GENERAL MILLS INC <GIS> 3RD QTR FEB 22 NET
Shr 64 cts vs 52 cts
    Net 56,900,000 vs 46,400,000
    Sales 1.31 billion vs 1.13 billion
    Avg shrs 88.2 mln vs 89.3 mln
    Nine mths
    Shr 2.09 dlrs vs 1.59 dlrs
    Net 185,900,000 vs 141,300,000
    Sales 3.84 billion vs 3.36 billion
    Avg shrs 88.9 mln vs 89.1 mln
    NOTE: 1986 period ended February 23
    Prior year amounts restated to reflect discontinued
furniture operations
    Earnings include gains from discontinued operations of 1.5
mln dlrs, or two cts a share in the 1986 quarter and gains of
8.5 mln dlrs, or 10 cts a share in the fiscal 1987 nine months
vs 3.0 mln dlrs, or four cts a share a year earlier
 Reuter
