Post Holdings, Inc. (POST)
Cereal, egg, pet food and side dish plants. Read October 19, 2026 from the annual report for the period ending September 30, 2025, filed November 21, 2025. Ranked 38 of the 62 Consumer Defensive companies read so far, by the share within reach now.
Within reach now
15%
End of 2028
24%
Employees, annual report
13,180
Leading staffing pattern
Grain and Oilseed Milling
Share of the working time within reach, long-run pace, four times in five
- Now15%
- End of 202722%
- End of 202824%
- End of 203025%
What changes for its people by the end of 2028, by its industries' figures
- Stays with people 74%
- Becomes checking a model's work 21%
- Handed over with lighter checks 5%
The filing states 13,180 employees, 11,390 in the U.S., across cereal, egg, pet food and refrigerated food businesses, with no count by segment, so the split follows segment revenue.
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: 15% now, 22% at the end of 2027, 24% at the end of 2028, 25% at the end of 2030. By the patterns, the work is about 25% desk work, 9% people work and 65% 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 74% of the working time stays with people (conversation, in-person and hands-on work), 21% 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
13,180 employees as of November 1, 2025 (stated). 11,390 of 13,180 employees in the U.S. (86%), 1,210 in the U.K., 450 in Canada and 130 elsewhere, stated.
The filing: “Post and its consolidated subsidiaries have 13,180 employees as of November 1, 2025, of which 11,390 are in the U.S., 1,210 are in the U.K., 450 are in Canada and 130 are located in other jurisdictions.”
The workforce as industry patterns
| Pattern | Share | Reason, from the filing |
|---|---|---|
| Grain and Oilseed Milling | 32% | Cereal and granola are 32% of revenue, made in cereal plants in the U.S. and the U.K., which NAICS counts with breakfast cereal manufacturing (311230), read by segment revenue (c) since the filing counts employees by country, not by segment. |
| Other Food Manufacturing | 30% | Egg and egg products (30% of revenue) and peanut butter (2%) are made in egg processing and other food plants, which NAICS counts with all other food manufacturing (311999), read by segment revenue (c); the egg farms inside the business are not counted apart. |
| Animal Food Manufacturing | 19% | Pet food is 19% of revenue, made in pet food plants, which NAICS counts as animal food manufacturing, read by segment revenue (c). |
| Fruit and Vegetable Preserving and Specialty Food Manufacturing | 19% | Side dishes (9% of revenue), sausage, cheese and the other refrigerated and specialty foods are read at specialty food manufacturing by segment revenue (c), the smaller lines folded in under rule 5. |
What the filing says about the workforce: 13,180 as of November 1, 2025, excluding unconsolidated subsidiaries; 11,390 U.S., 1,210 U.K., 450 Canada, 130 other; 16% unionized; headcount up from 11,480 with acquisitions, as the filing's history shows.
Companies read with the same leading pattern
Other companies whose largest staffing pattern is also Grain and Oilseed Milling, largest first, each read from its own annual report. Within reach now and at the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five.
- Archer-Daniels-Midland Company (ADM, 41,496 employees)17% now, 28% by 2028
- Bunge Global S.A. (BG, 34,000 employees)19% now, 31% by 2028
- Ingredion Incorporated (INGR, 11,200 employees)15% now, 26% by 2028
What the filing says about AI
7 sentences in the filing name AI. Seven sentences, risk factors: the rapid adoption of generative AI may amplify cybersecurity, data privacy and intellectual property risks, and attacks are more sophisticated with generative AI publicly available.
- “Also, the rapid evolution and adoption of artificial intelligence ("AI"), including generative AI, may amplify certain existing technology-related risks such as cybersecurity threats, data privacy concerns and intellectual property challenges.”
- “Cyber attacks and other cybersecurity incidents are occurring more frequently, are constantly evolving in nature, especially with the public availability of generative AI, are becoming more sophisticated and are being made by individuals and groups (including criminal hackers, hacktivists, state-sponsored institutions, terrorist organizations and individuals or groups participating in organized...”
- “Despite our efforts, the possibility of information security and cybersecurity incidents and human error or malfeasance cannot be eliminated entirely and will evolve as new and emerging technology is deployed, including the use of generative AI and personal mobile and computing devices that are outside of our network and control environments.”
- “GDPR), laws on AI (including the E.U.'s Artificial Intelligence Act), anti-corruption laws (including the U.K.”
- “Although we continue to 26 Table of Contents develop and enhance opportunities for efficient work processes, including using robotic or automation technology and other AI capabilities, an inability to automate processes in our manufacturing and distribution facilities could result in increases in labor costs.”
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 202214median 0
- Fiscal 20232median 1
- Fiscal 20247median 4
- Fiscal 20257median 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-30 | 13,180 | 2025-11-21 | 10-K |
| 2024-09-30 | 11,480 | 2024-11-15 | 10-K |
| 2023-09-30 | 11,430 | 2023-11-17 | 10-K |
| 2022-09-30 | 10,420 | 2022-11-17 | 10-K |
| 2021-09-30 | 10,735 | 2021-11-19 | 10-K |
| 2020-09-30 | 10,200 | 2020-11-20 | 10-K |
| 2019-09-30 | 10,100 | 2019-11-22 | 10-K |
| 2018-09-30 | 11,550 | 2018-11-16 | 10-K |
| 2017-09-30 | 11,410 | 2017-11-17 | 10-K |
| 2016-09-30 | 8,700 | 2016-11-18 | 10-K |
| 2015-09-30 | 8,500 | 2015-11-25 | 10-K |
| 2014-09-30 | 7,950 | 2014-11-28 | 10-K |
| 2013-09-30 | 1,600 | 2013-11-27 | 10-K |
| 2012-09-30 | 1,400 | 2012-12-13 | 10-K |
Limits of this reading
- No count by segment: the split follows segment revenue (c), with the smaller lines folded in.
- The count is as of November 1, 2025, after the fiscal year-end, as the filing states it.
Source: the company's annual report on EDGAR, accession 0001530950-25-000260, 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.
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Questions about this company
- How much of Post Holdings, Inc.'s working time is within reach of AI?
- An estimated 15% now and 24% by the end of 2028, on METR's long-run pace at four in five, from the workforce Post Holdings, 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 Post Holdings, Inc. employ?
- 13,180 as of November 1, 2025, as its annual report for the period ending September 30, 2025 states. About 86% in the U.S.
- What kinds of work make up Post Holdings, Inc.'s workforce?
- Read from its annual report as a blend of 4 industry staffing patterns, the largest Grain and Oilseed Milling; by those patterns the work is about 25% desk work, 9% people work and 65% body work. Each share has a one-sentence reason on this page that can be checked against the filing.
- What does Post Holdings, Inc.'s annual report say about AI?
- 7 sentences in the filing name AI. Its annual reports for fiscal 2021 to 2025 name it in 0, 14, 2, 7 and 7 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 19, 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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