General Mills Inc.

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

General Mills belongs to shareholder country     % source Barclays Plc 3.3 Capital Research & Management Inc. 6.7 Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. Les Echos Lord Abbett & Co 2 Northern Trust Corp. 1.5 Rowe Price Associates Inc. 1.4 State Street Corp. 2.7 TIAA-CREF 1.3 US Bancorp 1.2 Vanguard Group Inc. 1.9 Wellington Management Co. 4.8 General Mills owns subsidiary country     % source Cereal Partners Worldwide Pillsbury 100	Brands name items photo compare the prices Angel Food Ethishop Bac*Os Ethishop Basic 4 Ethishop Bisquick Ethishop Breakfast Pack Ethishop Brownies Ethishop Bugles Ethishop Cheerios Ethishop Chex Ethishop Chex Snack Mix Ethishop Chicken Helper Ethishop Cinnamon Grahams Ethishop Cinnamon Toast Crunch Ethishop Cocoa Puffs Ethishop Colombo Ethishop Cookie Crisp Ethishop Cookie Pouch Ethishop Country Corn Flakes Ethishop Farmhouse Ethishop Fiber one Ethishop French Toast Crunch Ethishop Frosting Mix Ethishop Fruit by the Foot Ethishop General Mills Ethishop Gingerbread cake Ethishop Gold Metal Flour Ethishop Golden Grahams Ethishop Granola Bars Ethishop Gushers Ethishop Hamburger Helper Ethishop Honey Nut Clusters Ethishop Kaboom Ethishop Kix Ethishop LaPina Flour Ethishop Lucky Charms Ethishop Monsters Ethishop Muffin Mixes Ethishop Nature Valley Granola Ethishop Oatmeal crisp Ethishop Pancakes Ethishop Pie Crust Ethishop Pop Secret Ethishop Potato Buds Ethishop Pouch Mixes Ethishop Pound Cake Ethishop Premium Cookie Ethishop Quick Bread Pouch Ethishop Raisin Nut Bran Ethishop Red Band Flour Ethishop Reeses Ethishop Rich & Creamy Frosting Ethishop Robin Hood Flour Ethishop Softasilk Flour Ethishop Specialty Potatoes Ethishop Squeezit Ethishop Stir & Bake Ethishop Suddenly Salad Ethishop Sunrise Ethishop SuperMoist Ethishop Sweet Rewards Ethishop Teddy Grahams Ethishop Total Ethishop Trix Ethishop Tuna Helper Ethishop Variety Desserts Ethishop Wheat Hearts Ethishop Wheaties Ethishop Yoplait (license USA) Ethishop Shop local, ethical and at the best price on Ethishop !
« 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$/year) 3 Influence: 3 act(s) of direct corruption or lobbying 4 Advertising & marketing: 4 dubious practice(s) Full profile >>>
World locations & Manufacturing country incentive : address & contact : production type source GENERAL MILLS MAURITIUS, INC : CPW-CI (50%) : GENERAL MILLS (BVI) LTD : NESTLE ASEAN PHILIPPINES, INC (30%) : CPW Philippines, Inc : CPW SINGAPORE (PTE.) LTD : General Mills Asia Pte. Ltd : CPW S.A (50%) : CPW Trinidad & Tobago, Ltd : Bimaler S.A : The map of tax haven, secret accounts and shell companies General Mills is managed by year name photo position; compensation source 2003Demeritt, Stephen Vice-president; salary: 1.74 million US$; stock-options: 1.17 million US$; 2003Lawrence, James Chief Financial Officer; salary: 1.38 million US$; 2003Sanger, Stephen W Chief Executive Officer; salary: 3.32 million US$; stock-options: 0.58 million US$; 2003Viault, Raymond Vice-president; salary: 1.84 million US$; 2001Demeritt, Stephen Vice-president; salary: 1.4 million US$; stock-options: 2.1 million US$; 2001Lawrence, James Chief Financial Officer; salary: 1.2 million US$; 2001Sanger, Stephen W Chief Executive Officer; salary: 2.6 million US$; stock-options: 1.9 million US$; 2001Viault, Raymond Vice-president; salary: 1.6 million US$; stock-options: 1.9 million US$; 1998Sanger, Stephen W Chief Executive Officer; salary: 1.08 million US$; Forbes Highest paid executives in 2007 Advertising & marketing year dubious practice : image source 2006 Disinformation: General Mills broadcasted a video news release (VNR), a fake TV news, on cable channel WBOC-16, without disclosure.: PR Watch 2005 Deceptive advertising: The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) filed a lawsuit against Kraft, General Mills and dannon in a “deceptive” multimillion-dollar advertising campaign that claims milk can facilitate weight loss. Indeed, a recent study by scientists from Purdue University concluded that increased consumption of dairy calcium was not associated with reduced weight and fat mass.: 2002 Disinformation: PR campaign with Conkling Fiskum & McCormick: public relations: C PR Watch 2002 Arguable partnership: Nature Conservancy: value: Nature protection; Washington. 2001 ad budget: 669 million US$; Advertisin. 2000 ad budget: 653 million US$; Advertisin. 1998 slogan: Craquez léger, croquez du creux.; 1998 slogan: Déconseillé aux adultes.; Dubious practices in 2007

Made by year employees <> social impact : country source 2003 27300 2002 29859 2002 -400 AP 2002 11001 2002 -372 Boursier.c. 1999 10200 Layoff plans and labour conditions in 2007 Influence year purpose : intermediary/lobby : institution source 2000 Investment protection and market access (to Mexico and Canada through NAFTA), to Latin America (through FTAA). : Business Roundtable : : US government, senate, congress translate Center for. 1998 Regulation favorable to company's interests : Contribution to Candidate's Political Action Committee : amount: 132 thousand US$ : US President, Congress, Senate translate Center for. Influence in 2007 Financials year   sales income source 2004   11.2 0   billion US$ 2003   10.51 0.92   billion US$ 2002   7.95 0.46   billion US$ 2001   5.45 0.66   billion US$ 2000   5.17 0.61   billion US$ 1999   4.83 0.54   billion US$ 1998   4.74 0.42   billion US$ Financial delinquency in 2007

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