Sauer Co. introduced Gold Medal spices and purchased Dean Foods (a margarine company).

Sauer Company was acquired in 2019 by Falfurrias Capital Partners of Charlotte, North Carolina.

[5] The present company headquarters building and main factory was opened in 1911 on West Broad Street (at its intersection with Hermitage Road) in Richmond, Virginia, helping to spur development in that area of the city.

[2] Adjacent to the main headquarters building is a large advertising sign dating to the early 20th century, illuminated and animated with incandescent light bulbs, for Sauer's vanilla extract.

[2] In the 1960s, the sign was relocated to 2018 West Broad Street from an adjacent building demolished for road expansion.