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Pillsbury Flour Company: Important To Minnesota's Economy
Pillsbury Flour Company

The Flour industry was very important to Minnesota’s economy. One of the largest flour company was Pillsbury Flour Company. Charles Pillsbury was not a wealthy man when he invested in a failing flour company. He just strummed up enough money to get the flour company up and running again. He even had to ask his father for money too. But his investment was a success the flour company started growing larger and larger until it was one of the largest flour companies in the world! They named the company Pillsbury Flour Company after Charles Pillsbury. Pillsbury Flour Company had climbed its way all of the way to top. It was ranked the number one flour company in Minnesota in the late 1800s to early 1900s. But before

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