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Market Watch (Free subscription) | 19/11/2008
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- General Mills Inc. said Wednesday it is on track to hit its full-year earnings outlook of $3.81 to $3.85 a share. The estimate is before mark-to-market commodity positions and gains from the sale of the company's Pop Secret microwave popcorn business. The company's fiscal year ends in May 2009. General Mills also reaffirmed its mid single-digit net...
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Orlando Sentinel (Free subscription) | 02/11/2008
Question: I am happy with my shares of General Mills Inc. but wonder how long they can continue to do so well.
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Reuters (Free subscription) | 24/11/2008
... soups are more profitable for Campbell than ready-to-serve soups.Campbell, which battles with General Mills Inc's Progresso brand and others in the soup aisle, has introduced several new products over the past year, including the Select Harvest label of soups that emphasize ingredients such as farm-grown vegetables and "wholesome grains."(Reporting by Aarthi Sivaraman, editing by Dave Zimmerman)©...
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The Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal (Free subscription) | 14/11/2008
General Mills Inc.'s Progresso and one of its biggest rivals are heating up the marketing battle for soup customers.
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The Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal (Free subscription) | 11/11/2008
RedBrick, a Minneapolis-based health- and disease-management company, hired Uribe from General Electric Commercial Finance, where he was a vice president of business development. Previously, he was CFO of 8th Continent, a soy milk venture between General Mills Inc. and DuPont, and held several positions at Golden Valley-based General Mills.
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Times of the Internet (Free subscription) | 03/11/2008
WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 (UPI) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced the voluntarily recall of some Progresso-brand tomato soup because of a labeling error. The FDA said General Mills Inc. initiated the recall of one day's production of Progresso Hearty Tomato soup because the soup might contain egg, milk and soy not listed on the label, thereby posing a health hazard to people...
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The Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal (Free subscription) | 31/10/2008
A labeling glitch has prompted General Mills Inc. to recall some cans of its Progresso Hearty Tomato soup. The Golden Valley-based food manufacturer said Friday it affixed the “Hearty Tomato” label to a batch of its Light Vegetable and Noodle soup cans, leaving consumers unaware of certain allergens, such as milk, soy and egg. General Mills (NYSE: GIS) said it has not received...
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Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 28/10/2008
Who would have thought Cheerios could be more profitable than investment banking? While the overall market plunged 4 percent in a single day recently, General Mills Inc. (NYSE: GIS) served up a solid quarterly earnings report.
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Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 28/10/2008
... number of servings, will likely be on products from food and beverage companies like Kraft Foods Inc., General Mills Inc., Coca-Cola Co. and PepsiCo Inc. starting next year, organizers say.The goal of the program is to get people to make smarter food choices and improve public health.Dr. Eileen Kennedy said they want to take the guesswork out of food choices."It's simple,...
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kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 24/10/2008
... number of servings, will likely be on products from food and beverage companies like Kraft Foods Inc., General Mills Inc., Coca-Cola Co. and PepsiCo Inc. starting next year, organizers say.
The goal of the program, to be unveiled Monday at the American Dietetic Association's Food and Nutrition Conference and Expo, is to get people to make smarter food choices and...
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Business Opportunities Weblog (Free subscription) | 23/10/2008
... boxes. But they don’t bear Schwartzberg’s or his company’s name. They are branded as a Kraft Foods Inc. product, and are filled with Philadelphia Cream Cheese — the best-selling cream cheese in the U.S., which is also made by Kraft. Schwartzberg and his five-person enterprise are part of a growing trend: small companies, or even lone entrepreneurs, that stand behind major brands’ new products...
