First Trade Date for General Mills, Inc.
| Company Name | First Trade Date (yyyy-mm-dd) |
| General Mills, Inc. | 1928-04-30 |
| Company Name | Symbol |
| General Mills, Inc. | GIS |
| History and Business of Company (this information may include date of incorporation) | |
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General Mills, Inc. was incorporated in Delaware in 1928. The terms "General Mills," "Company" and "Registrant" mean General Mills, Inc. and its subsidiaries unless the context indicates otherwise. General Mills is a leading producer of packaged consumer foods and operates exclusively in the consumer foods industry. The Company's businesses are divided into three reportable segments: • U.S. Retail; • Bakeries and Foodservice; and • International. The Company's operating segments are organized generally by product categories. U.S. Retail consists of cereals, meals, refrigerated and frozen dough products, baking products, snacks, yogurt and organic foods. The Bakeries and Foodservice segment consists of products marketed to retail and wholesale bakeries and offered to the commercial and noncommercial foodservice sectors throughout the United States and Canada, such as restaurants and school cafeterias. The International segment is made up of retail business outside the United States and foodservice business outside of the United States and Canada. A more detailed description of the product categories for each reportable segment is set forth below. On October 31, 2001, General Mills completed the acquisition of the worldwide businesses of The Pillsbury Company from Diageo plc ("Diageo"). With the Pillsbury acquisition, the Company added established, market-leading brands to its U.S. retail business, more than doubled its foodservice business, significantly increased its international presence and created opportunities for productivity improvement and cost synergies. Since the completion of the acquisition, activities related to the integration of Pillsbury and the Company have included combining selling organizations, merging benefit plans and payroll systems, migrating all U. S. businesses to single invoicing and supply chain information systems and reconfiguring certain manufacturing facilities. | |
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