---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-25-057486"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GIS"
cik: "0000040704"
company_name: "GENERAL MILLS INC"
filed_at: "2025-12-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T12:58:23.846061+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# General Mills Q2 net sales down 7% to $4.9B; diluted EPS $0.78, down 45%; reaffirms FY26 outlook

## Summary
- Diluted EPS $0.78 down 45% YoY; adjusted diluted EPS $1.10 down 21% in constant currency.
- Organic net sales down 1% vs prior year; reported net sales $4.9B down 7% including 6pp divestiture headwind.
- North America Retail organic net sales down 3%; North America Pet organic up 1%; International organic up 4%.
- Gross margin fell 210bps to 34.8%; adjusted gross margin fell 150bps to 34.8% on higher input costs.
- Reaffirmed FY26 outlook: organic net sales -1% to +1%; adjusted OP and EPS down 10-15% in constant currency.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-25-057486
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GIS
- cik: 0000040704
- company_name: GENERAL MILLS INC
- filed_at: 2025-12-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/40704/000162828025057486/0001628280-25-057486-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/40704/000162828025057486/gis-20251217.htm

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