A U.S. District Court judge advanced a lawsuit over advertising for General Mills Fruit Roll-Ups that suggested the snack food did contain actual fruit.

(Reuters) - General Mills Inc must defend a lawsuit that claims the food company deceived consumers into believing its Fruit Roll-Ups and Fruit by the Foot snacks are made with real fruit.

By Dividendinvestr: By Kersasp Shekhdar The company behind that instantly-recognizable chocolate, Toblerone, Kraft Foods Inc. (KFT) occupies a lonely position in the United States - competitors are few and far between. Kraft competes with Sara Lee in packaged meats and frozen…

Hormel Foods Corp. led a list of eight Minnesota companies on Corporate Responsibility Magazine's 13th annual "100 Best Corporate Citizens List." Hormel (NYSE: HRL) was ranked 19th on the list, with The Mosaic Co. (NYSE: MOS), 3M Co. (NYSE: MMM), General Mills Inc. (NYSE: GIS), and…

InvestorPlace.com editor Jeff Reeves joined WRKO 680 host Barry Armstrong on Boston's "Financial Exchange" program on Friday, April 13, 2012.

Filed under: Company News, Columns, Investing, Earnings, Stock PicksEmbrace inflation. That appears to be the buoyant mood at some makers of packaged consumer food. Dire warnings about the advent of higher prices notwithstanding, not everyone in the consumer-staple sector expects to be a…

NASHVILLE, Tenn., April 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The anti-hunger movement got some major backing today when representatives from Walmart and the Walmart Foundation, The Band Perry, Kimberly Williams-Paisley and four of the nation's largest food companies — General Mills, ConAgra Foods, Kra

Financial giants don’t score too well in a new survey of consumers about the companies the trust and respect.

General Mills has been named America's most reputable company in an annual study of the country's 150 largest public companies published by Forbes magazine. Golden Valley-based General Mills...

General Mills Inc. is ranked as the No. 1 most reputable company in America in an annual survey of the nation's 150 largest companies. Golden Valley-based General Mills (NYSE: GIS) jumped up from No. 15 in the 2011 survey by the Reputation Institute and Forbes magazine. Eight other…

General Mills hasn't kept up with food-market trends. It's the Pac-Man of the food world -- and this writer suggests selling the stock.

Filed under: Company News, Pepsico, ShoppingIn 1945, she was voted the second most famous American woman after Eleanor Roosevelt. Her name: Betty Crocker. But she didn't really exist at all. Betty Crocker was not a real-life happy homemaker, but a fabricated character, brought to you by…

[at Investopedia] - General Mills is deteriorating more slowly, but still is no bargain.

General Mills (GIS) and ConAgra (CAG) are expected to report similarly flat earnings for the fiscal third quarter, ended Feb. 29, this week, and standing back to back there?s little to differentiate these two food makers ? at first glance. Both have roughly the same healthy dividend yield.…

Los Angeles TimesNo Cheer For Cheerios? General Mills Shares Sink After Q3 Profit SlumpsForbesLike many rivals, General Mills' profit suffered from rising input prices—and consumers balking at higher food prices. (Image credit: Getty Images via @daylife) Higher commodity costs and…

General Mills (GIS) announced that earnings fell by 0. 2% though sales were 13% higher.

General Mills Inc. reported fiscal third quarter 2012 adjusted earnings of 55 cents, up by 1.8% from the prior-year quarter. However, the quarterly earnings lagged the Zacks Consensus Estimate by a penny....

New York (BoerseGo.de) – Der Nahrungsmittelkonzern General Mills hat im dritten Quartal beim Gewinn die Analystenschätzungen exakt getroffen. Der Umsatz lag marginal über den Erwartungen. Der Konzern..

Among the stocks that could see active trade in Wednesday’s session are General Mills, Actuant and Fred’s.

The Trading Radar highlights key earnings and economic announcements for tomorrow's trading session: Before The Market Opens Economic: 7:00am EDTMBA Mortgage Index - no Street consensusEarnings: Actuant Corp. (NYSE: ATU) - consensus EPS $0.38 Asure Software, Inc. (Nasdaq: ASUR) - no Street…

By Takeover Analyst:As an IR consultant, I believe that it is only a matter of time before the Street catches onto the value of under-followed, but deserving, food / snack brands like New Dragon Asia (NDAC.PK) and Golden Enterprises (GLDC). Barring a change in press coverage, the…

General Mills Inc. is scheduled to report its third-quarter 2012 financial results before the opening bell on Wednesday, March 21, 2012. The current Zacks Consensus Estimate for the quarterly earnings ...

By SA Editor Miriam Metzinger: Stocks discussed on the in-depth session of Jim Cramer's Mad Money TV Program, Friday March 16. 15 Things To Watch This Week: Adobe (ADBE), Tiffany (TIF), Cintas (CTAS), Oracle (ORCL), Discover Financial Services (DFS), General Mills (GIS), Dollar…