GENERAL MILLS INC — Director's Dealing 2008

Jan 9, 2008

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: GENERAL MILLS INC (GIS)
CIK: 0000040704
Period of Report: 2008-01-07

Reporting Person: OLeary Christopher D (EVP, COO, Int'l)

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2008-01-07	Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)	$37.9063	M	20000	Disposed	2008-01-08	Common Stock (0)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	444	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Held in Trust by the Trustee of the General Mills Savings Plan.

F2: Employee option (right to buy) granted by the Compensation Committee of Board of Directors of General Mills, Inc. under
shareholder-approved stock option plans.