General Mills 401(k) and pension plans

General Mills, Inc., Minneapolis, MN. EIN 41-0274440. Annual reports 2009–2025.

General Mills, Inc. has 3 active retirement plans on file. The largest is the General Mills 401(k) Plan, with 24,384 participants and $5.0 billion in assets in 2024. Alight has been its recordkeeper since 2022.

Active plans: 3
Participants: 63,076
Plan assets: $10.3 billion
401(k) recordkeeper: Alight
Plans on file: 6
Industry: Manufacturing

All 6 plans

Active plans first

General Mills 401(k) Plan

401(k) with ESOPActive

Active. The plan filed its annual report for the 2024 plan year.

Plan number: 002Employer EIN 41-0274440
Participants (2024): 24,384
Net assets (2024): $5.0 billion
Recordkeeper: AlightEarlier: Aon (2014–2021), Alight (2009–2013)
Plan administrator: General Mills, Inc.
Number 1 General Mills BLVD BT02-C
Minneapolis, MN 55426
(763) 764-7600As filed for 2024
In effect since: January 1, 1969

Plans merged into this one: Wellston Retirement Plan for Members of Ufcw District Union Local 1059 (2025); Blue Buffalo Company 401(k) Plan (2020).

Earlier plan names: General Mills 401(k) Savings Plan.

Year by year, 2009 to 2024

Plan year	Participants	Net assets	Recordkeeper
2024	24,384	$5.0 billion	Alight
2023	23,875	$4.6 billion	Alight
2022	23,121	$4.1 billion	Alight
2021	22,483	$4.8 billion	Aon
2020	22,736	$4.4 billion	Aon
2019	22,367	$3.9 billion	Aon
2018	20,724	$3.2 billion	Aon
2017	19,894	$3.7 billion	Aon
2016	20,566	$3.5 billion	Aon
2015	25,569	$3.3 billion	Aon
2014	21,079	$3.4 billion	Aon
2013	20,999	$3.2 billion	Alight
2012	20,804	$2.7 billion	Alight
2011	21,023	$2.6 billion	Alight
2010	20,986	$2.5 billion	Alight
2009	20,724	$2.3 billion	Alight

General Mills Pension Plan I

Pension (defined benefit)Active

Active. The plan filed its annual report for the 2024 plan year.

Plan number: 006Employer EIN 41-0274440
Participants (2024): 22,179
Net assets (2024): $3.7 billion
Administered by: AlightEarlier: Aon (2018–2021)
Plan administrator: General Mills, Inc.
One General Mills Boulevard, MO2-E
Minneapolis, MN 55426
(877) 430-4015As filed for 2024
In effect since: June 1, 2018

Plans merged into this one: General Mills Hourly Pension Plan (2018).

Year by year, 2018 to 2024

Plan year	Participants	Net assets	Recordkeeper
2024	22,179	$3.7 billion	Alight
2023	22,441	$4.0 billion	Alight
2022	17,926	$2.7 billion	Alight
2021	18,190	$3.7 billion	Aon
2020	18,338	$3.7 billion	Aon
2019	18,573	$3.1 billion	Aon
2018	18,624	$2.7 billion	Aon

General Mills Pension Plan

Pension (defined benefit)Active

Active. The plan filed its annual report for the 2024 plan year.

Plan number: 001Employer EIN 41-0274440
Participants (2024): 16,513
Net assets (2024): $1.5 billion
Administered by: AlightEarlier: Aon (2014–2021), Alight (2009–2013)
Plan administrator: General Mills, Inc.
One General Mills Boulevard, MO2-E
Minneapolis, MN 55426
(877) 430-4015As filed for 2024
In effect since: January 1, 1940

Plans merged into this one: Retirement Plan of General Mills, Inc. and the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco and Grain Miller International Union (Bctgm) (2020).

Year by year, 2009 to 2024

Plan year	Participants	Net assets	Recordkeeper
2024	16,513	$1.5 billion	Alight
2023	16,975	$1.6 billion	Alight
2022	22,177	$2.9 billion	Alight
2021	22,732	$4.0 billion	Aon
2020	23,284	$3.8 billion	Aon
2019	17,496	$2.5 billion	Aon
2018	18,011	$2.1 billion	Aon
2017	35,998	$5.1 billion	Aon
2016	36,196	$4.5 billion	Aon
2015	36,390	$4.3 billion	Aon
2014	38,080	$4.6 billion	Aon
2013	39,057	$4.4 billion	Alight
2012	38,987	$3.9 billion	Alight
2011	38,307	$3.4 billion	Alight
2010	38,187	$3.3 billion	Alight
2009	37,007	$2.9 billion	Alight

Wellston Retirement Plan for Members of Ufcw District Union Local 1059

Money purchase pensionMerged

Merged. In 2025 its assets moved to the General Mills 401K Plan, sponsored by General Mills, Inc. (EIN 41-0274440, plan 002). Accounts moved with them, so that plan is the one to contact.

Plan number: 054Employer EIN 41-0274440
Participants (2024): 455
Net assets (2024): $19.5 million
Plan administrator: General Mills, Inc.
One General Mills Boulevard, MO2-E
Minneapolis, MN 55426
(877) 430-4015As filed for 2025
In effect since: January 15, 1984

Year by year, 2009 to 2025

Plan year	Participants	Net assets	Recordkeeper
2025	0	$0	not listed
2024	455	$19.5 million	not listed
2023	500	$20.0 million	not listed
2022	529	$19.1 million	not listed
2021	587	$22.5 million	not listed
2020	636	$21.8 million	not listed
2019	703	$21.9 million	not listed
2018	782	$21.8 million	not listed
2017	910	$24.4 million	not listed
2016	932	$22.0 million	not listed
2015	969	$22.7 million	not listed
2014	976	$21.8 million	not listed
2013	972	$20.3 million	not listed
2012	1,029	$19.1 million	not listed
2011	1,051	$18.2 million	not listed
2010	993	$17.2 million	not listed
2009	1,017	$15.7 million	not listed

Retirement Plan of General Mills, Inc. and the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco and Grain Miller International Union (Bctgm)

Pension (defined benefit)Merged

Merged. In 2020 its assets moved to the General Mills Pension Plan, sponsored by General Mills, Inc. (EIN 41-0274440, plan 001). Accounts moved with them, so that plan is the one to contact.

Plan number: 004Employer EIN 41-0274440
Participants (2019): 6,666
Net assets (2019): $882 million
Administered by: AonEarlier: Alight (2009–2013)
Plan administrator: Bctgm Pension Committee
Number One General Mills BLVD
Minneapolis, MN 55426
(763) 764-7600As filed for 2020
In effect since: January 1, 1958

Earlier plan names: Bakery Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers (Bctgm); Retirement Plan of General Mills, Inc. and the Bak Ery, Confectionary, Tobacco and Grain Miller Inter National Union (Bctgm); Retirement Plan of General Mills, Inc. and the Bakery, Confectionary, Tobacco and Grain Miller International Union (Bctgm).

Year by year, 2009 to 2020

Plan year	Participants	Net assets	Recordkeeper
2020	0	$0	Aon
2019	6,666	$882 million	Aon
2018	6,769	$819 million	Aon
2017	6,940	$889 million	Aon
2016	6,941	$821 million	Aon
2015	6,907	$811 million	Aon
2014	7,325	$865 million	Aon
2013	7,511	$828 million	Alight
2012	7,535	$747 million	Alight
2011	7,640	$658 million	Alight
2010	7,750	$638 million	Alight
2009	7,766	$559 million	Alight

General Mills Hourly Pension Plan

Pension (defined benefit)Merged

Merged. In 2018 its assets moved to the General Mills Pension Plan I, sponsored by General Mills, Inc. (EIN 41-0274440, plan 006). Accounts moved with them, so that plan is the one to contact.

Plan number: 033Employer EIN 41-0274440
Participants (2017): 1,916
Net assets (2017): $113 million
Administered by: AonEarlier: Alight (2009–2013)
Plan administrator: General Mills, Inc.
Number 1 General Mills BLVD BT02-C
Minneapolis, MN 55426
(763) 764-7600As filed for 2018
In effect since: January 1, 1968

Year by year, 2009 to 2018

Plan year	Participants	Net assets	Recordkeeper
2018	0	$0	Aon
2017	1,916	$113 million	Aon
2016	1,978	$104 million	Aon
2015	2,020	$103 million	Aon
2014	2,116	$110 million	Aon
2013	2,211	$106 million	Alight
2012	2,259	$96.2 million	Alight
2011	2,315	$90.2 million	Alight
2010	2,380	$89.2 million	Alight
2009	2,424	$78.9 million	Alight

If you had money in one of these plans

Call Alight (alight.com), which runs the General Mills 401(k) Plan. With your Social Security number and the plan name, it can tell you whether you still have a balance and, if not, where it went.
Or call the plan administrator listed on the plan below ((763) 764-7600). That number was filed for 2024; ask for the benefits or retirement plan office.
If your plan was merged, your account moved with it. Follow the link on the plan to the plan it went into, and contact that one.
Still stuck? The Department of Labor's benefits advisers help for free: askebsa.dol.gov or 1-866-444-3272. Never pay anyone to find your own money.

What these numbers are

They come from the Form 5500 annual reports each plan files with the Department of Labor, as the plan filed them. A plan year is usually a calendar year.
Participants counts everyone in the plan at year end: current employees, former employees who still have a balance or a pension coming, and retirees or beneficiaries being paid.
The recordkeeper is the service provider whose Schedule C entry says it keeps the plan's records. Small plans do not file Schedule C, so some plans show none.
We cannot see anyone's account. Only the plan or its recordkeeper can tell you your balance.

Sources: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 datasets and PBGC trusteed plans. How we read them.

All 6 plans

General Mills 401(k) Plan

General Mills Pension Plan I

General Mills Pension Plan

Wellston Retirement Plan for Members of Ufcw District Union Local 1059

Retirement Plan of General Mills, Inc. and the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco and Grain Miller International Union (Bctgm)

General Mills Hourly Pension Plan

If you had money in one of these plans

What these numbers are

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