Site Preparation Under Way for $100 Million Yogurt Plant in Tennessee

SUGAR LAND--October 25, 2010--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--General Mills Incorporated (NYSE:GIS) (Minneapolis, Minnesota) has begun excavation in preparation for the expansion of a food processing plant in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. General Mills is investing $100 million to expand yogurt production at the facility, which also manufactures breakfast foods. Dubbed "Project Queen," it is partly in response to double-digit rates of growth for yogurt products at grocery stores.