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Sara Lee Corp.
3500 Lacey Road
Downers Grove, IL 60515
United States - Map
Phone: 630-598-6000
Fax: 630-598-8482
Web Site: http://www.saralee.com

DETAILS 
Index Membership:S&P 100
S&P 500
S&P 1500 Super Comp
Sector:Consumer Goods
Industry:Processed & Packaged Goods
Full Time Employees:44,000

BUSINESS SUMMARY 
Sara Lee Corporation engages in the manufacture and marketing of a range of branded packaged meat products, fresh and frozen bakery products, roast and ground coffee, and household and body care products worldwide. Its packaged meat products include hot dogs and corn dogs, breakfast sausages and sandwiches, smoked and dinner sausages, premium deli and luncheon meats, bacon, and cooked and dry hams. The company sells these products under Hillshire Farm, Ball Park, Jimmy Dean, Sara Lee, Bryan, State Fair, Kahn's, Best's Kosher, Kir, Zwan, Duby, and DonFer brands. Its fresh and frozen baked products include bread, buns, bagels, rolls, muffins, specialty bread, frozen pies, cakes, cheesecakes, and other desserts under Sara Lee, Earth Grains, Grant's Farm, Colonial, Rainbo, Holsum, IronKids, Mother's, Sunbeam, Healthy Choice, Chef Pierre, Bimbo, CroustiPate, Ortiz, BonGateaux, and Sara Lee brands. Sara Lee also provides roast, ground, and liquid coffee, cappuccinos, lattes, and teas under Douwe Egberts, Senseo, Maison du Cafe, Marcilla, Merrild, and Pickwick brands, as well as various sauces, dressings, and condiments. Further, it offers household and body care products, such as soaps, shampoos, bath and shower products, deodorants, shaving creams, and toothpastes under Sanex, Duschdas, Radox, Monsavon, and Prodent brands; air care products, including air fresheners under the Ambi Pur brand; shoe care products comprising polishes, cleaners, and wax under the Kiwi and Meltonian brands; and insecticides under brands, such as Vapona, Catch, GoodKnight, Bloom, and Ridsect. Sara Lee sells its products to mass retailers, supermarket chains, distributors, restaurants, hospitals, warehouse clubs, national chains, and other large institutions through direct sales force and outside brokers. The company was founded in 1939. It was formerly known as C.D. Kenny Company and changed its name to Sara Lee Corporation in 1985. Sara Lee is headquartered in Downers Grove, Illinois.
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    CORPORATE GOVERNANCE 
    Sara Lee Corp.'s Corporate Governance Quotient (CGQ®) as of 1-Aug-08 is better than 57.6% of S&P 500 companies and 88.3% of Food Beverage & Tobacco companies.
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    KEY EXECUTIVES 
     PayExercised
    Ms. Brenda C. Barnes , 54
    Exec. Chairman, Chief Exec. Officer, Chairman of Exec. Committee and Member of Fin. Committee
    N/A N/A
    Mr. L. M. de Kool , 55
    Chief Admin. Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Principal Accounting Officer and Exec. VP
    N/A N/A
    Mr. A. Nühn , 53
    Exec. VP, Chief Exec. Officer of Sara Lee’s Household and Body Care division, Pres of Sara Lee’s worldwide Coffee and Tea Division and Member of the Board of Management of Sara Lee International
    N/A N/A
    Mr. Christopher J. Fraleigh , 44
    Exec. VP and Chief Operating Officer of North America
    N/A N/A
    Mr. Mark Garvey , 43
    Sr. VP of Internal Audit, Chief Exec. Officer of Sara Lee International and Chief Financial Officer of Sara Lee International
    N/A N/A
    Dollar amounts are as of and compensation values are for the last fiscal year ending on that date. "Pay" is salary, bonuses, etc. "Exercised" is the value of options exercised during the fiscal year.
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