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Pillsbury Released A New ‘Galaxy’ Funfetti Icing And Cake Mix

July 12, 2019 - Baking can feel like an out-of-this-world adventure any day. But Pillsbury is taking baking to new heights with the release of its Funfetti Galaxy Frosting and Cake Mix, rocketing onto shelves in honor of the moon landing’s 50th anniversary. You’ll be one step closer to astronaut-approved...

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How to make your best batch of biscuits

March 22, 2019 - If there were a personality test for biscuits, it would look something like this: A map of the United States filled with pins, dusted with flour and streaked with butter, with a big honking question mark superimposed over the whole thing. Because there...

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Pillsbury Flour Recall

March 11, 2019 —Chicago, IL — Hometown Food Company initiated a limited, voluntary retail-level recall on two specific lot codes of its Pillsbury® Unbleached All-Purpose 5 lb Flour (UPC 51500-22241) because it may be contaminated with Salmonella. Only Best If Used By Dates APR...

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Biscuit Tips from Callie’s Hot Little Biscuit

March 2019 - Callie’s Charleston Biscuits: You’re going to want to take notes from Carrie Morey, owner of Callie’s Biscuits, because her biscuits have surely made a name for themselves in the South. These handmade biscuits come as sandwiches, birthday desserts, topped with bacon, or just simply by...

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Why Most of America Is Terrible at Making Biscuits

November 22, 2018 — For 25 years in Georgia, I watched my mom make the same batch of six light, fluffy biscuits for breakfast almost every Sunday. Then I moved to New York, never to see a light, fluffy biscuit again. I arrived in the...

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Hometown Food Company Closes the Acquisition of the Pillsbury® Shelf-Stable Baking Business, the Hungry Jack® Brand and Other Assets from The J.M. Smucker Company and Appoints Senior Management

September 4, 2018 — Chicago, IL — Hometown Food Company (“Hometown Foods”), a wholly-owned portfolio company of Brynwood Partners VII L.P. and Brynwood Partners VIII L.P., is pleased to announce that it has closed the transaction to acquire a portfolio of brands from The...

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