Close the sale of the North American Yogurt business to Lactalis and Sodiaal
Delivered by the deadline
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- Announced
- 18 Sep 2024
- Due
- 31 Dec 2025
- Delivered
- by 30 Aug 2025
- Deadline
- Met
- Late
- Not met
- Today
What the company said
“The proposed transactions are expected to close in calendar 2025, subject to receipt of requisite regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions.”
What we found
Evidence strength A What the grades mean
General Mills completed the divestitures of its North American yogurt businesses, specifically the U.S. yogurt business to Lactalis and the Canada yogurt business to Sodiaal, within the 2025 calendar year.
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A General Mills 10-K filed 2026-07-01
“In fiscal 2026, net sales decreased 5 percent compared to fiscal 2025, including the net impact of the divestitures of our North American yogurt businesses” ✓ confirmed on the page
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A General Mills 10-Q filed 2026-09-23
“During the first quarter of fiscal 2026, we completed the sale of our United States yogurt business to Groupe Lactalis S.A. and recorded a pre-tax gain of $1,046.5 million. During the third quarter of fiscal 2025, we completed the sale of our Canada yogurt business to Sodiaal International” ✓ confirmed on the page
Market reaction: the shares moved +3.2% against the S&P 500 over the three sessions around the disclosure (30 Jun 2026 to 6 Jul 2026). What this measures
Checked 18 Oct 2026.
Commitment DNA
The structured record of this commitment. Fields the company did not state are left blank rather than guessed.
- Event type
- Acquisition close
- Indicative materiality
- High rules
- Action
- Close
- Deliverable
- North American Yogurt business sale
- Where
- North America
- Language
- Expected (“expects”, “plans”)
- In the company’s control
- Medium
- Specificity
- High
- Conditional
- Yes: subject to receipt of requisite regulatory approvals; subject to other customary closing conditions
- Depends on
- Regulatory, Counterparty
How this entry was checked
- Commitment recordedThe company's words were matched word for word against the filing.
- First checkAn AI model, Gemini (Google), read the company's later filings and recorded the outcome with a quoted passage.
- Second check: agreesA different AI model, Claude (Anthropic), re-read the evidence without being told the outcome and reached the same answer.
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