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                                                     Rule 424(b)(3)
                                                     Registration No. 33-51715

PRICING SUPPLEMENT NO. 9 DATED DECEMBER 21, 1994 TO PROSPECTUS DATED
JANUARY 14, 1994 AND PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT DATED FEBRUARY 15, 1994

                             SARA LEE CORPORATION
                         Medium-Term Notes, Series B
                                 (Fixed Rate)

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Principal Amount:   $11,000,000                     Issue Date:  December 28, 1994
Issue Price: 99.979%                                Stated Maturity: December 28, 2001
Commission of Selling Agents:  0.209%               Specified Currency:  U.S. Dollars
Net Proceeds to Issuer: 99.769%                     Form: _X_  Global
Interest Rate:  8.15%                                     ___  Certificated
Selling Agents: Lehman Brothers
Trade Date:  December 21, 1994
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Interest Payment Dates:                             Amortizing Notes:
  _X_ As specified in Prospectus Supplement            ___ Yes
  ___ Other (specify) _____________________            _X_ No
Regular Record Date:                                   Each payment of principal of, and interest on,
  _X_ As specified in Prospectus Supplement            the Notes will be made:
  ___ Other (specify) _____________________                    ___ Quarterly
Original Issue Discount Note:                                  ___ Semiannually
  ___ Yes _X_ No                                               ___ Other (specify) ___________________
Original Issue Discount ___________________ %       Interest rate may be reset: ___ Yes _X_ No
Yield to Maturity: _______________________ %           Terms of reset:
Repurchase Price (for Discount Securities):         Redemption Information:

Other Provisions:                                   Repayment Information


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The aggregate principal amount of this offering is U.S. $11,000,000 and relates only to Pricing
Supplement No. 9.  Medium-Term Notes, Series B, may be issued by the Company in the aggregate 
principal amount of up to U.S. $400,000,000 or the equivalent in foreign currencies or foreign currency units.
To date, including this offering, an aggregate of U.S. $136,000,000 or the equivalent in foreign
currency or foreign currency units of Medium-Term Notes, Series B, have been issued.
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    TYPE OF SALE:                              IF PRINCIPAL TRANSACTION, REOFFERING AT:
___ As Agent                       ___ varying prices related to prevailing market prices at the time of resale
_X_ As Principal                   ___ fixed public offering prices of _______________ % of Principal Amount

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