Pillsbury

Biscuit tube brand

Pillsbury is an American food brand best known for refrigerated dough products, baking mixes, and flour.

The Pillsbury Doughboy—a plump, giggling mascot—has appeared in commercials since 1965.

The brand name sometimes appears in slang references to softness or doughiness: He's got that Pillsbury physique.

brand

biscuits

Small, leavened quick breads

flour · baking · tubes · cinnamon rolls · pie crust · grocery · packaging · commercials · jingle · poke

baking

flour

Milled grain powder

  • biscuitsSmall, leavened quick breads
  • doughFlour-liquid mixture for baking
  • recipesInstructions for preparing dishes

homemade · cinnamon rolls · cookies · pastry · oven · rising · yeast · all-purpose · measuring · mixing

historical

Minneapolis

Major Minnesota metropolis

  • MinnesotaUpper Midwest American state
  • 1869Nineteenth-century date
  • millingProcessing grain mechanically

wheat · industrial · riverfront · heartland · agriculture · railroad · grain elevator · innovation · family business · empire

competition

contest

Organized competitive event

innovation · submissions · winners · judging · categories · creativity · amateur · grand prize · annual · entries

Categories
Opposites
food production method

Pillsburyhomemade

Prepared at one's residence

from scratch · handmade · scratch-made · grandmother's recipe · DIY

corporate food brand rivalry

PillsburyBetty Crocker

Duncan Hines · General Mills · King Arthur · Pepperidge Farm

food authenticity/artisanship

Pillsburyartisanal

Made by skilled craftspeople

small-batch · mom-and-pop · boulangerie · farm-to-table · boutique

Phrases
Family

pill, pills, pilled, pilling, bury, buries, buried, burying, burial

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G