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In 1980, General Mills acquired the California-based Good Earth health food restaurant chain. [18] The company eventually converted the restaurants into other chain restaurants they were operating, such as Red Lobster. [19] [20] In 1982, General Mills Restaurants founded a new Italian-themed restaurant chain called Olive Garden.
The 800 Westchester Avenue complex is a postmodern Class A office building located in Rye Brook, New York. [1] [2] It was designed by the architectural firm of Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo and Associates, LLC to serve as the corporate headquarters for General Foods. [9] [10]
General Foods Corporation was a company whose direct predecessor was established in the United States by Charles William (C. W.) Post as the Postum Cereal Company in 1895.. The company changed its name to "General Foods" in 1929, after several corporate acquisitions, by Marjorie Merriweather Post after she inherited the established cereal business from her father, C. W. Post.
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 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 ...
General Mills, a company that makes breakfast cereals, upgraded the chain to a more casual dining/family fare-oriented format, opened a new company headquarters in Orlando, and retained Darden as company manager. In 1975, when Darden was promoted to Vice President of General Mills, Joseph (Joe) R. Lee, the company's first restaurant manager ...
In 1969, the company sold their model train lines to General Mills. It continued to operate until 1993 as a holding company for their toy stores. In 2006, Lionel's electric train became the first electric toy inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame. The model trains are still in production as Lionel, LLC.
Even after George Parker's death, the company remained family-owned until 1968 when General Mills purchased the company. [2] After this, Parker Brothers produced the first Nerf ball. [ 5 ] In the UK during the 1970s, Parker Brothers sold the rights of some games to the games division of Palitoy (also a General Mills company), [ 8 ] and produced ...