General Mills Inc GIS

Consumer Defensive Packaged Foods

General Mills, Inc. is a manufacturer and marketer of branded consumer foods. The Company operates through four segments: North America Retail, International, Pet, and North America Foodservice. The North America Retail segment reflects business with a variety of grocery stores, mass merchandisers, membership stores, natural food chains, drug, dollar and discount chains, convenience stores, and e-commerce grocery providers. The International segment reflects retail and foodservice businesses outside of the United States and Canada. The Pet segment includes pet food products sold in the United States and Canada in national pet superstore chains, e-commerce retailers, grocery stores, regional pet store chains, mass merchandisers, and veterinary clinics and hospitals. The North America Foodservice segment offers products, such as ready-to-eat cereals, snacks, refrigerated yogurt, frozen meals, unbaked and fully baked frozen dough products, baking mixes, and bakery flour.

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Post by HDP18on Sep 22, 2005 4:17pm

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This stock looks half decent

The energy complex and related costs for commodity inputs for their goods are a concern -but people gotta eat. So all in all, it looks like a great defensive issue that pays a healthy dividend. Nothing to sneeze at in these uncertain times.

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