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Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments

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Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments

None.

ITEM 2 Properties

We own our principal executive offices and main research facilities, which are located in the Minneapolis, Minnesota metropolitan area. We operate numerous manufacturing facilities and maintain many sales and administrative offices, warehouses, and distribution centers around the world.

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As of May 26, 2019, we operated 51 facilities for the production of a wide variety of food products. Of these facilities, 26 are located in the United States (1 of which is leased), 4 in the Greater China region, 2 in the Asia/Middle East/Africa Region (1 of which is leased), 3 in Canada (2 of which are leased), 8 in Europe/Australia, and 8 in Latin America and Mexico. The following is a list of the locations of our principal production facilities, which primarily support the segment noted:

North America Retail

•Carson, California
•St. Hyacinthe, Canada
•Covington, Georgia
•Belvidere, Illinois
•Geneva, Illinois
•Cedar Rapids, Iowa
•Irapuato, Mexico
•Reed City, Michigan
•Fridley, Minnesota
•Hannibal, Missouri
•Albuquerque, New Mexico
•Buffalo, New York
•Cincinnati, Ohio
•Wellston, Ohio
•Murfreesboro, Tennessee
•Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Convenience Stores & Foodservice

•Chanhassen, Minnesota
•Joplin, Missouri

Europe & Australia

•Rooty Hill, Australia
•Arras, France
•Labatut, France
•Le Mans, France
•Moneteau, France
•Vienne, France
•Inofita, Greece
•San Adrian, Spain

Asia & Latin America

•Cambara, Brazil
•Campo Novo do Pareceis, Brazil
•Nova Prata, Brazil
•Paranavai, Brazil
•Pouso Alegre, Brazil
•Recife, Brazil
•Ribeirao Claro, Brazil
•Guangzhou, China
•Nanjing, China
•Sanhe, China
•Shanghai, China
•Nashik, India
•Anseong-si, South Korea

Pet

•Joplin, Missouri
•Richmond, Indiana

We operate numerous grain elevators in the United States in support of our domestic manufacturing activities. We also utilize approximately 13 million square feet of warehouse and distribution space, nearly all of which is leased, that primarily supports our North America Retail segment. We own and lease a number of dedicated sales and administrative offices around the world, totaling approximately 3 million square feet. We have additional warehouse, distribution, and office space in our plant locations.

As part of our Häagen-Dazs business in our Europe & Australia and Asia & Latin America segments, we operate 525 (all leased) and franchise 365 branded ice cream parlors in various countries around the world, all outside of the United States and Canada.

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