The Pillsbury Flour Mills Co. celebrated the 10th anniversary of its Springfield plant with, among other things, this advertisement in the Feb. 29, 1940, edition of the Illinois State Register. As this entry is written in summer 2025, the plant, closed since 2001, was in the process of demolition.
Interested readers can learn more about the 100-plus operations “needed to change wheat into Pillsbury’s Best Flour” in a 128-page report issued in July 2025 by the Pillsbury Project. The non-profit is spearheading the effort to redevelop the mill site.
SangamonLink’s entry on the rise and fall of Pillsbury Springfield is here.
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