Breakfast is said to be the most important meal of the day. One place this is increasingly apparent is in our nation’s schools where research shows a positive correlation between kids who eat breakfast and improved academic achievement, attendance and behavior. For the past five years, General Mills Foodservice has helped schools boost breakfast participation [...]
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» 2013 Food & Health Survey
A new survey says three out of four Americans prefer positive messaging about how to have a healthful diet and would rather hear about what they should eat, rather than what they should not. This was one of many key observations from the International Food Information Council (IFIC) Foundation 2013 Food & Health Survey, which [...]
» USDA study confirms cereal improvements
A USDA Agricultural Research Service-led study confirms what we’ve known for some time: The nutritional profile of cereals in the U.S. has improved significantly since 2005. The study of Kellogg and General Mills cereals – which represent 62 percent of the U.S. market and 80 percent of sales – found that, on average, between 2005 [...]
» Kissing 1.5 trillion calories goodbye
In 2010, General Mills, along with 15 leading food and beverage corporate partners who make up the Healthy Weight Commitment Foundation (HWCF), made a pledge to The First Lady’s Partnership for a Healthier America to reduce calories by 1.5 trillion in the U.S. marketplace by 2015. Today, the HWCF announced that the goal not only [...]
» Go With the Whole Grain for Kids
My husband and I are getting ready to send our preschooler to kindergarten next fall. (Yikes! I don’t think I need to point out how fast time flies, especially when raising children!) We’ve been in the process of checking out some options for our budding young scholar. Since I haven’t stepped foot in a kindergarten [...]
» It’s not nutritious unless people eat it
The relationship food companies have with their consumers goes beyond traditional parameters. Our consumers trust us with the food they put in their bodies, the food that nourishes and fuels them throughout the day. This gives us a unique connection to our consumers that we take very seriously. My team’s goal at General Mills is [...]
» “Choose Dat Not Dis” wins PR competition
General Mills hosted students from three U.S. universities – Loyola University New Orleans, the University of Florida, and the University of Maryland, College Park – for the final round of the Public Relations Student Society of America’s (PRSSA) highly regarded Bateman Case Study Competition last week. The competition, conducted annually, evaluates teams of college students [...]
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