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S-3ASR Filing
General Mills (GIS) S-3ASRAutomatic shelf registration
Filed: 20 May 08, 12:00am
Exhibit 23.2
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
The Board of Directors
General Mills, Inc.:
We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-3 of General Mills, Inc. of our report dated July 26, 2007, relating to the consolidated balance sheets of General Mills, Inc. and subsidiaries as of May 27, 2007 and May 28, 2006 and the related consolidated statements of earnings, stockholders’ equity and comprehensive income, cash flows, and the financial statement schedule for each of the fiscal years in the three-year period ended May 27, 2007 and our report dated July 26, 2007 with respect to management’s assessment of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of May 27, 2007, and the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of May 27, 2007, which reports are included in the May 27, 2007 annual report on Form 10-K of General Mills, Inc. and to the reference to our firm under the heading “Experts” in the prospectus.
Our report dated July 26, 2007 on the consolidated financial statements and related financial statement schedule refers to a change during fiscal 2007 in the classification of shipping costs, a change in the Company’s annual goodwill impairment assessment date to December 1, and the adoption of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123 (Revised), “Share-Based Payment,” on May 29, 2006 and Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 158, “Employers’ Accounting for Defined Benefit Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans an amendment of FASB Statements No. 87, 88, 106 and 132 (R)” on May 27, 2007.
/s/ KPMG LLP
Minneapolis, Minnesota
May 20, 2008