General Mills
Logo used since December 2017 | |
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| Company type | Public |
| Industry | Food processing |
| Founded | 1856 (as Minneapolis Milling Company) 1877 (as Washburn-Crosby Company) 1928 (as General Mills) Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Founders | |
| Headquarters | , U.S. |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Jeffrey Harmening (chairman and CEO) |
| Products | Baking mixes, breakfast cereals, yogurt, refrigerated dough, soup, pizza, snack foods, ice cream, soy products, vegetables, flour, other food products, |
| Revenue | US$19.86 billion (2024) |
| US$3.432 billion (2024) | |
| US$2.497 billion (2024) | |
| Total assets | US$31.47 billion (2024) |
| Total equity | US$9.397 billion (2024) |
Number of employees | 34,000 (May 2024) |
| Subsidiaries | Cereal Partners Worldwide (50%) |
| Website | generalmills |
| Footnotes / references Financials as of fiscal year ended May 26, 2024. References: | |
General Mills, Inc. is an American multinational manufacturer and marketer of branded ultra-processed consumer foods sold through retail stores. Founded on the banks of the Mississippi River at Saint Anthony Falls in Minneapolis, the company originally gained fame for being a large flour miller. It is headquartered in Golden Valley, Minnesota, a suburb of Minneapolis.
Today, the company markets many well-known North American brands, including Gold Medal flour, Annie's Homegrown, Lärabar, Cascadian Farm, Betty Crocker, Nature Valley, Totino's, Pillsbury, Old El Paso, Häagen-Dazs, as well as breakfast cereals under the General Mills name, including Cheerios, Wheaties, Chex, Lucky Charms, Trix, Cocoa Puffs, and the monster cereals.