General Mills Shareholders Reject Proposal to Dum GMO's
General Mills Inc. has made strong commitments this year to natural and organic foods. It took gentically modifiend ingredients out of its signature cereal brad Cheerios and then doubled down on its organic lineup by striking an $820 million deal for Annie's stalwart of the organic and natural foods industry.
But when the industrial food behemoth's shareholders were presented with a proposal to dump genetically modified ingredients from the company's vast lineup of brands, they responded with a resounding "NO."