Privately held S.C. Johnson & Son has emerged as a bidder for Sara Lee Corp's air freshener operations, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday.
S.C. Johnson and Sara Lee declined to comment.
Sara Lee [ SLE 12.45 
+0.00 (+0.00%) ] previously hired Goldman Sachs to run an auction for its household-care business, which includes Kiwi shoe polish and insecticides.
Procter & Gamble [ PG 61.01 +0.00 (+0.00%) ] already has eyed the air freshener business, but does not want the other parts of the unit, sources previously told Reuters.
But S.C. Johnson may be interested in the entire unit, which could fetch more than $700 million, The Wall Street Journal reported in its electronic edition.
A deal for the unit could still be weeks away, the newspaper said.
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