Insights and Stories on General Mills

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General Mills keeps annual outlook as North America demand softens

Sep. 17, 2025 at 9:48 am CDT

General Mills maintained its annual sales and profit forecasts on Wednesday, as the Cheerios maker grapples with rising economic uncertainty and softer demand in key markets, including North America.

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General Mills changing Nature Valley labels after lawsuit’s glyphosate claim

Jul. 2, 2025 at 9:55 am CDT

By jonathan-stempel Reuters

General Mills forecasts weak annual profit as economic uncertainty weighs

Jun. 25, 2025 at 10:41 am CDT

By Neil J. Kanatt Reuters

General Mills restructures as company deals with choppy demand

May. 28, 2025 at 11:16 am CDT

By Reuters

General Mills cuts profit outlook as promotions rise to win back consumers

Dec. 18, 2024 at 11:08 am CST

By Anuja Bharat Mistry Reuters

Chlormequat found in oat foods prompts U.S. lawsuits

Mar. 8, 2024 at 3:57 pm CST

Chlormequat use in oat production has prompted two class action lawsuits in California against General Mills and Quaker Oats.

By Robert Arnason

‘Shocking’ farm videos barred at egg-price antitrust trial in Chicago

Sep. 20, 2023 at 3:34 pm CDT

Reuters — A U.S. judge has barred Kraft, Kellogg and other major food producers from showing what the court called “shocking” and “heart-wrenching” videos of conditions inside certain hen houses at an upcoming antitrust trial against egg producers and marketers. In a ruling on Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Steven Seeger […]

By Mike Scarcella

Packaged-food majors see sales spike in pandemic

May. 14, 2020 at 1:10 am CDT

Reuters — General Mills on Monday said it saw record demand for its pantry staples, becoming the latest packaged food maker to see business spike during the COVID-19 pandemic, as homebound shoppers stocked up on comfort foods during lockdowns. The company joins Nomad Foods, Premier Foods, Nestle, Mondelez and other […]

By Martinne Geller

Viterra buys up all of North Dakota grain terminal

Mar. 1, 2019 at 8:44 am CST

Viterra has bought up the other half of a U.S. joint-venture grain terminal the company helped build in its SaskPool days. The Regina-based grain handling arm of commodity firm Glencore announced Thursday it has closed a deal to buy U.S. food processor General Mills’ 50 per cent stake in the […]

By GFM Staff

Cheerios to remove ‘gluten-free’ claim

Oct. 30, 2017 at 8:04 pm CDT

The maker of Cheerios cereal is pulling a controversial “gluten-free” claim from the product’s Canadian packaging starting in 2018, over what it says is a lack of a “consistent” testing protocol for oat products. General Mills announced last week it will remove the “gluten-free” claim from Cheerios sold in Canada […]

By Staff

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