Pillsbury is owned by General Mills, Inc., which has controlled the Pillsbury brand and its main food products since acquiring most of Pillsbury’s assets in 2001.

Quick Scoop

  • General Mills is the parent company of Pillsbury, and Pillsbury operates as a wholly owned subsidiary/brand within General Mills’ packaged foods portfolio.
  • The brand’s ownership moved through several hands over its history (including Grand Metropolitan/Diageo), but the current owner of the Pillsbury food brand is General Mills, based in Minneapolis.
  • Pillsbury products you see in grocery stores today (refrigerated dough, baking mixes, frozen items, etc.) are developed and marketed under General Mills’ corporate umbrella.

In short: when you ask “who owns Pillsbury,” the answer in today’s market is General Mills, not an independent Pillsbury company.

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