General Mills, Inc. (NYSE: GIS)

1 General Mills Blvd.
Minneapolis, MN 55426 (Map)
Phone: 763-764-7600
Fax: 763-764-7384
http://www.generalmills.com

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Overview

General Mills gets its Kix trying to grab the biggest-bowl prize as the US's #1 breakfast cereal maker (wrangling for the top spot every year with über-rival Kellogg). But #1 or not, the company has supermarket aisles full of kid-friendly morning-meal products. Its Big G Cereals include the well-known brands Cheerios, Chex, and Wheaties. But breakfast isn't the last meal on the menu at General Mills. The company makes ice cream (Häagen-Dazs), canned soup (Progresso), and frozen dough products (Pillsbury). General Mills, which produces yogurt under the Yoplait brand, bought a controlling stake in the world's second-largest yogurt maker for $1.2 billion in mid-2011.

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Company Type Public (NYSE: GIS)
Fiscal Year-End May
2011 Sales (mil.) £9,032.3
1-Year Sales Growth 0.6%
2011 Net Income (mil.) £1,091.6
1-Year Net Income Growth 17.5%
2011 Employees 35,000
1-Year Employee Growth 6.1%
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Chairman and CEO Kendall J. (Ken) Powell
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EVP and CFO Donal L. (Don) Mulligan
SVP External Relations Kimberly A. (Kim) Nelson
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