Who Is Charles Pillsbury's Best Business

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From toaster strudels to crescent rolls the flour is up! First, Charles Pillsbury was thinking big not small so, he wanted to start his own business and wanted that business to be large. After many attempts he didn't have it going so it was a failing flour mill and he hope to turn that around. Charles knew that he was investing in a tough business and that made him work even harder so succeed.
Next, in 5 years the flour business was flourishing. In 1870 the flour barrels increased from making 300 barrels a day to 3,00 barrels a day. Charlas Pillsbury's business was considered Minnesota’s best business. In 1869 Charles establishes the Pillsbury's Flour Mills Company. It was the largest mill in the world by 1882, shortly after its opening, and

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