Kitchens of Sara Lee
Kitchens of Sara Lee was an American bakery established in 1935 when Charles Lubin and his brother-in-law, Arthur Gordon, bought a small chain of Chicago neighborhood bakeries called Community Bake Shops. Working together, the businessmen expanded their original three stores into a chain of seven bakeries.[1]
Lubin wanted to expand the business. He named a cream cheesecake after his eight-year-old daughter, Sara Lee Lubin, and changed the name of the business to Kitchens of Sara Lee.[1]
In 1956, the Consolidated Foods Corporation bought Kitchens of Sara Lee, and it became one of the company's best-known brand names. In 1985, the name Sara Lee Corporation was adopted for the corporation as a whole.
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- ^ a b "Charles W. Lubin, 84, Sara Lee's Founder", The New York Times, via Associated Press, July 17, 1988
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- Sara Lee Corporation
- Food and drink companies established in 1935
- Companies based in Chicago
- 1935 establishments in Illinois