GENERAL MILLS INC — Director's Dealing 2007

Aug 10, 2007

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: GENERAL MILLS INC (GIS)
CIK: 0000040704
Period of Report: 2007-08-08

Reporting Person: Powell Kendall J (Director, President, Chief Operating Off)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2007-08-08	Common Stock	M	17795	$37.9063	Acquired	110548	Direct
2007-08-08	Common Stock	S	17795	$57.2468	Disposed	92753	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2007-08-08	Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)	$37.9063	M	17795	Disposed	2008-01-08	Common Stock (17795)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	981	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Shares were sold pursuant to a 10b5-1 trading plan dated 11-8-2006

F2: Held in Trust by the Trustee of the General Mills Savings Plan.

F3: Employee option (right to buy) granted by the Compensation Committee of Board of Directors of General Mills, Inc. under
shareholder-approved stock option plans.