The General Mills Shareholder Family
Today is our 85th annual Shareholders Meeting, so we’re digging into the General Mills Archives to take a look back at a previous meeting. In this 1947 photo, then-CEO James Ford Bell personally greets General Mills shareholders to keep that family gathering feel.
Who Wants a Clacker Quacker?!
Graham-flavored Clackers cereal (shown here in 1968) were made to stay crisp in milk for longer than the average cereal. Turns out neither that selling point nor the delicious graham flavor could save it after parents were profoundly annoyed by promotional toys like the “clacker quacker.” Would you want to sit at the breakfast table with a kid blowing on a “clacker quacker?” We didn’t think so.
Can You Redeem a 100-Year-Old Coupon?!
There was a coupon in the back of this 1910 Gold Medal Flour Cook Book that read, “Send it to us with 10 cents in Silver or Stamps and we will send the Gold Medal Cook Book.” In 2012, Laurine Williams *finally* got around to sending in her coupon – so, what happened?! Find out here!
TOTAL Goodness
Total cereal hasn’t changed much since it was introduced in 1961 - it still contains the total RDA of many vitamins and minerals in whole wheat flakes. Here’s to your health!
Betty Crocker’s Hostess Cookbook
With more than 400 “guest-tested” recipes, Betty’s 1967 book really was number one for mid-century entertaining.
General Mills Computing Power
The big, bright and cutting edge General Mills computer room in 1971. Today, all this computing power would just about fit into a laptop.
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