Sara Lee - The Overlooked History

Most of us know Sara Lee for their frozen pies and looking at the brand today, that just about covers it. But you may not realize that there's a history here that involves so much more. This video takes a look at the overlooked history of Sara Lee.

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Company Declines:
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[spyronos]

Sara Lee: Grammar sucks but our food don't

[retlaw]

I initially misread your thumbnail as "The overcooked history".

[timturn]

Growing up I always thought they said "Nobody does it like Sarah Lee."

[deepcitrus]

company man is the epitome of neutral content. he fills such an incredibly small niche. see here's the thing, you find so many biases and emotion within your content, always evoking feelings.

but company man? nah, you could throw this on any day of the week. right after work or before it, right after a divorce or having a baby. after meeting an extraterrestrial.

and company man will calm you right down. but into a neutral state, not a CALM state, like say, bob ross or how it's made. he has just enough flair. nothing else immediately comes to mind that would evoke these feelings, just things that people might say, but in reality arent that neutral.

truly a lovely work of art.

[greyhound]

U-Haul would be a good company to do. Pretty interesting, company.
Also Starbucks would be cool, It’s huge now.

[PartenJoe]

Should do a rise and fall of "GameStop" seeing as they used to be super big now their diying.

[KaitouKaiju]

Do a video on Tupperware and how they managed to fall despite being synonymous with leftovers storage

[SimpleGunner]

wow, sara lee pulled a 'hold my beer' when it came to diversifying.

[rayk]

Nobody:
Sara Lee: Doesn't not like Sara Lee

[SoundBlackRecordings]

Double negatives are actually grammatically correct just not common. "Nobody doesn't like..." is kind of folksy meaning "everyone likes..."

[dm]

My grandfather was the CFO for Sara Lee in the 80s, and helped produce the World's Largest Cherry Pie in Traverse City, Michigan. Great job yet again.

[chewangia]

1. Nature's Own
2. Sara Lee
3. Wonder Bread

[HRHolm-bizu]

Oh, man, do I *ever* still miss their small single-layer sheet cakes and brownies they had up to the mid-80s, the ones in the rectangular aluminum tray with the more-or-less 'peel & lift out' cover. Straight chocolate and yellow w/chocolate frosting were the greatest cakes ever. I never found out specifically why they were discontinued. As I recall, I think that afterward Sara Lee switched to the double or triple-layer cakes with the lighter, thicker, and 'fluffier' chocolate frostings for a few years, but they weren't *nearly* as good. And recently their single-layer frosted banana cakes are evidently gone, too----no one else makes those, at least that I know of.

[states]

I’m a 23 year old American, and I think I’ve seen more than 90% of your videos. This is the first company you’ve covered that I’ve never heard of lol

[haileygrey]

Thank You for all of the research and effort you put into your work. I really appreciate it and thoroughly enjoy your videos. Thanks

[sycamoregrad]

Thank you! I thought it was “does it, ” instead of “doesn’t, ” for years!! I saw the slogan on the box, but only after I turned 40!

[deadasparagus]

For a second I thought the title was Sara Lee-The Overcooked History

[Christopher-N]

_"Consolidated Foods"_ Do I remember this name being mentioned in a previous video?

[megakidicarus]

This should be a major source for those looking for companies that split into multiple parts.

[McOuroborosBurger]

You know they’re taking care of your sausage when they own both Hanes and Jimmy Dean.