Only seven products used the Pillsbury name in 1950, but the company began adding to its product line. In 1949, the company introduced a national baking competition, which came to be known as the Pillsbury Bake-Off it was nationally broadcast on CBS for many years. 1950s A Pillsbury ghost sign in New Kensington, Pennsylvania In 1923, the Pillsbury family reacquired "Pillsbury-Washburn Flour Mills Company, Limited" which subsequently was incorporated in 1935 as "Pillsbury Flour Mills Company". The company also tried to purchase and merge with the Washburn Crosby Company (a precursor of General Mills), but the principals at Washburn prevented the takeover. In 1889, Pillsbury and its five mills on the banks of the Mississippi River were purchased by a British company. The finished product required transportation, so the Pillsburys assisted in funding railroad development in Minnesota. The company was second in the United States (after Washburn-Crosby) to use steel rollers for processing grain. Pillsbury and Company" was founded in 1869 by Charles Alfred Pillsbury and his uncle John S. History Founding and early development Postcard featuring Pillsbury with the caption, "the Largest Flour Mill in the World, Minneapolis, Minnesota In September 2018, the sale was completed along with other brands including Martha White and Hungry Jack. Brynwood Partners agreed to purchase Pillsbury from Smuckers for $375 million in July 2018. Antitrust law required General Mills to sell off some of the products, so the company kept the rights to refrigerated and frozen Pillsbury branded products, while dry baking products and frosting were sold to the Orrville, Ohio–based Smucker company under license. It also has ownership in various cereal products including Cheerios, Chex, Lucky Charms, Trix, and Cocoa Puffs. General Mills brands consist of Annie's, Betty Crocker, Nature Valley, Yoplait, Haagen-Dazs, and Blue Buffalo. The Pillsbury Company is a US-based company that was one of the world's largest cake manufacturers and producers of grain and other foodstuffs until it was bought by General Mills in 2001.
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