General Mills (NYSE: GIS) is a publicly listed company headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States that owns 18 consumer brands across 2 categories, and has 3 recorded transactions.[1][2]
General Mills grew out of Minneapolis flour milling in the nineteenth century and incorporated under its present name in 1928. Cereal, snack bars, yoghurt and pet food are its largest businesses, and it holds Häagen-Dazs in North America.
Read from General Mills's latest annual filing[1]. Each line gives the sentence the filing uses, copied word for word.
We manage and review the financial results of our business under four operating segments: North America Retail; International; North America Pet; and North America Foodservice.
Our North America Pet operating segment includes pet food products sold primarily in the United States and Canada in national pet superstore chains, e-commerce retailers, grocery stores, regional pet store chains, mass merchandisers, and veterinary clinics and hospitals.
We also acquired Whitebridge Pet Brands for $1,412 million cash, net of cash acquired in fiscal 2025 .
Integration costs related to the Whitebridge Pet Brands acquisition in fiscal 2025 and the acquisition of a pet food business in Europe in fiscal 2024 recorded in fiscal 2026 and fiscal 2025 .
Divestitures gain, net totaled $1,049 million in fiscal 2026 primarily related to the sale of our United States yogurt business.
In fiscal 2025 , we recorded a $96 million divestiture gain related to the sale of our Canada yogurt business (please refer to Note 3 to the Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 8 of this report).
Non-cash valuation loss related to the planned divestiture of our Brazil business recorded in fiscal 2026 .
Headline figures from General Mills's annual reports filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, in USD as reported, fiscal years ending 2021–2026. Revenue moved from $18.1bn to $18.4bn, an average of 0.3% a year (calculated).
| Fiscal year ended | Revenue | Operating income | Operating margin | Net income | Total assets | Long-term debt | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $18.4bn | $885.8m | 4.8% | $-87,600,000 | $30bn | $12.4bn | 10-K | |
| $19.5bn | $3.3bn | 17.0% | $2.3bn | $33.1bn | $12.7bn | 10-K | |
| $19.9bn | $3.43bn | 17.3% | $2.5bn | $31.5bn | — | 10-K | |
| $20.1bn | $3.43bn | 17.1% | $2.59bn | $31.5bn | — | 10-K | |
| $19bn | $3.48bn | 18.3% | $2.71bn | $31.1bn | — | 10-K | |
| $18.1bn | $3.14bn | 17.3% | $2.34bn | $31.8bn | — | 10-K |
Source: SEC XBRL company facts. A dash means the company did not report that line in a form we could read. Figures for a year can be restated in a later filing; the latest filing's number is shown.
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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General Mills acquired Blue Buffalo for about $8 billion, its largest acquisition. Pet food had been growing while packaged human food stagnated, and Blue Buffalo sold on named whole ingredients rather than meat meals, largely through pet specialty retailers.
General Mills acquired Annie's for about $820 million, buying an organic food company whose rabbit logo and pasta shapes had been built in deliberate opposition to the packaged food industry that bought it.
General Mills bought Pillsbury from Diageo, roughly doubling its size. The Federal Trade Commission required the divestiture of Pillsbury's dessert and specialty products business to International Multifoods before clearing the deal.
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The documents behind the figures on this page, as listed in the SEC's EDGAR index. Each links to the filing itself.
| Filed | Form | What it declares |
|---|---|---|
| 8-K | Change to articles or bylaws; Results of a shareholder vote | |
| 8-K | Departure or appointment of directors or officers | |
| 10-Q | Quarterly report | |
| 8-K | Results of operations and financial condition | |
| 8-K | Results of operations and financial condition | |
| 8-K | Departure or appointment of directors or officers | |
| 8-K | Departure or appointment of directors or officers | |
| 8-K | Other events | |
| 10-Q | Quarterly report | |
| 8-K | Results of operations and financial condition | |
| 8-K | Departure or appointment of directors or officers; Change to articles or bylaws | |
| 10-Q | Quarterly report | |
| 8-K | Results of operations and financial condition | |
| 8-K | Results of a shareholder vote |
General Mills owns 18 consumer brands tracked here, including Progresso, Chex, Häagen-Dazs, Cheerios, Betty Crocker and Pillsbury.
Yes. General Mills is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States and was founded in 1856.
General Mills is a publicly listed company owned by its shareholders; it trades as GIS on the NYSE.
The most recent completed acquisition recorded here is Blue Buffalo on 24 April 2018.
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
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