Articles Tagged with ''General Mills''

General Mills is investing $50,000 to support the Canada-based Prairie Organic Grain Initiative (POGI), a multi-year program aimed at building resiliency and stability in the organic field crop sector while increasing the quantity and quality of organic field crops in Canada.

Yoplait has announced a 25 percent reduction of sugar in each single serve cup of its Original line of yogurts, the latest in General Mills' efforts to provide consumers with category leading better-for-you products. Following Yoplait's removal of high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) and its discontinued use of dairy with rBGH/rBST growth hormone in 2009, the new reduced sugar Original yogurt will provide fans with the great taste they have come to love and expect from Yoplait.

General Mills, Minneapolis, says it has improved the health profile of 76% of its US retail sales volume since 2005, when it first established a “Health Metric” to encourage progress on nutrition and health improvements.

Yoplait Original will roll out a 25 percent sugar reduction in cups in March. The news was announced at the annual Consumer Analyst Group of New York conference in Boca Raton, Florida

At the annual Consumer Analyst Group of New York conference in Boca Raton, Florida, General Mills chairman and CEO Ken Powell outlined a clear focus on new growth strategies for the company, which address shifting consumer preferences in food.

A good idea is often powerful in and of itself, but backing it up with genuine consumer enthusiasm can make it a reality.

General Mills announced its newest lineup of products poised to drive growth for the company. Beginning in January, the company will launch more than 50 new products that meet increasing consumer demand for better-for-you snacks, products with simple ingredients, protein, gluten-free and bold flavors.

French Toast Crunch disappeared from grocery stores shelves in 2006. Since then, fans of the sweet cereal have petitioned General Mills to return the product to the marketplace.

General Mills, Inc. has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Annie's, Inc., a U.S. producer of branded organic and natural food products with net sales of $204 million in its latest fiscal year (completed March 2014).

General Mills says it has signed a deal to buy a controlling stake in French yogurt company Yoplait for about $1.15 billion.