	general mills gis sees strong th qtr results general mills inc reporting stronger results for the third quarter ended february said it expects the momentum to continue in the fourth quarter the company said it expects to report strong ings per share growth and a record return on equity in fiscal it said this should be achieved despite expected non operating charges in the final quarter general mills said these charges will likely offset non operating gains which included six cts a share in the first half general mills said at the end of the third quarter its return on average equity was pct it said major factors contributing to the third quarter improvement were an pct gain in unit volume by consumer foods continuing good profit growth at red lobster usa and strong performance in specialty retailing the company reported quarterly ings of mln dlrs or cts a share up from mln dlrs or cts a share a year ago sales rose to billion dlrs from billion dlrs year ago data reflect a two for one common stock split reuter 
