General Mills

For other uses, see General Mills (disambiguation).

General Mills, Inc.
Formerly
  • Minneapolis Milling Company (1856–1877)
  • Washburn-Crosby Company (1877–1928)
Company typePublic
IndustryFood processing
Founded1856; 168 years ago (1856) (as Minneapolis Milling Company)
1877; 147 years ago (1877) (as Washburn-Crosby Company)
1928; 96 years ago (1928) (as General Mills) Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.
Founders
Headquarters
Golden Valley, Minnesota
,
U.S.
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Jeffrey Harmening (chairman and CEO)
ProductsBaking mixes, breakfast cereals, yogurt, refrigerated dough, soup, pizza, snack foods, ice cream, soy products, vegetables, flour, other food products,[1]
RevenueDecrease US$19.86 billion (2024)
Decrease US$3.432 billion (2024)
Decrease US$2.497 billion (2024)
Total assetsIncrease US$31.47 billion (2024)
Total equityDecrease US$9.397 billion (2024)
Number of employees
34,000 (May 2024)
SubsidiariesCereal Partners Worldwide (50%)
Websitegeneralmills.com
Footnotes / references
Financials as of fiscal year ended May 26, 2024.
References:[2]

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, Yoplait, 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 Count Chocula and the other monster cereals.[3]


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  1. ^ "Our Brands".
  2. ^ "General Mills, Inc. FY 2024 Annual Report (Form 10-K)". sec.gov. U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. June 26, 2024. Retrieved June 28, 2024.
  3. ^ "Our brands - General Mills". www.generalmills.com. Retrieved July 5, 2022.