General Mills, Inc.
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Smart Choices Label To Be Removed From Food Packaging
Hartford Courant (Conn.), The | 24 days 21 hours 40 minutes ago
A controversial food labeling program, which gave high nutritional marks to Froot Loops cereal, ice cream and mayonnaise, is being dropped by participating food manufacturers, state Attorney General Richard Blumenthal announced Thursday.
comScore Announces Recent Appointments of Anne Hunter as Vice President of Advertising Effectiveness Products and Daryl McNutt as Vice President of Marketing Solutions, Media [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 87 days 17 hours 12 minutes ago
...FirstCall/ -- comScore, Inc. , a leader in measuring...and analysis at Tacoda, Inc. where she doubled renewals...Cadbury, Coca-Cola and General Mills. Ms. Hunter has also held...positions at 24/7 Real Media Inc. as director of advertising...
100 Finalists Announced for the 44th Pillsbury Bake-Off Contest [Press Release]
Business Wire | 25 days 10 hours 31 minutes ago
The Pillsbury Bake-Off® Contest announced the final 100 home cooks who will compete for $1 million at the finals April 11-13, 2010, in Orlando, Fla. The group’s creative original recipes beat out tens of thousands of recipe entries to earn the chance to compete for the grand prize.
FDA probing nutrition claims on food packages
Yahoo! | 33 days 20 hours 37 minutes ago
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. regulators are examining the growing number of nutrition claims found on the front of food packages after complaints that they give a misleading picture of their health benefits, officials said in a warning to food companies on Tuesday.
IDDBA Welcomes Industry Luminaries to Board
Progressive Grocer | 47 days 3 hours 57 minutes ago
A number of industry executives have been elected to serve as new members and officers of the International Dairy-Deli-Bakery Association’s 2009-2010 board of directors.
CFOs on the Move: Week Ending Nov. 20
CFO Magazine | 15 hours 45 minutes ago
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Webcast Alert: Kinder Morgan Energy Partners Announces Third Quarter '09 Earnings Webcast [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 35 days 13 hours 44 minutes ago
...above address. Contact: Mindy Mills - (713) 369-9490 If you...approximately $25 billion. The general partner of KMP is owned by Kinder Morgan, Inc., a private company. CONTACT: Mindy Mills of Kinder Morgan Energy Partners...
Chicago?s Block 37 Hits Snag Just Weeks Prior to Opening
Engineering News-Record | 24 days 15 hours 50 minutes ago
It is a race to the finish for “Block 37,” the beleaguered construction site in the Chicago Loop. Just as the first retail tenants ready for their opening day this fall, a consortium of lenders headed by Bank of America Corp. initiated foreclosure proceedings against developer Joseph Freed and Associates LLC.
UPDATE 3-US FDA probing nutrition claims on food packages
Reuters | 34 days 9 hours 27 minutes ago
WASHINGTON, Oct 20 (Reuters) - U.S. regulators are examining the growing number of nutrition claims found on the front of food packages after complaints that they give a misleading picture of their health benefits, officials said in a warning to food companies on Tuesday.
Seminole apartments are fuller than those in Orange
Orlando Sentinel (Fla.) | 36 days 5 hours 17 minutes ago
Suburban apartment-rental markets in Casselberry , Winter Springs and Oviedo are outperforming the Orlando area as whole, which has a 12 percent vacancy rate, according to a report by Charles Wayne Consulting Inc.
Cossette accepts $131M offer from U.S. firm - thestar.com
Toronto Star, The | 13 days 7 hours 28 minutes ago
MONTREAL – Advertising agency Cossette Inc. found a white knight Tuesday in a U.S. private equity investor that has agreed to pay $131.5-million in cash for the firm, topping a hostile bid by a group led by former executives of the company.
R. Kerry Clark and Robert J. Palmisano Join Bausch & Lomb Board of Directors [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 61 days 12 hours 11 minutes ago
...officer of Cardinal Health, Inc. , a Fortune 20 company...a director of Textron, General Mills and Hauser Capital Partners...officer and director of ev3 Inc. , a leading global provider...LLC; D. Scott Mackesy, general partner, Welsh Carson...
Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation Announces Fiscal 2009 Third Quarter Results [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 20 days 5 hours 13 minutes ago
...Business Credit, Inc.), the competitive...sporting goods industry in general and in Big 5's specific...economic conditions in general. Those and other risks...536-0611; or John Mills, SeniorManaging Director of ICR, Inc., +1-310-954...
Simon looking at General Growth assets
American City Business Journals | 5 days 12 hours 52 minutes ago
Simon Property Group Inc. has hired outside advisers to help it weigh its options regarding the possible acquisition of assets from fellow shopping mall owner General Growth Properties.
R2C Group Showcases Web Development Capabilities With 2009 W3 Award Wins [Press Release]
Business Wire | 4 days 21 hours 14 minutes ago
R2C Group, the nation’s largest independently owned, direct response advertising agency, has earned two W3 Silver Awards for Align Technology and Yoplait web sites, respectively.
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Company Overview
| Company: | General Mills, Inc. |
|---|---|
| Industry: | Pastas & Cereals |
| Website: | http://www.generalmills.com |
General Mills gets its Kix trying to grab the spotlight as the US's #1 breakfast cereal maker (wrangling for the top spot every year with uber-rival Kellogg). But #1 or not, the company has supermarket-aisles-full of kid-friendly products. Its Big G Cereals include the well-known brands Cheerios, Chex, and Wheaties. Its products are manufactured in 15 countries and available in more than 100. General Mills operates 70 production facilities (down from 79 in 2008, the closures were a cost-controlling measure) -- 44 in the US, 11 in the Asia Pacific region, three in Canada, seven in Europe, four in Latin America and Mexico, and one in South Africa.
Key Numbers
| Sales in U.S. Dollars (mil.) | 14,691.3 (2009) |
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| One-year % Growth in Sales | 7.6 (2009) |
| Net Income in U.S. Dollars (mil.) | 1,304.4 (2009) |
| One-year % Growth in Net Income | 0.7 (2009) |
| Number of Employees | 30,000 (2009) |
| One-year % Growth in Number of Employees | 1.7 (2009) |
| Fiscal Year-End | May |