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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-25-225852"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GIS"
cik: "0000040704"
company_name: "GENERAL MILLS INC"
filed_at: "2025-10-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T05:10:04.369220+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# General Mills approves restructuring plan with $82M charges, three facility closures

## Summary
- Approves multi-year supply chain initiative; expects ~$82M total restructuring charges ($17M cash).
- Closure of St. Charles, MO pizza crust plant; closure of two Joplin, MO pet facilities (Whitebridge Pet Brands).
- Charges: ~$64M asset write-offs, ~$18M other costs including severance.
- Majority (~$49M) recognized in Q2 FY2026; actions expected complete by end of FY2029.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-25-225852
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GIS
- cik: 0000040704
- company_name: GENERAL MILLS INC
- filed_at: 2025-10-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.05
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/40704/000119312525225852/0001193125-25-225852-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/40704/000119312525225852/d935094d8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-25-225852.txt

## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: bbbfd1e8398ceb5e2cfd0cf21fe40df20e4afd08
  claim: GENERAL MILLS INC announced a restructuring with charges of approximately $82 million of restructuring charges affecting North America Foodservice pizza crust manufacturing facility in St. Charles, Missouri; two North America Pet manufacturing facilities in Joplin, Missouri; consolidation of assets at certain other faci.
  evidence_excerpt: On September 25, 2025, General Mills, Inc. approved a multi-year organizational initiative to increase the competitiveness of our supply chain. To consolidate capacity, improve our cost structure, and support this initiative, we approved (i) the closure of our North America Foodservice pizza crust manufacturing facility in St. Charles, Missouri, (ii) the closure of two of our North America Pet manufacturing facilities in Joplin, Missouri that we acquired in the Whitebridge Pet Brands acquisition, and (iii) the consolidation of assets at certain of our other facilities, pursuant to which we expect to incur approximately $82 million of restructuring charges, of which approximately $17 million will be cash.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/40704/000119312525225852/0001193125-25-225852-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.