US food and consumer goods group Sara Lee has finalised plans for its multi-million dollar Kitchens of Sara Lee research and development centre, which is to be located at its corporate headquarters in Downers Grove, Illinois.
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The 150,000-square-foot centre is scheduled to be completed in early-2009, the company announced.
It will support innovation activities for the company’s North American foodservice and retail businesses, employing around 150 research and development professionals focused on developing new products for Sara Lee’s bakery, meat, coffee, sauces and dressing product lines.
The centre will boast culinary facilities; product, packaging and equipment development and testing capabilities; sensory services; a pilot operations facility; analytical and micro labs; and product training facilities.
“The Kitchens of Sara Lee celebrates our heritage as a company that understands how to provide products that delight our consumers, and is the cornerstone to our future success,” said Sara Lee chairman and CEO Brenda C. Barnes. “Every member of our organisation is committed to developing, marketing and distributing innovative products as the primary way to drive our company’s growth.”
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By GlobalDataThe company has relocated most of its current research and development operations to Downers Grove over the past year, and when the new facility comes on-stream the company will have all its North American research and development activities in a single location.
