General Mills layoffs, on the record
Every job cut, severance charge and restructuring General Mills reported in its annual reports, 2024 to 2026, quoted from the filings.
Headcount, as reported
| Annual report | Employees | As of |
|---|---|---|
| 10-K for 2025 | approximately 33,000 | May 25, 2025 |
Job cuts, severance and restructuring
Our summaryThe filing's XBRL tagging shows restructuring charges and reserves for a Global Supply Chain Actions program, with restructuring and severance items for the fiscal year ended May 26, 2024.
Word for word“0000040704 gis:GlobalSupplyChainActionsMember 2023-05-29 2024-05-26” 10-K for 2024
Our summaryThe company recorded restructuring charges for a multi-year organizational initiative to make its supply chain more competitive, plus charges for previously announced actions.
Word for word“Additionally, we recorded $95 million of restructuring charges related to the multi-year organizational initiative to increase the competitiveness of our supply chain and $60 million of restructuring and transformation charges related to actions previously announced.” 10-K for 2026
Our summaryThe company approved a multi-year global transformation initiative to boost productivity, supported by targeted organizational actions, and recorded charges for it.
Word for word“In fiscal 2025 , we approved a multi-year global transformation initiative to drive increased productivity by enhancing end-to-end business processes, enabled by targeted organizational actions, and as a result, we recorded $70 million of charges in fiscal 2025 .” 10-K for 2026
| Fiscal year ended | Severance costs | Restructuring charges | Cash paid for restructuring |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-05-28 | $94.5 million | $221.9 million | $107.8 million |
| 2018-05-27 | — | $179.6 million | $53.6 million |
| 2019-05-26 | — | $285 million | $49.3 million |
| 2020-05-31 | — | $50.2 million | — |
| 2021-05-30 | — | $172.7 million | $21.8 million |
| 2022-05-29 | — | — | $93.9 million |
| 2023-05-28 | — | — | $36.6 million |
| 2024-05-26 | — | — | $35.5 million |
| 2025-05-25 | — | — | $13.2 million |
| 2026-05-31 | — | — | $92.5 million |
General Mills filed 7 restructuring notices (Form 8-K, Item 2.05) since 2016. This page shows what the company reported to the SEC, not news reports or state layoff notices.
Read from General Mills’s annual reports (10-K for 2026, 10-K for 2025, 10-K for 2024) and the financial data it files with the SEC, as of 2026-07-01. Every quotation is word for word from the filing linked beside it; how these pages are built and checked. The full record is in its company data sheet.