Sara Lee Company’s name came from one of many acquisitions done by Consolidated Foods. The company had different name throughout its history; starting in 1939 when Nathan Cummins purchased C.D Kenny Company. In 1942 he acquired Sprague, Warner & Company and changed its company name to Sprague Warmer – Kenny Corporation moving its headquarters to Chicago. Its first stock exchange was in 1946 and in 1954 they changed its name to Consolidated Foods Corporation to best fit its diversified role in food processing, packaging, and distribution. The company acquired many businesses related and unrelated from its beginning until 2011; per example: in 1968 Bryan foods, a meat products producer, 1978 Chef Pierre, a manufacturer/distributor of frozen prepared desserts, 1987 Bil Mar Foods, a producer of turkey-based products, 1992 BP Nutrition’s Consumer Foods Group, 1999 Wechsler coffee, 2000 Hills Bross, Café Pilao and 2001 The Earthgrain Company (Crafting & Executing Strategy). In 2008, Sara Lee Corporation acquired Café Moka, a family-owned coffee business located in the São Paulo metropolitan area in Brazil. In 2010, Sara Lee Corporation acquired Café Damasco, a coffee business based in the southern region of Brazil (saralee.com).…