Sara Lee Corporation Sara Lee Completes Sale of Fresh Bakery Business in Spain and Portugal to Grupo Bimbo
05 Décembre 2011 - 4:07PM
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Sara Lee Corp. (NYSE: SLE) announced today it has completed the
sale of its fresh bakery business in Spain and Portugal to Mexico's
Grupo Bimbo S.A.B. de C.V. (BMV: BIMBO) for EUR115 million
(approximately $155 million at current exchange rates) in cash. The
agreement includes all Sara Lee fresh bakery brands in Spain and
Portugal as well as seven manufacturing facilities.
In Oct. 2011, Sara Lee Corp. announced that it agreed to sell
this business, which includes leading brands such as Bimbo,
Martinez,Ortiz and Silueta. In fiscal 2011, the business generated
net sales of $408 million. It employs approximately 2,000
people.
About Sara Lee Corporation
Sara Lee Corp. (NYSE: SLE) and it's leading portfolio of food
and beverage brands, including Ball Park, Douwe Egberts, Hillshire
Farm, Jimmy Dean, Pickwick Teas, Sara Lee and Senseo, generate
nearly $9 billion in annual net sales from continuing operations
and employ approximately 20,000 people worldwide. In January, 2011,
Sara Lee Corp. announced that it will divide the company into two
pure -play publicly-traded companies, one focused on the
international coffee and tea market and the other on North American
meats. For more information on the company, please visit
www.saralee.com.
Sara Lee CorporationMedia (International): Ernesto Duran,
+31.30.292.7290Media (North America): Mike Cummins,
+1.630.598.8412Analysts: Melissa Napier, +1.630.598.8739
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