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General Mills Inc

generalmills.com

What Do They Do?

Sells branded foods for people and pets to retailers, foodservice distributors, and operators worldwide.

How Do They Make Money?

Customers buy snacks and other packaged foods through generally short-term contracts; a sale is completed when the shipment is accepted, and payment terms are short-term.

revenue
SegmentShareRevenue
Snacks
Sold outright

22%
FY2023: 22%
Cereal
Sold outright

17%
FY2023: 16%
Convenient meals
Sold outright

16%
FY2023: 15%
Pet
Sold outright

15%
FY2023: 12%
Dough
Sold outright

13%
FY2023: 12%
Baking mixes and ingredients
Sold outright

10%
FY2023: 10%
Yogurt
Sold outright
0.6%
FY2023: 7.3%
Super-premium ice cream
Sold outright
4.3%
FY2023: 3.5%
Other
Sold outright
1.9%
FY2023: 2.1%

Who Are Their Customers?

Retailers and pet specialty stores, along with foodservice distributors and operators, generally buy through the company's direct sales force; brokers and distributors serve some products, customer types, and markets.

Customers above 10% of revenue, FY2026
of revenue from one customer

Do Revenues Turn Into Profits?

Not on paper. It lost $87.6M in FY2026, but brought in more cash than it spent: $1.6B of free cash flow.

Operating income, FY2026
5% of revenue
▼ −73% vs FY2025 ($3.3B, 17%)
Net income, FY2026
0% of revenue
▼ Now a loss vs FY2025 ($2.3B, 12%)
Free cash flow, FY2026
9% of revenue
▼ −29% vs FY2025 ($2.3B, 12%)

How Are They Changing?

Since the FY2026 annual report
Latest quarter: Q1 FY2027, the three months to Aug 30, 2026
Revenue
▼ −3%
vs $4.5B in Q1 FY2026
Net income
▼ −67%
vs $1.2B in Q1 FY2026
Snacks share of revenue vs 23.2% in Q1 FY2026

Growing. Revenue grew 8.6x in 4 years, from $2.1B in FY2022 to $18.4B in FY2026, about 71% a year.

Revenue over time
Snacks Cereal Convenient meals Pet Dough Baking mixes and ingredients Yogurt Super-premium ice cream Other
$25B$12.5B$0

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