General Mills, Inc. (GIS)
Packaged foods maker, half in the U.S.. Read October 3, 2026 from the annual report for the period ending May 31, 2026, filed July 1, 2026. Ranked 28 of the 31 Consumer Defensive companies read so far, by the share within reach now.
Within reach now
13%
End of 2028
21%
Employees, annual report
30,000
Leading staffing pattern
Food Manufacturing
Share of the working time within reach, long-run pace, four times in five
- Now13%
- End of 202719%
- End of 202821%
- End of 203021%
What changes for its people by the end of 2028, by its industries' figures
- Stays with people 78%
- Becomes checking a model's work 16%
- Handed over with lighter checks 5%
The filing states approximately 30,000 employees, half in the U.S. and 12,000 in production, with no count by category, so food and pet food take their shares of net sales (c).
The figures on this page come from the company's own annual report and from BLS staffing patterns for its industries, never from a roster. They are estimates with a stated method. Nothing here says what the company will do: within reach is not a forecast of jobs lost or of savings.
What follows from the reading
Share of working time within reach of AI, on the long-run pace at four in five: 13% now, 19% at the end of 2027, 21% at the end of 2028, 21% at the end of 2030. By the patterns, the work is about 21% desk work, 9% people work and 70% body work. These are the site's industry estimates weighted by the shares below: estimates with a stated method and range, not a forecast of what the company will do. By the same patterns, at the end of 2028 about 78% of the working time stays with people (conversation, in-person and hands-on work), 16% becomes checking a model's work and 5% could be handed over with lighter checks, from the industries' own figures, not the company's roles.
Headcount
30,000 employees as of May 31, 2026 (stated). Approximately 15,000 of 30,000 employees are in the U.S. and 15,000 in markets outside it.
The filing: “As of May 31, 2026 , we had approximatel y 30,000 employees around the globe, with approximately 15,000 in the U.S. and approximately 15,000 located in our markets outside of the U.S.”
The workforce as industry patterns
| Pattern | Share | Reason, from the filing |
|---|---|---|
| Food Manufacturing | 85% | Snacks, cereal, meals, dough, baking mixes and ice cream span several food manufacturing groups (NAICS 311, the SIC 2040 business), so the subsector; the filing counts production and non-production employees, not categories, so by revenue (c). |
| Animal Food Manufacturing | 15% | Pet food, 15% of net sales (NAICS 3111); by revenue (c). |
What the filing says about the workforce: Approximately 30,000 employees, 15,000 in the U.S. and 15,000 outside; about 12,000 dedicated to production and 18,000 non-production.
What the filing says about AI
2 sentences in the filing name AI. The filing names artificial intelligence as part of the information technology systems its business processes run on, and AI-related threats among its cybersecurity risks.
- “Our information technology systems (which includes artificial intelligence) and infrastructure are critical to effectively manage our key business processes including digital marketing, order entry and fulfillment, supply chain management, finance, administration, and other business processes.”
- “Emerging artificial intelligence-related threats may increase the frequency and severity of these risks, and may also introduce new threats, both of which could be difficult to defend against.”
Its annual reports, year by year
Sentences naming AI in each annual report, counted by one rule, beside the median report in the Index that year. Each count links its filing. Every company, by year and sector
- Fiscal 20210median 0
- Fiscal 20220median 0
- Fiscal 20230median 1
- Fiscal 20240median 4
- Fiscal 20252median 10
Headcount by filing year
As reported in each year's annual report, with the filing. A year marked not read had no figure the reading could take from the report's text.
| Period | Employees | Filed | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-31 | 30,000 | 2026-07-01 | 10-K |
| 2025-05-25 | 33,000 | 2025-06-26 | 10-K |
| 2024-05-26 | 34,000 | 2024-06-26 | 10-K |
| 2023-05-28 | 34,000 | 2023-06-28 | 10-K |
| 2022-05-29 | 32,500 | 2022-06-30 | 10-K |
| 2021-05-30 | 35,000 | 2021-06-30 | 10-K |
| 2020-05-31 | 35,000 | 2020-07-02 | 10-K |
| 2019-05-26 | 40,000 | 2019-06-28 | 10-K |
| 2018-05-27 | 40,000 | 2018-06-29 | 10-K |
| 2017-05-28 | 38,000 | 2017-06-29 | 10-K |
| 2016-05-29 | 39,000 | 2016-06-30 | 10-K |
| 2015-05-31 | 42,000 | 2015-07-06 | 10-K |
| 2014-05-25 | 43,000 | 2014-07-03 | 10-K |
| 2013-05-26 | 41,000 | 2013-07-03 | 10-K |
| 2012-05-27 | 35,000 | 2012-07-03 | 10-K |
| 2011-05-29 | 35,000 | 2011-07-08 | 10-K |
| 2010-05-30 | 33,000 | 2010-07-09 | 10-K |
| 2009-05-31 | 30,000 | 2009-07-13 | 10-K |
| 2008-05-25 | 29,500 | 2008-07-11 | 10-K |
| 2007-05-27 | 28,500 | 2007-07-26 | 10-K |
| 2006-05-28 | 28,100 | 2006-07-27 | 10-K |
| 2005-05-29 | 27,800 | 2005-07-28 | 10-K |
| 2004-05-30 | 27,580 | 2004-07-29 | 10-K |
| 2003-05-25 | 27,300 | 2003-08-05 | 10-K |
| 2002-05-26 | 29,859 | 2002-08-14 | 10-K |
| 2001-05-27 | 11,001 | 2001-08-15 | 10-K405 |
| 2000-05-28 | 11,077 | 2000-08-18 | 10-K |
| 1999-05-30 | 10,660 | 1999-08-23 | 10-K405 |
| 1998-05-31 | 10,200 | 1998-08-21 | 10-K405 |
| 1997-05-25 | 10,200 | 1997-08-19 | 10-K405 |
| 1996-05-26 | 9,800 | 1996-08-23 | 10-K |
| 1995-05-28 | 9,900 | 1995-08-16 | 10-K |
| 1994-05-29 | 12,700 | 1994-08-23 | 10-K |
Limits of this reading
- Shares by category revenue (c): the filing counts employees by country and by production status, not by category.
- The food categories are read at the food manufacturing subsector because they span several groups.
Source: the company's annual report on EDGAR, accession 0001628280-26-046466, the filing. Read by Claude Fable 5.1 under rubric version 1, by the method. A company can write to info@stratussc.com to have its reading checked against its filing.
Questions about this company
- How much of General Mills, Inc.'s working time is within reach of AI?
- An estimated 13% now and 21% by the end of 2028, on METR's long-run pace at four in five, from the workforce General Mills, Inc.'s own annual report describes and BLS staffing patterns for its industries, never from a roster. It is an estimate with a stated method. It is not a forecast of jobs lost or of savings, and it says nothing about what the company will do.
- How many people does General Mills, Inc. employ?
- 30,000 as of May 31, 2026, as its annual report for the period ending May 31, 2026 states. About 50% in the U.S.
- What kinds of work make up General Mills, Inc.'s workforce?
- Read from its annual report as a blend of 2 industry staffing patterns, the largest Food Manufacturing; by those patterns the work is about 21% desk work, 9% people work and 70% body work. Each share has a one-sentence reason on this page that can be checked against the filing.
- What does General Mills, Inc.'s annual report say about AI?
- 2 sentences in the filing name AI. Its annual reports for fiscal 2021 to 2025 name it in 0, 0, 0, 0 and 2 sentences, year by year. They are counted and quoted on this page, never judged: a count says how much a filing talks about AI, not what the company does with it.
- How is this estimated?
- Claude Fable 5.1 read the annual report under the Index's written rubric (version 1) on October 3, 2026: the stated headcount, the share in the U.S. when stated, and the workforce as a blend of industry staffing patterns. The estimates are the site's industry estimates weighted by those shares, from O*NET tasks with estimated lengths and METR's measurements of how long a task AI models can finish. A company can write to info@stratussc.com to have its reading checked against its filing.
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