Path: bloom-picayune.mit.edu!enterpoop.mit.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!americast.com!americast.com!americast-post Newsgroups: americast.latimes.money From: americast-post@AmeriCast.Com Organization: American Cybercasting Approved: americast-post@AmeriCast.com Subject: OTHER NEWS Date: Thu, 26 Nov 92 11:27:52 EST Message-ID: Lines: 17 HEADLINE: OTHER NEWS Publication Date: Wednesday November 25, 1992 BYLINE: Sara Lee Corp. Wants to Buy BP Food Unit: The Chicago-based consumer products company said it is negotiating to buy BP Nutrition, the consumer food unit of British Petroleum Co. The BP division, which had sales last year of $340 million, sells packaged meat products such as cooked sausage, salami and ham. Its brands include Stegeman & Boers in the Netherlands, Dacor in Belgium, Argal in Spain and Nobre in Portugal. It employs 2,300 people. The two companies said they expect to reach agreement by year-end. This article is copyright 1992 The Los Angeles Times Home Edition. Redistribution to other sites is not permitted except by arrangement with American Cybercasting Corporation. For more information, send-email to usa@AmeriCast.COM