secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     GENERAL MILLS INC (GIS)
CIK:        0000040704
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-03-19T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-25-057150
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.85
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

General Mills Q3 organic sales -5%, adj. EPS -15%; cuts FY25 guidance to -2% organic
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- Q3 net sales $4.8B (-5% YoY); adjusted diluted EPS $1.00 (-15% constant currency), below expectations.
- North America Retail sales -7% (organic -6%); Pet flat (organic -5%) on retailer inventory headwinds.
- FY2025 guidance lowered: organic net sales now -2% to -1.5% (prior flat to +1%); adj. op profit/EPS -8% to -7% (prior -4% to -2%).
- CEO cites greater-than-expected retailer inventory reductions and slowing U.S. snacking categories.
- Targeting ≥$600M HMM productivity and ≥$100M additional cost savings in FY2026 to fund growth investments.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/40704/000119312525057150/0001193125-25-057150-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/40704/000119312525057150/d902176d8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-25-057150

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