Who owns Sara Lee?
Sara Lee is owned by Grupo Bimbo (Mexico, BMV: BIMBOA), which has owned the brand since 6 November 2011.[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Grupo Bimbo, S.A.B. de C.V. Reporte Anual 2025 (BMV), 30 April 2026. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Grupo Bimbo, S.A.B. de C.V. reported
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇲🇽 Mexico, Mexico City
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States, Chicago, Illinois
- Founded
- 1935
- Category
- Food › Bakery › Bread & buns
- Parent ticker
- BMV: BIMBOA
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Sara Lee
Sara Lee was named after the founder's eight-year-old daughter and built on frozen cheesecake before becoming a bread brand. Grupo Bimbo acquired the North American bakery business in 2011; other parts of the old conglomerate went to Tyson and to Hillshire Brands.
Ownership timeline of Sara Lee
- 2011 – present Grupo Bimbo [1] reported
Where Sara Lee sits in Grupo Bimbo
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Grupo Bimbo
Grupo Bimbo controls 8 brands on Brandtree, 8 of them in food.
Also in food
Other brands in bread & buns, and who owns them
Grupo Bimbo has more brands in bread & buns on Brandtree than any other owner: 4 of 43.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Golden Toast | AGROFERT | 🇨🇿 Czech Republic |
| Elite | ELBISCO | 🇬🇷 Greece |
| Dave's Killer Bread | Flowers Foods | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Delicados | GRUMA | 🇲🇽 Mexico |
| Korvbrödsbagarn | Lantmännen | 🇸🇪 Sweden |
| New York Bakery | Marzetti | 🇺🇸 United States |
| L'usine | Almarai | 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia |
| Kingsmill | Associated British Foods | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
About the owner: Grupo Bimbo
Grupo Bimbo is a publicly listed company headquartered in Mexico City, Mexico, founded in 1945. Brandtree records 8 brands under its control, and it is listed as BMV: BIMBOA.
Grupo Bimbo was founded in Mexico City in 1945 and is the largest baking company in the world, operating in more than thirty countries. It grew into the United States by acquiring the bread businesses that Sara Lee and Weston divested, and it is controlled by the founding Servitje family.
🇺🇸 Sara Lee and other American brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 2,549 brands that began in the United States. 478 of them (19%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Sara Lee among them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Sara Lee?
The parent company of Sara Lee is Grupo Bimbo, a publicly listed company headquartered in Mexico.
Is Sara Lee American or Mexican?
Sara Lee originated in the United States in 1935, but it is owned today by Grupo Bimbo, which is headquartered in Mexico. So Sara Lee is an American-origin brand under Mexican ownership.
Since when has Grupo Bimbo owned Sara Lee?
Grupo Bimbo has owned Sara Lee since 6 November 2011.
Is Sara Lee still owned by Grupo Bimbo?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, Sara Lee is still owned by Grupo Bimbo. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Grupo Bimbo, S.A.B. de C.V. Reporte Anual 2025 (BMV) — Grupo Bimbo, S.A.B. de C.V., Annual report, published 30 April 2026; retrieved 28 September 2026.
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