General Info

General Mills markets some of the world's best-known brands, including Betty Crocker, H agen-Dazs, Pillsbury, Green Giant, Old El Paso and Cheerios. Its brand portfolio includes more than 100 leading United States food brands. Its major business divisions include Big G cereals, which produces Cheerios, Wheaties, Lucky Charms and others; the meals division, which produces Progresso soup and Green Giant vegetables; the baking products division; the yogurt division, which offers Yoplait yogurts; the Health Ventures division, the bakeries and foodservice division and the international division. General Mills traces its roots to the 1860s and a pair of flourmills on opposite banks of the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, where the company remains headquartered. General Mills maintains production and distribution facilities throughout the U.S., including one in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.