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Pillsbury
Pillsbury logo.svg
The Pillsbury logo
ProdPack-Pillsbury-Cakemix-Small.jpg
Pillsbury Cake Mix (a Smucker Co. product)
Product type Refrigerated and baking products
Owner General Mills
(The Pillsbury Company)
(brand owner; refrigerated products manufacturer)
The J.M. Smucker Company
(brand licensee; baking products manufacturer)
Country U.S.
Introduced 1872; 146 years ago
Ambassador(s) Pillsbury Doughboy
Tagline Give it a Pop
Website pillsbury.com
pillsburybaking.com
Pillsbury Company
Former type
Public
Industry Food processing
Fate Acquired by General Mills; assets divided
Successor General Mills
Founded Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S., 1872
Defunct 2001
Headquarters Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.
Website pillsbury.com
Pillsbury is an American brand name used by Minneapolis-based General Mills and Orrville, Ohio-based J.M. Smucker Company. Historically, the Pillsbury Company, also based in Minneapolis, was a rival company to General Mills and was one of the world's largest producers of grain and other foodstuffs until it was bought out by General Mills in 2001. Antitrust law required General Mills to sell off some of the products. General Mills kept the rights to refrigerated and frozen Pillsbury products, while dry baking products and frosting are now sold by Smucker under license.
Pillsbury
Pillsbury logo.svg
The Pillsbury logo
ProdPack-Pillsbury-Cakemix-Small.jpg
Pillsbury Cake Mix (a Smucker Co. product)
Product type Refrigerated and baking products
Owner General Mills
(The Pillsbury Company)
(brand owner; refrigerated products manufacturer)
The J.M. Smucker Company
(brand licensee; baking products manufacturer)
Country U.S.
Introduced 1872; 146 years ago
Ambassador(s) Pillsbury Doughboy
Tagline Give it a Pop
Website pillsbury.com
pillsburybaking.com
Pillsbury Company
Former type
Public
Industry Food processing
Fate Acquired by General Mills; assets divided
Successor General Mills
Founded Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S., 1872
Defunct 2001
Headquarters Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.
Website pillsbury.com
Pillsbury is an American brand name used by Minneapolis-based General Mills and Orrville, Ohio-based J.M. Smucker Company. Historically, the Pillsbury Company, also based in Minneapolis, was a rival company to General Mills and was one of the world's largest producers of grain and other foodstuffs until it was bought out by General Mills in 2001. Antitrust law required General Mills to sell off some of the products. General Mills kept the rights to refrigerated and frozen Pillsbury products, while dry baking products and frosting are now sold by Smucker under license.
