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General Mills: Fiscal Q2 Earnings Snapshot

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — General Mills Inc. (GIS) on Wednesday reported fiscal second-quarter profit of $413 million.

On a per-share basis, the Minneapolis-based company said it had net income of 78 cents. Earnings, adjusted for asset impairment costs and non-recurring costs, came to $1.10 per share.

The results exceeded Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of eight analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $1.02 per share.

The maker of Cheerios cereal, Yoplait yogurt and other packaged foods posted revenue of $4.86 billion in the period, also exceeding Street forecasts. Seven analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $4.77 billion.

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This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on GIS at https://www.zacks.com/ap/GIS

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