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Company

Worldwide, people turn to General Mills for breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks. 

Today, General Mills will provide:

  • 60 million servings of ready-to-eat cereal
  • 27 million servings of Yoplait dairy products
  • 14 million Nature Valley bars
  • 5 million Pillsbury cookies
  • 2 million Wanchai Ferry dumplings
  • 2 million pounds of Green Giant vegetables
  • 1 million servings of Häagen-Dazs ice cream

Our brands are known for quality, starting with Gold Medal flour in 1880, which today remains the No. 1 selling flour in the United States.

Located in Minneapolis, Minn., USA, we are among the world's largest food companies.

Our mission is Nourishing Lives, and through the General Mills Foundation we  have awarded more than $535 million to nonprofit organizations in our communities since 1954.

 

Consistency for investors

General Mills has paid
shareholder dividends
for well over a century.

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Quality for consumers

Our top brands include:
 • Pillsbury refrigerated dough
 • Green Giant frozen vegetables
 • Cheerios cereal
 • Betty Crocker dessert mixes

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Annual Report

2012: Generating Balanced Growth (pdf 8.0 MB) Go
 
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Overview

General Mills at a glance (pdf) Go
 
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Publications

All of our reports and publications Go
 
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114 years

The dividend keeps rising (blog) Go