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Sara Lee Corp. (SLE)On Jul 10: 9.84  Down 0.02 (0.20%)  
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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, and Kahn’s brands. It offers fresh and frozen baked products, which comprise 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, Heiner’s, Bimbo, CroustiPate, Ortiz, and BonGateaux 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, the company 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 Zendium brands; air care products, including air fresheners under the Ambi Pur brand; shoe care products comprising polishes, cleaners, and wax under the Kiwi brand; and insecticides under brands, such as Vapona, Catch, GoodKnight, Bloom, and Ridsect. It sells its products to mass retailers, supermarkets, mass merchandisers, distributors, restaurants, hospitals, warehouse clubs, national chains, and other large institutions through direct sales force and outside brokers. The company, formerly known as Consolidated Foods Corporation, was founded in 1939 and is based in Downers Grove, Illinois.
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    CORPORATE GOVERNANCE 
    Sara Lee Corp.'s Corporate Governance Quotient (CGQ®) as of 1-Jul-09 is better than 74.2% of S&P 500 companies and 93.7% of Food Beverage & Tobacco companies.
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    KEY EXECUTIVES 
     PayExercised
    Ms. Brenda C. Barnes , 55
    Exec. Chairman, Chief Exec. Officer, Chairman of Exec. Committee and Member of Fin. Committee
    N/A N/A
    Mr. Vincent H. A. M. Janssen , 56
    Exec. VP and Chief Exec. Officer of International Household and Body Care
    $ 908.00KN/A
    Mr. Frank van Oers , 50
    Exec. VP, Chief Exec. Officer of International Beverage & Bakery and Chief Exec. Officer of Sara Lee International - Coffee & Tea
    $ 1.37MN/A
    Mr. Stephen J. Cerrone , 50
    Exec. VP of HR
    $ 1.07MN/A
    Mr. Lee A. Chaden MBA, B.Sc (Ind. Eng.), 66
    Exec. VP and Exec. Chairman of Branded Apparel Bus.
    N/A N/A
    Dollar amounts are as of 31-Dec-08 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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