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The Motley Fool August 16, 2006 Ryan Fuhrmann	Sweet and Sour at Sara Lee Investors are still getting paid to wait as the company makes some changes and tries to grow.
The Motley Fool February 7, 2008 Timothy M. Otte	Stick Around for Sara Lee Although it missed expectations in Q2, Sara Lee plans to play catch-up in the second half with plenty of new products.
The Motley Fool June 8, 2006 Ryan Fuhrmann	A Value Trap That Pays Sara Lee's dividend rewards investors waiting for an uncertain turnaround.
The Motley Fool August 5, 2004 Tim Beyers	Sara Lee's Indigestion? Sara Lee, the diversified firm that sells everything from hot dogs to pies to underwear, gave investors indigestion when it reported that first-quarter results would be hurt by higher commodity prices.
The Motley Fool February 9, 2004 Mathew Emmert	A Sweet Stock for Dividend Lovers If your idea of a good time is sitting around in your undergarments eating pie and collecting dividend checks, you've come to the right investment. As they say, nobody doesn't like Sara Lee, and we income-investing folk stand to benefit a great deal from that fact.
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The Motley Fool February 8, 2007 Ryan Fuhrmann	Sara Lee's Messy Kitchen The jury is still out on Sara Lee's prospects. The stock is trading just below its 52-week highs, so investors appear comfortable with where the company is heading.
The Motley Fool February 11, 2004 J. Graham	4 With High-Yield Appeal Check out these equities with high dividend yields and low price-to-earnings ratios.
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The Motley Fool November 7, 2007 Alyce Lomax	Sara Lee's Busted Budget Sara Lee cites high input costs for commodities like wheat, poultry, pork, and green coffee, as well as expenses related to packaging, energy, and labor, for their poor first-quarter report.
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The Motley Fool July 21, 2010 Tim Beyers	Pie is Bad For Your Portfolio Well, not all pie, but this one could choke you. But here are some alternatives in the processed and packaged goods industry.
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The Motley Fool February 26, 2007 David Lee Smith	Fool on Call: Everybody Doesn't Know Sara Lee This familiar name is very much a work in progress compared to its blue-chip peers. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool August 13, 2009 Chris Jones	Serving Up Some Bad Numbers Sara Lee has fallen on tough times.
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