Sara Lee Corp., Downers Grove, Ill., said its Hillshire Farm brand launched a marketing and national advertising campaign, “So Good. They’ll Think It’s For Them."
San Francisco-based private equity investor Encore Consumer Capital said it completed the $87 million sale of its portfolio company, Aidells Sausage Company, Inc. to Sara Lee Corporation.
Frozen and canned organic products leader Amy's Kitchen, Santa Rosa, Calif., plans by January 2012, to renovate and operate a former Sara Lee bakery in Greenville, S.C.
In conjunction with a third-quarter earnings release, Sara Lee Corp., Downers Grove, Ill., said it agreed to buy premium processor Aidells Sausage Company Inc., San Leandro, Calif., for $87 million.
Having spurned offers from Brazil's JBS and others, global food and beverage giant Sara Lee Corp., Downers Grove, Ill., announced last week that it would spin off the company's two major business units into separate public businesses.
Meat industry veteran William Geoppinger, the former president & CEO of Sara Lee Foods, has joined investment committees for Stockwell Capital LLC and its affiliate, Glencoe Capital, LLC.
Timed with October’s celebration of National Sausage Month, Sara Lee Corp.
said it introduced Jimmy Dean Hearty Sausage Crumbles, a "quicker and
easier way to add perfectly-seasoned, hearty sausage to breakfast
favorites."