Sara Lee Corp. Appoints Luc Volatier Senior Vice President, Supply Chain & Operations of International Coffee and Tea Business

UTRECHT, Netherlands, March 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --

Sara Lee Corp. (NYSE: SLE) today announced that it has appointed Luc Volatier as senior vice president, supply chain & operations of its International Coffee and Tea business effective April 1, 2012.  Volatier, 44, will be in charge of all procurement, supply chain and manufacturing operations.  He will continue to serve in the same role once the International Coffee and Tea business is spun-off from Sara Lee Corp. in the first half of 2012.

"Luc's entrepreneurial drive and supply chain acumen will help our international coffee and tea business continue to bring exciting products to consumers with greater efficiency in an increasingly demanding global marketplace," said Sara Lee Corp's International Coffee and Tea business Chief Executive Officer Michiel Herkemij. "We are pleased to have him join us as we create a pure-play, publicly-traded company focused on coffee and tea."

Volatier joins Sara Lee Corp. from GrandVision B.V. where he was vice president, global supply chain. Earlier in his career, he served in executive roles in supply chain and procurement with Danone Group in Belgium, UK and Singapore and Royal Numico in The Netherlands.

Volatier, part of the company's senior management team, will report directly to CEO Michiel Herkemij.

About Sara Lee Corporation

Sara Lee Corp. (NYSE: SLE) and its leading portfolio of food and beverage brands, including Ball Park, Douwe Egberts, Hillshire Farm, Jimmy Dean, Pickwick Teas, Sara Lee and Senseo, generate nearly $9 billion in annual net sales from continuing operations and employ approximately 20,000 people worldwide.  In January, 2011, Sara Lee Corp. announced that it will divide the company into two pure -play publicly-traded companies, one focused on the international coffee and tea market and the other on North American meats.  For more information on the company, please visit http://www.saralee.com.

SOURCE Sara Lee Corporation