MINNEAPOLIS (AP) _ General Mills Inc. (GIS) on Tuesday reported fiscal second-quarter earnings of $597.2 million.

The Minneapolis-based company said it had profit of 97 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs, came to 99 cents per share.

The results fell short of Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of six analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $1.06 per share.

The maker of Cheerios cereal, Yoplait yogurt and other packaged foods posted revenue of $5.02 billion in the period, exceeding Street forecasts. Five analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $4.88 billion.

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