What Would General Mills Be Without The Mills?

A Bank of America-Merrill Lynch analyst is asking whether General Mills would consider spinning off the flour milling operation that links the Golden Valley-based company to its 19th century roots, the Pioneer Press reported Wednesday.

Rivals have done something with their milling operations, which have low profit margins, and analyst Bryan Spillane wondered if there was anything keeping General Mills from doing the same thing.

Check out the full story on the Pioneer Press.