General Mills is joining fans of our cereals around the U.S. today by celebrating National Cereal Day. Of course we make much more than cereal, but you could argue that our company identity is most closely tied to the Big G cereal brands. In honor of the “holiday,” I did some digging in the General [...]
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» We are part of We Day
I can now tell people that the Jonas Brothers once opened for me. Joe, Kevin and Nick Jonas made a surprise appearance on stage at a special event this morning at Patrick Henry High School in Minneapolis (I made a few remarks after them, more on that coming up). A high-energy crowd of 500 or [...]
» Superfan celebrates 10-millionth Cheerio
Some people doodle when they’re bored. Chris Ritsch counts Cheerios. “I was kind of thinking about it one day, I wonder how many Cheerios I’ve eaten? I was probably on a conference call at the time, probably zoning out a little bit. I did some quick math and was thinking if these numbers are right [...]
» Reinventing the Cheerios Kid
Sometimes when I’m driving to work in the morning, I have to pinch myself. Every day, I help lead the team responsible for growing and supporting one of the world’s most iconic brands – the one and only Cheerios cereal - and I feel very lucky. As a marketer at General Mills, this role is one [...]
» Cheerios cakes for a first birthday
Some amazingly realistic cakes were made by Lindsey Ewald of Oregon to celebrate the first birthday of her cousin’s little boy – a huge Cheerios fan. Knowing she’d be up to the challenge, her cousin asked her to make a cake with a Cheerios theme. And did she ever! In fact, she made two! We [...]
» Buzz teams up with Andy Richter
Buzz, the Honey Nut Cheerios bee, is doing something most of us will never do: star in a video with Conan O’Brien’s late night sidekick, comedian Andy Richter. Their video, “Scared of Bees,” was recently released on the website Funny or Die. (Scott Lee, with Buzz and Erica Jensen, also with General Mills) We chatted [...]
» News Bites – August 10, 2012
Every Friday we bring you “News Bites,” a collection of links from the week about General Mills and the food industry. We also highlight content from other General Mills blogs and websites. Notable posts from or about General Mills: One of the writers on the Green Giant blog, Valley Report, looked into the history and [...]
» Summer interns with purpose
They’re not in class over the summer, but that isn’t halting the learning process for many interns at General Mills. As part of the company’s ongoing professional development mission, internships are vital to the recruitment process, while providing deserving candidates enriching, practical and hands-on career-building experiences. “Our internship program is designed to help identify the [...]
» A big bowl of Cheerios
As basic and familiar as they are, even a toddler knows that Cheerios can be art. You can’t miss an extraordinary sculpture of ordinary Cheerios if you’re a visitor to General Mills’ main office in Minneapolis. Artist Jud Nelson was well-known in the 1980s and 1990s for doing realistic sculpture. He would often carve small, [...]
» News Bites – June 29, 2012
Every Friday we bring you “News Bites,” a collection of links from the week about General Mills and the food industry. We also highlight content from other General Mills blogs and websites. Notable posts about General Mills: CNBC’s Jim Cramer interviewed our Chairman and CEO, Ken Powell in “Cramer Interviews General Mills CEO.” Just-Food linked [...]
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