The Pillsbury A-Mill is a former flour mill located on the east bank of the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It was the world's largest flour...
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transportation, so the Pillsburys assisted in funding railroad development in Minnesota.[citation needed] In 1889, Pillsbury and its five mills on the banks of...
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Charles Alfred Pillsbury (December 3, 1842 – September 17, 1899) was an American businessman, flour industrialist, and politician. He was a co-founder of...
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St. Anthony Falls Historic District (category Grinding mills on the National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota)
east bank the mighty Pillsbury A mill ended waterpower use 1955, had limited specialty flour milling after 1975, and ended milling in 2003. Three of the...
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former mill canal and mill ruins were filled in with gravel. The last two mills left at the falls were the Washburn "A" Mill and the Pillsbury "A" Mill. In...
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mill, along with the Pillsbury A Mill and other flour mills powered by St. Anthony Falls, contributed greatly to Minneapolis's development. The mill was...
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Poppin' Fresh, more widely known as the Pillsbury Doughboy, is an advertising mascot for the Pillsbury Company, appearing in many of their commercials...
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Saint Anthony Falls (category Articles using NRISref without a reference number)
pace on that side. But the Pillsbury A-Mill, built on the east bank and completed in 1881, was the world's largest flour mill for 18 years. It produced...
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as Phoenix on the River and the Mill and Main apartments and the Stone Arch Apartments complexes. The Pillsbury A-Mill was renovated and converted into...
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In 1881 the Pillsbury "A" Mill added a hydroelectric Brush Electric plant, which may have been the first installation in a flour mill in the world....
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Yoplait, Nature Valley, Totino's, Pillsbury, Old El Paso, Häagen-Dazs, as well as breakfast cereals under the General Mills name, including Cheerios, Wheaties...
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Minneapolis). The location was a few blocks from the iconic Pillsbury "A" Mill and close to the governor's home. Although Pillsbury died before the library opened...
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Greenbank Mill, Marshallton, Delaware, restored as a museum Fair Haven Flour Mill, Fairhaven, Minnesota Phelps Mill, Underwood, Minnesota Pillsbury A Mill, Minneapolis...
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The Pillsbury Bake-Off is an American cooking contest, first run by the Pillsbury Company in 1949. It has been called "one of the most successful promotions...
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Nestlé Northern Foods Otis Spunkmeyer (division of Aryzta) Pillsbury (division of General Mills) Pinnacle Foods Pepperidge Farm (division of Campbell Soup...
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William de la Barre (category General Mills people)
in milling. De la Barre was elected president of the combined Pillsbury-Washburn mills in 1921. After they were bought out by Northern States Power, De...
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original Central High School (1878). The most conspicuous survivor is the Pillsbury A-Mill building, built in 1881; its walls all Platteville stone quarried on...
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Toaster Strudel (category General Mills brands)
acquired the Toaster Strudel product line with its purchase of Pillsbury. In 2023, General Mills used the advertising slogan, "Gooey. Flaky. Happy". Toaster...
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Mississippi River and Pillsbury "A" Mill Food served at Owamni Burton, Nylah (October 11, 2021). "With a Menu of Indigenous Ingredients, Owamni Is a Must-Visit Dining...
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The Great Mill Disaster, also known as the Washburn A Mill explosion, occurred on May 2, 1878, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. The disaster resulted...
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Stone Arch Bridge (Minneapolis) (category Articles using NRISref without a reference number)
Island. The bridge offers views of the Minneapolis skyline, Pillsbury "A" Mill, the Mill City Museum, and many other places in the district, and is near...
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Pillsbury and John S. Pillsbury. Pillsbury asserted that the Pillsbury "A" Mill was the largest grain mill in the world William Pillsbury, from whom the American...
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built on the cleared land. Soon after, a historic preservation district was enacted on the site of the Pillsbury A Mill, stretching east to nearby Marcy Holmes...
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Totino's (category General Mills brands)
brand was acquired by General Mills with its purchase of Pillsbury.[citation needed] Separately, Jeno Paulucci developed a series of food businesses starting...
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Island near the Pillsbury "A" Mill at Saint Anthony Falls, the river's only majorwaterfall, which powered the city's early sawmills, grist mills and other industry...
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Dix Hills, New York National Soldiers Home, Milwaukee, Wisconsin Pillsbury A-Mill, Minneapolis, Minnesota Prentice Women's Hospital, Chicago, Illinois...
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operating officer contacted General Mills’ chairman and CEO to explore a possible sale of Pillsbury. General Mills submitted its proposed deal terms to...
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second-largest flour milling company after Pillsbury, with what is today General Mills a close third. The company became one of three constituents of a Minneapolis...
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Häagen-Dazs (category General Mills brands)
operations into a joint venture called Ice Cream Partners. General Mills, in turn, bought Pillsbury in 2001 and succeeded to its interest in the joint venture...
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