secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     GENERAL MILLS INC (GIS)
CIK:        0000040704
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-03-18T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001628280-26-019020
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

General Mills Q3 net sales down 8% to $4.4B; EPS $0.56, down 50%; reaffirms FY guidance
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- Organic net sales down 3% with 6-point headwind from divestitures/acquisitions.
- Adjusted diluted EPS of $0.64, down 37% in constant currency; operating profit $525M (-41%).
- North America Retail net sales down 14% to $2.6B; yogurt divestitures cut 9 points.
- North America Pet net sales up 3% to $640M; International up 7% to $696M.
- FY 2026 guidance reaffirmed: organic net sales -1.5 to -2%; adj. op. profit and EPS -16 to -20% CC.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/40704/000162828026019020/0001628280-26-019020-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/40704/000162828026019020/gis-20260318.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-26-019020

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