Sara Lee Corp

Sara Lee Corporation (NYSE: SLE) is a global consumer-goods company based in Downers Grove, Illinois, USA. It has operations in more than 40 countries and sells its products in over 180 nations worldwide. Its international operations are headquartered in Utrecht, the Netherlands.

Source: Wikipedia

Campaign Finance

$344,850 Given
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Figures are based on itemized contributions reported to the Federal Election Commission and state agencies. Please note that:

  • contributions under $200 are not reported, and so are not included in totals.
  • only contributions from individuals and organizations to candidates are included. Various accounting measures and more exotic contribution types are excluded.
  • contributions are matched based on organization and recipient name reported within each election cycle. Contributions using an incorrect or non-standard version of the name may be missed.
  • corporate name changes and mergers may cause figures to differ from those of the Center for Responsive Politics.
  • organization totals include known subsidiaries of the organization.

For more information, please see our campaign finance methodology page. Lobbyist bundling data is described on our lobbyist bundling methodology page.

covers through Q3 2012

  • Top Recipients

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    Includes contributions from the organization’s employees, their family members, and its political action committee.

  • Republicans vs. Democrats

    in dollars. "Other" includes 3rd parties and organizations without official party affiliation.

  • State vs. Federal

    in dollars

  • Top PAC Recipients

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    Includes contributions from the organization’s employees, their family members, and its political action committee.
View all campaign finance data for Sara Lee Corp Sources: OpenSecrets.org

Lobbying

$580,000 Spent
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Figures are based on lobbying activity reported to the Senate Office of Public Records. Reported dollar amounts are required to be accurate only to the nearest $20,000. For organizations whose primary business is lobbying, we display total income and top clients. For organizations that are not primarily lobbying firms, we display total amount spent on lobbying and top lobbying firms hired.

For more information, please see our lobbying methodology page.

covers roughly through Q3, 2012

Lobbying on Behalf of Sara Lee Corp

  • Names of Lobbyists
  • Firm Hired Amount
    Sara Lee Corp $580,000
  • Most Frequently Disclosed Lobbying Issues
    • Agriculture,
    • Energy & Nuclear Power,
    • Food Industry,
    • Taxes,
    • Chemical Industry,
    • Fed Budget & Appropriations
  • Most Frequently Disclosed Bills
    Bill No. Title
    H.R.2112 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012
    H.R.674 3% Withholding Repeal and Job Creation Act
    H.R.2434 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2012
    S.89 Withholding Tax Relief Act of 2011
    S.164 Withholding Tax Relief Act of 2011
    S.1573 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2012
    S.174 Healthy Lifestyles and Prevention America Act
    H.R.1 Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011
    H.R.2307 Ethanol Subsidy Repeal Act
    H.R.3097 Renewable Fuel Standard Flexibility Act
View all lobbying data for Sara Lee Corp Sources: Lobbyist Registration Tracker OpenSecrets.org

Regulations

Mentioned in 2 dockets
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All data is based on documents downloaded from Regulations.gov. The first table shows mentions: all documents that include the name of the company anywhere in the document or document metadata. The second table shows submissions: all documents where the submitter metadata included the company name. Each table shows the top 10 dockets, ranked by number of occurrences.

Matches are based on a search for the company name. Variations in the company name, such as acronyms, nicknames or alternate names may cause documents to be missed. The mention of a company name in a document may be incidental and does not necessarily indicate that the company has any relevance to the document. Company names that are common English words may erroneously match with text that is not referring to the company.

Not all agencies submit public comments to Regulations.gov. For a list of participating and non-participating agencies see here. Agencies that do submit to Regulations.gov have varying levels of accuracy and completeness.

Regulations and public comments can be downloaded in bulk here.

updated daily from Regulations.gov by way of Docket Wrench

The tables show occurrences of "Sara Lee Corp" in public comments on proposed federal regulations.

Federal Spending

18 contracts
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Federal grants, contracts and loans are reported by federal agencies using the FPDS and FAADS systems. The data is made available to the public at USASpending.gov. Please note that the completeness and quality of the data varies greatly by agency.

Only grants, contracts and loans with amounts over $1 million are shown.

Because company names are not reported in a standardized manner, we cannot reliably determine the company receiving the contract or award. The results shown here are based on a search for the company name. Individual records may be missed or erroneously included because of name variations. For more information, please see our federal spending methodology page.

covers through USASpending.gov's Sept. 15, 2012 release for contracts and Oct. 19, 2012 for grants.

Note: Company names in federal spending data are not standardized. The table below is included only as a sample of what is available in the data and has not been reviewed for accuracy or completeness. To investigate the data further, use the links at the bottom of the table.

Type Recipient Name Year Agency Description Amount
contract
 Sara Lee Corporation 2012 RESALE - (CHILLED GROCERY) SAUSAGE PATTIES, BACON, $6,390,614
contract
 Sara Lee Corporation 2011 RESALE - (CHILLED GROCERY) SAUSAGE PATTIES, BACON, $5,858,780
contract
 Sara Lee Corporation 2011 RESALE - SAUSAGE&LUNCHMEATS $5,849,508
contract
 Sara Lee Corporation 2012 RESALE - SAUSAGE&LUNCHMEATS $5,821,314
contract
 Sara Lee Corporation 2011 RESALE - SAUSAGE&LUNCHMEATS $5,798,537
contract
 Sara Lee Corporation 2012 RESALE - (CHILLED GROCERY) SAUSAGE PATTIES, BACON, $5,634,861
contract
 Sara Lee Corporation 2011 RESALE - SAUSAGE&LUNCHMEATS $5,613,972
contract
 Sara Lee Corporation 2011 RESALE - SAUSAGE&LUNCHMEATS $5,463,397
contract
 Sara Lee Corporation 2012 RESALE - SAUSAGE&LUNCHMEATS $5,450,983
contract
 Sara Lee Corporation 2011 RESALE - (CHILLED GROCERY) SAUSAGE PATTIES, BACON, $5,161,251
View all grant & loan data for Sara Lee Corp View all contract data for Sara Lee Corp Sources: USASpending.gov