Super Case

Exhibit 4 Criteria for Evaluating Projects by General Foods Corporation

The basic criteria to be applied in evaluating projects within each of the classifications are set forth in the following schedule:

Purpose of Project

a. Safety and Convenience

1. Projects required for reasons of safety, sanitation, health, public convenience, or other over-riding reason with no reasonable alternatives. Examples: sprinkler systems, elevators, fire escapes, smoke control, waste disposal, treatment of water pollution, etc.

2. Additional nonproductive space requirements for which there are no financial criteria. Examples: office space, laboratories, service areas (kitchens, restrooms, etc.)

b. Quality:

Projects designed primarily to improve quality.

c. Increase Profit:

1. Projects that are justified primarily by reduced costs.

2. Projects that are designed primarily to increase production capacity for an existing product.

3. Projects designed to provide facilities to manufacture and distribute a new product or product line.

d. Other:

This category includes projects which by definition are excluded from the three preceding categories. Examples: standby facilities intended to insure uninterrupted production, additional equipment not expected to improve profits or product quality and not required for reasons of safety and convenience, equipment to satisfy marketing requirements, etc.

Payback and ROFE Criteria

Payback - return on funds projections not required but the request must clearly demonstrate the immediate need for the project and the lack or inadequacy of alternative solutions.

Requests for nonproductive facilities, such as warehouses, laboratories, and offices should indicate the advantages of owning rather than leasing, unless no possibility to lease exists. In those cases where the company owns a group of integrated facilities and wherein the introduction of rented or leased properties might complicate the long-range planning or development of...