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Legal Name
General Mills, Inc.
Legal classification
Spinout
Number of Employees (Ranges)
10,001+
Email Address
boardofdirectors@genmills.com
Phone Number
+18002487310
Number of Employees
35,000
Full Address
1 GENERAL MILLS BLVD MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55426 UNITED STATES
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Place of Incorporation
DUNS Number
03-428-6919
IRS Number
410,274,440
Founded Date
1928
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GIS
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NAICS Code
493,130
CAGE Code
24608
Patents Assigned (Count)
414
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Company Operating Status
Active
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Private0
SIC Code
2,040
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General Mills manufacturers and markets consumer foods products that are sold in retail stores across the United States and internationally. The company was founded in 1866 by Cadwallader Washburn, and is headquartered out of Golden Valley, Minnesota.
History
Cadwallader Washburn founded the Washburn flour mill on the bank of the Mississippi River in 1866. In 1877, Washburn struck a deal to form a business partnership with John Crosby to form the Washburn-Crosby company to focus on producing winter wheat flour. The Washburn-Crosby company would later become General Mills on June 20, 1928 after it merged with 28 other flour mills.
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