General Mills Ranks in Top 10 on Working Mother “100 Best” List
Working Mother magazine honors General Mills for the 12th time in annual “100 Best Companies” feature
09/25/2007
Working Mother magazine today named General Mills a 2007 Working Mother Best Company for Working Mothers. Working Mother’s “100 Best Companies” feature celebrates employers whose family-friendly programs, flexibility and company wide benefits ensure the retention and advancement of working mothers.
“General Mills understands that mothers’ lives are complex,” said Kelly Baker, vice president of corporate diversity at General Mills. “By providing strong career growth opportunities for working mothers to pursue and offering flexibility and convenience resources as their lives change, we support a large and valuable part of our work force. We find that this commitment also helps us attract and keep the best talent.”
The number of female officers at General Mills has more than doubled in the past 10 years, in large part due to the growth of formal and informal women’s networking and mentoring groups and work/life balance resources.
“Every year our winning companies raise the bar for what it means to be an employer of choice for working families,” said Carol Evans, CEO and president, Working Mother Media. “General Mills not only offers essential benefits — they go above and beyond with a range of best practices and policies to ease the difficulties for working parents and their families.”
Methodology
General Mills was selected for the 2007 Working Mother 100 Best Companies based on an extensive application of 575 questions. The application included detailed questions about work force, compensation, child care and flexibility programs, leave policies and more.
For more information on the 2007 Working Mother 100 Best Companies and for a complete list of winners, visit www.workingmother.com.
About Working Mother
Founded in 1979, Working Mother magazine reaches nearly 3 million readers and is the only national magazine for career mothers. Its 22-year signature initiative, Working Mother 100 Best Companies, is the most important benchmark for work/life practices in corporate America. The publication also releases the annual list of the Best Companies for Multicultural Women in the June issue. Working Mother is published by Working Mother Media (WMM), which also owns the National Association for Female Executives (NAFE), NAFE Magazine, the annual 100 Best Companies WorkLife Congress, as well as the Best Companies for Multicultural Women Conference and regional Town Halls. In 2006, WMM acquired Diversity Best Practices, the pre-eminent organization for diversity thought leaders.
About General Mills
General Mills, with annual net sales of $13.4 billion, is a leading global manufacturer and marketer of consumer foods products. Based in Minneapolis, General Mills’ mission is to innovate to make people’s lives healthier, easier and richer around the world. Its global brand portfolio includes Betty Crocker, Pillsbury, Green Giant, Häagen-Dazs, Nature Valley, Old El Paso and more. It also has more than 100 U.S. consumer brands, more than 30 of which generate annual retail sales in excess of $100 million. General Mills also is a leading supplier of baking and other food products to the foodservice and commercial baking industries.
For More Information, Contact:
Maerenn Ball
General Mills
763-764-6364
