A MIXED MESSAGE
Tags: SARA Lee Corp.; EXECUTIVES; INVESTMENTS; STOCKHOLDERS; BARNES, Brenda; CAPITALISTS & financiers
Related Articles
- Sara Lee lags, but Barnes lingers. Sterrett, David // Crain's Chicago Business;9/28/2009, Vol. 32 Issue 39, p3
The article presents information on Brenda Barnes, chief executive officer (CEO) of Sara Lee Corp., who has failed to deliver the expected results. Barnes has failed to boost Sara Lee's profit or deliver consistent earnings growth. In her stint, investors have watched the value of the company's...
- NOT BUYING IT. Sterrett, David // Crain's Chicago Business;11/24/2008, Vol. 31 Issue 47, p4
The article focuses on the efforts of Brenda Barnes, chief executive officer of Sara Lee Corp., to boost investors' confidence in the U.S. with stock purchases. According to government filings, Barnes bought 20,000 Sara Lee shares in November 2008 at an average price of $9.70, paying a combined...
- Sara Lee boosts R&D ad budgets-a bit. Jargon, Julie // Crain's Chicago Business;7/25/2005, Vol. 28 Issue 30, p2
This article reports that new CEO Brenda Barnes and a couple of fellow PepsiCo. expatriates are aiming to make Sara Lee Corp. brands the dominant names in the bread and meat categories. But they'll be doing it on a shoestring compared with what they had to work with at the soft drink giant. The...
- SARA LEE ANNOUNCES NEW FOCUS ON FOOD. // SN: Supermarket News;2/21/2005, Vol. 53 Issue 8, p47
Reports on the plan of Sara Lee Corp. to focus on its core food business. Appointment of Brenda Barnes as CEO.
- Brenda's end game: Will Sara Lee exist? Jargon, Julie // Crain's Chicago Business;5/15/2006, Vol. 29 Issue 20, p1
The article focuses on the market performance of Sara Lee Corp. The company CEO, Brenda Barnes is facing the worst-case scenario, the prospect of a final breakup of the company. Sara Lee reported dismal fiscal third-quarter results including a 78% drop in profits. The investors and analysts...
- Brenda Barnes. Sterrett, David // Crain's Chicago Business;5/5/2008, Vol. 31 Issue 18, p35
The article presents information about Brenda Barnes, chairman and CEO of Sara Lee Corp. Since taking over in February 2005, Barnes has sold or spun off 40% of Sara Lee Corp.'s businesses to focus the company's U.S. efforts on meat and bread. Refreshing her company's lineup with new products has...
- Women as CEOs. Julnes, Jon // Fortune International (Europe);4/4/2005, Vol. 151 Issue 6, p10
Presents a letter to the editor of "FORTUNE" relating to an interview with new Sara Lee Chief Executive Officer Brenda Barnes.
- WELCOME, BRENDA. NOW HURRY UP. Jargon, Julie; Ryan, Kate // Crain's Chicago Business;2/14/2005, Vol. 28 Issue 7, p1
The article presents a discussion on Brenda Barnes who has been named as CEO of Sara Lee Corp.. A former top executive at PepsiCo Inc., Ms. Barnes re-entered the corporate arena last year after a seven-year hiatus, joining Chicago-based Sara Lee as chief operating officer. The business lines to...
- The yeast of Sara Lee's problems. Sterrett, David // Crain's Chicago Business;4/27/2009, Vol. 32 Issue 17, p3
The article reports that the rise in private-label bread brands is hurting turnaround plans of Brenda Barnes, chief executive officer (CEO) at Sara Lee Corp. According to grocery data of A. C. Nielsen published by Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., sales of Sara Lee-branded bread and sandwich meat...
