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Congratulations to Salil Murthy for making FORTUNE INDIA's 2018 "40 under 40" list. He told FORTUNE: "India remains a core market for General Mills and we have some exciting plans for the market." FORTUNE says: "...Murthy’s decisions turned its India business from just a flour maker to a snacks maker, and tripled its growth rate. Murthy has also successfully diversified the portfolio of the brand, launching new products such as Pillsbury cookies and cakes."
Gini Sharvill is a senior brand manager for our international Häagen-Dazs business. She recently received the Future Leaders Award from Women in Advertising and Communications, London (WACL). The award recognizes talented women dedicated to making a difference in their organizations and industry by providing them with grants to pursue further training and education. Sharvill plans to use her grant to help fund a mini-MBA in digital marketing through Rutgers University, applying what she learns to her role managing global digital strategy for Häagen-Dazs. When asked what she loves about her marketing role for Häagen-Dazs, Sharvill said: “I love that I get to work on an ice cream brand that looks and tastes amazing. As a marketer, it’s fantastic to be able to work with a passionate global team committed to creating innovative and exciting new ways to surprise and delight our consumers.”
From a donation that helped make a dream come true for a high school marching band to thanking military service members with care packages, General Mills, Cheerios and Walmart just wrapped up “Moments of Good.” Our marketing teams partnered with Walmart to bring the campaign to life. The three-month initiative allowed Walmart and Cheerios to create special moments for people shopping in the retailer’s U.S. stores and within their surrounding communities. Learn about the inspiration for the program and see some of the moments we captured at http://glassdoor.com/slink.htm?key=vQzUn
Audra Carson is head of Content Marketing and Media Platforms at General Mills. She leads a team responsible for creating and distributing digital food content that connects people to our brands. When asked how her role supports our company’s values, Carson said: "Every day, more than 1 million people look to our Betty Crocker, Pillsbury and Tablespoon websites, emails and social channels to discover, plan, shop for and make food for their families. Whether it’s giving them a step-by-step plan for orchestrating a high-stakes meal like Thanksgiving, inspiring them to try a new weeknight meal, or providing fun food ideas to connect with their kids in the kitchen, we work hard every day to help people make food their family will love." Carson also shares a passion for serving others through her work on General Mills’ Global Women’s Leadership Network. She said: "I believe that empowered employees – specifically women – can drive differential growth for our company."
We made a commitment in 2013 to sustainably source our top ten priority ingredients by 2020. Today, we sustainably source 67 percent of the dry-milled corn we purchase in the U.S. and are on track to meet our goal of 100 percent by 2020. We're working with farmers to reduce the environmental impact of agriculture. For corn, that means changing the way crops are grown and harvested in order to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and protect soil and water. Learn more about our commitment to sustainably source corn: http://glassdoor.com/slink.htm?key=vQVj5
Bill Weekley is an associate research and development principal engineer for General Mills Convenience & Foodservice. As a master certified baker, he knows his dough! In addition to his work with product development at General Mills, Weekley shares his technical insights with commercial bakeries and pizzerias around the world. He’s also part of our team of pizza crust experts called “The Doughminators.” Last week, he attended the International Pizza Expo in Las Vegas, Nevada, where he dished about dough and troubleshooting common crust challenges. Weekley says, “I love to teach and to help people learn. I particularly like the opportunity to understand how things work and the process of problem solving, which helps me in my role with our commercial customers. In the end, it’s about helping them do their job better and achieve the results they are looking for - whether it’s baking better cakes and breads or creating the perfect pizza crust.”
Mary Jane Melendez, executive director of the General Mills Foundation and Partners in Food Solutions board member, recently visited Nairobi, Kenya, to see firsthand how Partners in Food Solutions is improving the food value chain across Africa and how that work is also improving livelihoods. She shares the lessons she learned on her trip, in this article: http://glassdoor.com/slink.htm?key=vQVEY
Kristina Morton, vice president of Human Resources for General Mills Europe and Australia, is featured in the 56th episode of the HR Leaders podcast. In the episode, Chris Rainey asks Morton about her career and the importance of companies having core values: http://glassdoor.com/slink.htm?key=vQV5B
Myron Uecker, 74, began working at our James Ford Bell Technical Center in Golden Valley, Minnesota, on March 25, 1965. Research in the General Mills Archives indicates Uecker's 53 year anniversary matches the record for employment in the company's 151 year history. Learn about the man who has been here longer than anyone, on our blog: http://glassdoor.com/slink.htm?key=vQw3w #generalmillslife
We refreshed our global water footprint in 2016 to better understand our physical water risks around the world. In honor of World Water Day, we’re highlighting one of the watersheds we’ve prioritized - the Ganges River in west-central India. Jeff Hanratty, applied sustainability manager at General Mills, writes about his trip to India to learn about the challenges of growing wheat along the Ganges River and how we can use our scale to have a greater impact, in this blog: http://glassdoor.com/slink.htm?key=vQw1d
