General Mills (GIS)

(1) Background

The accompanying Consolidated Financial Statements of General Mills, Inc. (we, us, our, or the Company) have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States for interim financial information and with the rules and regulations for reporting on Form 10-Q. Accordingly, they do not include certain information and disclosures required for comprehensive financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included and are of a normal recurring nature. Operating results for the quarterly and nine-month periods ended February 24, 2008, are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the fiscal year ending May 25, 2008.

These statements should be read in conjunction with the Consolidated Financial Statements and footnotes included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended May 27, 2007. The accounting policies used in preparing these Consolidated Financial Statements are the same as those described in Note 2 to the Consolidated Financial Statements in that Form 10-K, except as discussed in Notes 6, 16, and 18 to these Consolidated Financial Statements. In addition, certain reclassifications to our previously reported financial information have been made to conform to the current period presentation.

(1) Background

The accompanying Consolidated Financial Statements of General Mills, Inc. (we, us, our, or the Company) have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States for interim financial information and with the rules and regulations for reporting on Form 10-Q. Accordingly, they do not include certain information and disclosures required for comprehensive financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included and are of a normal recurring nature. Operating results for the quarterly and six-month periods ended November 25, 2007, are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the fiscal year ending May 25, 2008.

These statements should be read in conjunction with the Consolidated Financial Statements and footnotes included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended May 27, 2007. The accounting policies used in preparing these Consolidated Financial Statements are the same as those described in Note 2 to the Consolidated Financial Statements in that Form 10-K, except as discussed in Notes 6, 16, and 18 to these Consolidated Financial Statements. In addition, certain reclassifications to our previously reported financial information have been made to conform to the current period presentation.

(1)   Background

The accompanying Consolidated Financial Statements of General Mills, Inc. (we, us, our, or the Company) and subsidiaries have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States for interim financial information and with the rules and regulations for reporting on Form 10-Q. Accordingly, they do not include certain information and disclosures required for comprehensive financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included and are of a normal recurring nature. Operating results for the thirteen and twenty-six weeks ended November 26, 2006, are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the fiscal year ending May 27, 2007.

These statements should be read in conjunction with the Consolidated Financial Statements and footnotes included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended May 28, 2006. The accounting policies used in preparing these Consolidated Financial Statements are the same as those described in Note 1 to the Consolidated Financial Statements in that Form 10-K, except as disclosed in Notes 2 and 3 below. Certain prior years’ amounts have also been reclassified to conform to the current year presentation as disclosed in Note 3 below.

In addition, at the beginning of fiscal 2007, we shifted responsibility for several customers from our Bakeries and Foodservice segment to our U.S. Retail segment. All prior year amounts have been reclassified for comparative purposes. See Notes 6 and 15 below.

(1)   Background

The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States for interim financial information and with the rules and regulations for reporting on Form 10-Q. Accordingly, they do not include certain information and disclosures required for comprehensive financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included and are of a normal recurring nature. Operating results for the thirteen weeks and the thirty-nine weeks ended February 26, 2006 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the fiscal year ending May 28, 2006.

These statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and footnotes included in our Form 10-K for the year ended May 29, 2005. The accounting policies used in preparing these consolidated financial statements are the same as those described in Note 1 to the consolidated financial statements in our Form 10-K except as described in Note 14.

(1)   Background

The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States for interim financial information and with the rules and regulations for reporting on Form 10-Q. Accordingly, they do not include certain information and disclosures required for comprehensive financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included and are of a normal recurring nature. Operating results for the thirteen weeks and the twenty-six weeks ended November 27, 2005 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the fiscal year ending May 28, 2006.

These statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and footnotes included in our Form 10-K for the year ended May 29, 2005. The accounting policies used in preparing these consolidated financial statements are the same as those described in Note One to the consolidated financial statements in our Form 10-K except as noted in Note 13.

(1)   Background

The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States for interim financial information and with the rules and regulations for reporting on Form 10-Q. Accordingly, they do not include certain information and disclosures required for comprehensive financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included and are of a normal recurring nature. Operating results for the thirteen weeks ended August 28, 2005 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the fiscal year ending May 28, 2006.

These statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and footnotes included in our Form 10-K for the year ended May 29, 2005. The accounting policies used in preparing these consolidated financial statements are the same as those described in Note One to the consolidated financial statements in our Form 10-K.

(1)   Background

The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States for interim financial information and with the rules and regulations for reporting on Form 10-Q. Accordingly, they do not include certain information and disclosures required for comprehensive financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included and are of a normal recurring nature. Operating results for the thirty-nine weeks ended February 27, 2005 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the fiscal year ending May 29, 2005.

These statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and footnotes included in our Form 10-K for the year ended May 30, 2004. Except as noted in Note Ten below, the accounting policies used in preparing these consolidated financial statements are the same as those described in Note One to the consolidated financial statements in our Form 10-K.

Certain amounts in prior-period consolidated financial statements have been reclassified to conform to the current period classifications.

(1)   Background

The accompanying consolidated condensed financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States for interim financial information and with the rules and regulations for reporting on Form 10-Q. Accordingly, they do not include certain information and disclosures required for comprehensive financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included and are of a normal recurring nature. Operating results for the twenty-six weeks ended November 28, 2004 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the fiscal year ending May 29, 2005.

These statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and footnotes included in our Form 10-K for the year ended May 30, 2004. The accounting policies used in preparing these consolidated condensed financial statements are the same as those described in Note One of our Form 10-K.

Certain amounts in prior-period consolidated condensed financial statements have been reclassified to conform to the current period classifications.