General Mills News

E. Robert Kinney, a former chief executive of General Mills who earlier in his career was instrumental in popularizing fish sticks, has died.

Have you ever heard the phrase "a picture is worth a thousand words"? Well, I'm going to put that notion to the test and demonstrate why I believe that Coca-Cola , PepsiCo , Kellogg's , Kraft , Mondelez , Unilever , General Mills , and Nestle are the ideal stocks to make up 20-50% of your common stock portfolio.

Amol Dixit and his Hot Indian Foods food truck in downtown St. Paul Monday morning May 13, 2013.

With many of their best customers nearing retirement and starting to cut back, American wine makers are going after younger consumers in an effort to keep their $33 billion industry growing.

The company is investing in product innovation and marketing to build upon the strong brand equity in its product portfolio.

The company also supplies branded and unbranded food products to the foodservice and commercial baking industries.

Taywell Ice Creams is hoping to cater to affluent consumers in China and the Gulf as it seeks out premium markets for its ice creams.

A young father and small-business owner. A General Mills vice president. A doctor who took care of expectant moms in a small central Minnesota community.

General Mills, Inc. has been a great buy for many years. General Mills, Inc. has been continuously paying dividends over the last 114 years, something that very few companies have done.

Dean Foods has formally given the green light for the spin-off of soy and organic business WhiteWave Foods - and analysts are setting out companies they believe could be interested in the Horizon Organic and Alpro owner.

KINGSPORT, Tenn., May 2, 2013 - The Board of Directors of Eastman Chemical Company has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.30 per share on the company's common stock.

The food company is focused on increasing the sustainability of 10 priority agricultural raw materials that represent more than 50% of the Minneapolis-based company's annual purchases.

In addition to being one of the world's largest markets for gluten free foods, the US continues to represent one of its fastest growing.

With legislation now in hand, state officials are putting key elements in place to launch a new health insurance exchange, which is expected to help more than one in five Minnesotans who don't get health benefits at work.

Ken Powell , chairman and CEO of General Mills Inc. , restated his opposition to mandatory labeling of genetically modified organisms, commonly called GMOs, at a conference in California Tuesday.

General Mills executive Tom Forsythe and two Twin Cities entrepreneurs are among the seven board members that will govern the state's health-insurance exchange, MNsure.

Mayor Chris Beutler and the Lancaster County Board of Commissioners today announced that the City and County's floodplain maps and Flood Insurance Study were updated effective April 16 as required by federal law.

General Mills advanced two rankings in DiversityInc's recently-released 2013 Top 50 Companies for Diversity list.

We should be worried about international companies if they have big exposure to Europe, because they will have shortfalls and slower revenue growth and are inherently risky.

It's all on the banks and the homebuilders. Both groups are on the cusp of what looks like some serious breakouts, and the bulls need them both to get over these humps if we're to see the broader market punch through to the highs.