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General Mills Inc.


Headquarters location: Number One General Mills Blvd.P.O. Box 1113 Minneapolis, MN 55440United States of AmericaTel. (612) 540-2311 Job offers, investor relations: www.generalmills.com Stock: GIS


General Mills belongs to

shareholder
country     %
source

General Mills owns

subsidiary
country     %
source
Cereal Partners Worldwide United States of America
Pillsbury United States of America100

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« ETHICAL » RATING OF GENERAL_MILLS , group and subsidiaries [?]
6%
Job: 6% of company's jobs cut since 1998
2
Environment: 2 major pollution(s)
8
Tax haven, secret bank account, shell companies: operates in 8 offshore financial center(s)
11
Sales: more than 11 billion(s) dollars/euros in annual sales
4
Net profit: more than 4 billion(s) dollars/euros in cumulated net profit since 1998
141
Top management: earns 141 times the median income in the United States (32000 US$/year)
3
Influence: 3 act(s) of direct corruption or lobbying
4
Advertising & marketing: 4 dubious practice(s)

World locations & Manufacturing

country incentive : address & contact : production type
source
Mauritius Offshore finance, secret bank account, tax haven, shell companies or free zone(s) GENERAL MILLS MAURITIUS, INC :
Cayman Islands Offshore finance, secret bank account, tax haven, shell companies or free zone(s) CPW-CI (50%) :
British Virgin Islands Offshore finance, secret bank account, tax haven, shell companies or free zone(s) GENERAL MILLS (BVI) LTD :
Philippines Offshore finance, secret bank account, tax haven, shell companies or free zone(s) NESTLE ASEAN PHILIPPINES, INC (30%) :
Philippines Offshore finance, secret bank account, tax haven, shell companies or free zone(s) CPW Philippines, Inc :
Singapore Offshore finance, secret bank account, tax haven, shell companies or free zone(s) CPW SINGAPORE (PTE.) LTD :
Singapore Offshore finance, secret bank account, tax haven, shell companies or free zone(s) General Mills Asia Pte. Ltd :
Switzerland Offshore finance, secret bank account, tax haven, shell companies or free zone(s) CPW S.A (50%) :
Trinidad y Tobago Offshore finance, secret bank account, tax haven, shell companies or free zone(s) CPW Trinidad & Tobago, Ltd :
Uruguay Offshore finance, secret bank account, tax haven, shell companies or free zone(s) Bimaler S.A :

General Mills is managed by

year name
photo position; compensation
source
2003Demeritt, Stephen
See the photo of: Demeritt, Stephen Vice-president; salary: 1.74 million US$; stock-options: 1.17 million US$;
2003Lawrence, James
See the photo of: Lawrence, James Chief Financial Officer; salary: 1.38 million US$;
2003Sanger, Stephen W
See the photo of: Sanger, Stephen W Chief Executive Officer; salary: 3.32 million US$; stock-options: 0.58 million US$;
2003Viault, Raymond
See the photo of: Viault, Raymond Vice-president; salary: 1.84 million US$;
2001Demeritt, Stephen
See the photo of: Demeritt, Stephen Vice-president; salary: 1.4 million US$; stock-options: 2.1 million US$;
2001Lawrence, James
See the photo of: Lawrence, James Chief Financial Officer; salary: 1.2 million US$;
2001Sanger, Stephen W
See the photo of: Sanger, Stephen W Chief Executive Officer; salary: 2.6 million US$; stock-options: 1.9 million US$;
2001Viault, Raymond
See the photo of: Viault, Raymond Vice-president; salary: 1.6 million US$; stock-options: 1.9 million US$;
1998Sanger, Stephen W
See the photo of: Sanger, Stephen W Chief Executive Officer; salary: 1.08 million US$;

Advertising & marketing

year
dubious practice : image
source
2006Disinformation: General Mills broadcasted a video news release (VNR), a fake TV news, on cable channel WBOC-16, without disclosure.: PR Watch
2005Deceptive advertising: The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) filed a lawsuit against Kraft, General Mills and dannon in a “deceptive” multimillion-dollar advertising campaign that claims milk can facilitate weight loss. Indeed, a recent study by scientists from Purdue University concluded that increased consumption of dairy calcium was not associated with reduced weight and fat mass.:
2002Disinformation: PR campaign with Conkling Fiskum & McCormick: public relations: CPR Watch
2002Arguable partnership: Nature Conservancy: value: Nature protection; Washington.
2001ad budget: 669 million US$; Advertisin.
2000ad budget: 653 million US$; Advertisin.
1998slogan: Craquez léger, croquez du creux.;
1998slogan: Déconseillé aux adultes.;

Made by

year
employees
<>
social impact : country
source
2003
27300
2002
29859
2002
-400
AP
2002
11001
2002
-372
Boursier.c.
1999
10200

Influence

year
purpose : intermediary/lobby : institution
source
2000Investment protection and market access (to Mexico and Canada through NAFTA), to Latin America (through FTAA). : Business Roundtable : : US government, senate, congress translateCenter for.
1998Regulation favorable to company's interests : Contribution to Candidate's Political Action Committee : amount: 132 thousand US$ : US President, Congress, Senate translateCenter for.

Financials

year  salesincome source
2004   11.20   billion US$
2003   10.510.92   billion US$
2002   7.950.46   billion US$
2001   5.450.66   billion US$
2000   5.170.61   billion US$
1999   4.830.54   billion US$
1998   4.740.42   billion US$

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