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General Mills itself was created on June 20, 1928, [8] when Washburn-Crosby President James Ford Bell merged Washburn-Crosby with three other mills. [9] In the same year, General Mills acquired the Wichita Mill and Elevator Company of the industrialist Frank Kell of Wichita Falls, Texas. With the sale, Kell acquired cash plus stock in the ...
Annie's Homegrown (or simply Annie's) is an American organic food company owned by General Mills.The company was founded in Hampton, Connecticut, by Annie Withey and Andrew Martin, who had previously founded Smartfood popcorn along with Ken Meyers.
General Mills restaurants had $108 million net income in that year. At the end of 1995, Darden operated 1,250 restaurants in 49 states with 73 locations in Canada. [6] Darden Restaurants was spun off from General Mills beginning on May 9, 1995, when it began trading on the when-issued basis at $9.75 a share. [12] The company became a fully ...
The Pillsbury Company bought Häagen-Dazs in 1983. In 1999, Pillsbury and Nestlé merged their U.S. and Canadian ice cream operations into a joint venture called Ice Cream Partners. General Mills, in turn, bought Pillsbury in 2001 and succeeded to its interest in the joint venture.
General Mills is ending onsite child care at its Golden Valley headquarters on Sept. 30, the company told employees last week. Demand for the benefit has dropped as employees work a hybrid ...
The company was established in 1920 in Seattle by Pacific Northwest outdoorsman Eddie Bauer (1899–1986). In 1940, Bauer patented the first quilted down jacket. [4] Bauer retired and sold the company to his partner in 1968. General Mills bought the company in 1971 and Spiegel acquired it from General Mills in 1988. In 2003, Spiegel filed ...
Eight Black employees of a General Mills plant in Georgia have filed a class-action complaint against the brand over what they say is race-based discrimination from its white managers.
General Mills has been sued by eight Black employees who accused the food company of tolerating decades of racism at a suburban Atlanta plant led by white managers known as the Good Ole Boys. A ...