GENERAL MILLS INC

COMPANY OVERVIEW For 160 years , General Mills has been making food the world loves. We are a leading global manufacturer and marketer of branded consumer foods with more than 100 brands in 100 countries across six continents. In addition to our consolidated operations, we have 50 percent interests in two strategic joint ventures that manufacture and market food products sold in approximately 120 countries worldwide. We manage and review the financial results of our business under four operating segments: North America Retail; International; North America Pet; and North America Foodservice. See Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations (MD&A) in Item 7 of this report for a description of our segments. We offer a variety of human and pet food products that provide great taste, nutrition, convenience, and value for consumers around the world. Our business is focused on the following large, global categories: snacks, including grain, fruit and savory snacks, nutrition bars, and frozen hot snacks; ready-to-eat cereal; convenient meals, including meal kits, ethnic meals, pizza, soup, side dish mixes, frozen breakfast, and frozen entrees; wholesome natural pet food; refrigerated and frozen dough; baking mixes and ingredients; and super-premium ice cream. Our Cereal Partners Worldwide (CPW) joint venture with Nestl S.A. (Nestl ) competes in the ready-to-eat cereal category in markets outside North America, and our H agen-Dazs Japan, Inc. (HDJ) joint venture competes in the super-premium ice cream category in Japan.