carolina is reporting fewer swine flu cases, but more deaths from the disease.

Construction Crunch: Housing starts drop in October. Chocolate Drop: Hershey group unwraps Cadbury offer.

Officials with Sara Lee Corp. says 200 workers in South Carolina will lose their jobs when the company closes its bread factory in Greenville.

Published: Friday, November 20, 2009 at 5:12 p.m. Last Modified: Friday, November 20, 2009 at 5:12 p.m. Downers Grove, Illinois-based Sara Lee Corp.

Sara Lee Corp. in fiscal 2009 donated equivalent of 1.8 million meals to Feeding America.

Household products giant S.C. Johnson & Son is looking to grow via the acquisition of Sara Lee Corp.

Sara Lee Corp. today announced that in fiscal 2009 the company donated the equivalent of 1.8 million meals to Feeding America, the nation's leading domestic hunger-relief charity.

Nov. 17, 2009 5:20 p.m. S.C. Johnson & Son Inc. of Racine may be eyeing Sara Lee Corp.'s air-freshener business, according to a published report Tuesday.