Sara Lee

Classic Pound Cake

English Patis (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago

The last time I remembered I ate a pound cake it was of the Sara Lee variety. You know those frozen ready-made ones you get from the supermarkets. Don't get me wrong I love them and they are of the perfect texture, taste, and richness. But I have this long-running challenge to myself of seeking out the best recipes for everything and this recipe for pound cake I found in The New Best Recipe cookbook...

Sara Lee Suffers; Soft Serve, Fro-Yo Battle for Dominance

Grub Street - New York Magazine's Food and Restaurant Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday

• Sara Lee may sell pies, but these days it’s starting to sound like an investment bank. The company will reportedly post a $1 billion write-down for the fiscal fourth quarter, due to the rising cost of wheat and the weak economy. [ WSJ ] • Meanwhile, and unsurprisingly, McDonald’s is faring well in these times of economic hardship. [ WSJ ] • Those special ingredients used to make molecular gastronomic...

High Costs Vex Sara Lee CEO

Law Blog - WSJ.com (Free subscription) | yesterday

Sara Lee plans to record a write-down of nearly $1 billion. Rising commodity costs are hampering the food company's turnaround plan.

Sara Lee may sell more assets

Market Watch (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008

Food maker Sara Lee Corp. has received a "non-binding offer" for parts of its North American food service business that caters to restaurants and schools.

Preliminary bid made for certain Sara Lee assets

Market Watch (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Food maker Sara Lee Corp. has received a "non-binding offer" for parts of its North American food service business that caters to restaurants and schools. In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Sara Lee disclosed it will take a non-cash pre-tax charge between $45 million and $50 million for the fixed assets and trademarks of the business assets that...

Sara Lee to take $975M charge on bakery assets

Chicago Tribune (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008

Sara Lee Corp. disclosed Tuesday that its fiscal fourth-quarter results will include a pretax charge of up to $975 million to write down the value of bakery assets in North America and Spain.

Sara Lee plans charges for bakery units, other assets

Market Watch (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Sara Lee Corp., the Downers Grove, Ill., food and household-products company, will take a fiscal fourth-quarter non-cash charge of $1.17 to $1.32 a share tied to its North American food-service bakery and Spanish bakery business units. Sara Lee had said earlier in the year that it might take the charges. The impairment charge, totaling $865 million to $975 million, reflects...

• Sara Lee Corporation to Take a Non-Cash Impairment Charge Related Primarily to Its North American Foodservice Bakery and Spanish Bakery Businesses - Business Wire

Get Ready For More Supermarket Price Hikes [Inflation]

The Consumerist (Free subscription) | yesterday

The notorious Grocery Shrink Ray was supposed to help prevent this, or so we were told by apologists for it, but Datamonitor is reporting that Kraft Foods, Kellogg's, ConAgra, Sara Lee, and Tyson... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

DemandTec to Present at the Pacific Crest Technology Leadership Forum 10th Anniversary on Monday, August 4, 2008

PR News Wire (Free subscription) | yesterday

SAN CARLOS, Calif., July 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- DemandTec, Inc. (Nasdaq: ), a leading provider of on-demand merchandising and marketing software services for retailers and consumer products manufacturers, today announced that its chief financial officer, Mark Culhane, will present at the Pacific Crest Technology Leadership Forum 10th Anniversary at the Sonnenalp Resort in Vail, Colorado. The...

LG Electronics Appoints Peter Reiner Senior Vice President, North American Marketing and Strategy

PR News Wire (Free subscription) | yesterday

ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, N.J., July 23 /PRNewswire/ -- LG Electronics Inc. today announced the appointment of Sara Lee marketing executive Peter Reiner as senior vice president, marketing and strategy, LG Electronics North America. Reiner will be responsible for the overall coordination of LG's brand positioning and marketing activities in the United States, Canada, and Mexico across multiple product categories,...

Bread suggestions, please.

Calorie-Count.com Forums (Free subscription) | yesterday

I really love sandwiches and peanut butter on toast however I have not tried any non-white breads that I have liked. I do not like wheat at all. I have tried a couple of the grain bread and don't like the taste of those either. I only like white...

Investments that pay you every month, beware that new car smell & life after Paul for Newman's Own - Today in Money 7/23

YHOO - BloggingStocks (Free subscription) | yesterday

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How Whole Is Whole Grain?

Business Week (Free subscription) | yesterday

A settlement between Sara Lee and the Center for Science in the Public Interest may lead to more accurate claims about whole grains on food labels.

Starwatch Consumer: Bread label clarified

News: Consumer News -- KansasCity.com (Free subscription) | yesterday

Sara Lee Corp. has agreed to clarify labels showing the amount of whole grain contained in its Soft & Smooth bread. The company and food-labeling advocacy group Center for Science in the Public Interest reached an agreement on the labels Monday.

Starwatch Consumer: Bread label clarified

kansascity.com (Free subscription) | yesterday

Sara Lee Corp. has agreed to clarify labels showing the amount of whole grain contained in its Soft & Smooth bread. The company and food-labeling advocacy group Center for Science in the Public Interest reached an agreement on the labels Monday.

West European Market for Women's Hosiery

hrishikesh | 12/21/2007

West European Market for Women's Hosiery The West European market for women's hosiery—comprising nylon tights (pantyhose), stockings and hold-ups, knee-highs, and ankle-highs—amounts to 1.63 bn pairs a year, worth US$3.75 bn at retail level. This implies an average unit value per pair of US$2.30—although stockings are more expensive than tights while knee-highs and ankle-highs are less so. The hosiery...

Prospects for the Textile and Garment Industry in Vietnam

hrishikesh | 12/19/2007

Prospects for the Textile and Garment Industry in Vietnam Vietnam's textile and garment industry has developed rapidly in recent years and has become a vital activity within the country's economy. In 2004 it employed 2.1 mn people directly, representing 4.7% of total employment within the country. The industry has a number of leading textile and garment enterprises. One of the largest is the state-owned...