Yesterday on February 17, I Bought 20 shares of General Mills, Inc. at $ 59.45 per share plus commission.
General Mills, Inc. manufactures and markets branded
consumer foods in the United States. It operates in three segments: U.S.
Retail, International, and Convenience Stores and Foodservice. The company
offers ready-to-eat cereals, refrigerated yogurt, soup, meal kits, refrigerated
and frozen dough products, dessert and baking mixes, frozen pizza and pizza
snacks, grain and fruit and savory snacks, stable and frozen vegetables, and
ice cream and frozen desserts, as well as various organic products, including meal
kits, granola bars, and cereal. The company markets its products under the
Annie’s, Betty Crocker, Bisquick, Bugles, Cascadian Farm, Cheerios, Chex,
Cinnamon Toast Crunch, Cocoa Puffs, Cookie Crisp, Fiber One, Food Should Taste
Good, Fruit by the Foot, Fruit Gushers, Fruit Roll-Ups, Gardetto’s, Go-Gurt,
Gold Medal, Golden Grahams, Häagen-Dazs, Helpers, Jeno’s, Jus-Rol, Kitano, Kix,
La Salteña, Lärabar, Latina, Liberté, Lucky Charms, Muir Glen, Nature Valley,
Oatmeal Crisp, Old El Paso, Pillsbury, Progresso, Raisin Nut Bran, Total,
Totino’s, Trix, Wanchai Ferry, Wheaties, Yoki, and Yoplait names. General
Mills, Inc. also supplies branded and unbranded food products to the
foodservice and commercial baking industries. It sells its products directly,
as well as through broker and distribution arrangements to grocery stores, mass
merchandisers, membership stores, natural food chains, e-commerce grocery
providers, commercial and noncommercial foodservice distributors and operators,
restaurants, and convenience stores, as well as drug, dollar, and discount
chains. The company operates 530 ice cream parlors; and franchises 344 branded
ice cream parlors. General Mills, Inc. also exports its products primarily to
Caribbean and Latin American markets. The company was founded in 1928 and is
headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
