Former employees say the Doughboy was made before General Mills' origin story, which dates it at 1965. The sketched figure bears the brand mascot's familiar hat and scarf. Owners of the abandoned ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – One of the most recognizable and beloved marketing images may have gotten its start in a now-abandoned Illinois plant. Chris Richmond, the founder and president/treasurer of ...

Employees of the Pillsbury plant, a one-time hulking grain and flour factory that shut down in 2001 after going through various owners, have told Richmond that a plant employee made Doughboy ...

The owner of non-profit company trying to remediate the one-time Pillsbury Mills site may have discovered an early rendering of the Pillsbury Doughboy News Today's news ...

Pillsbury forced small bakery to change its name, claiming trademark violation. Aug. 11, 2010— -- David may have made short work of Goliath, but taking on a huge corporation was never an ...

Perz developed the iconic spokesboy in his early years at Chicago advertising agency Leo Burnett. The Pillsbury Doughboy, otherwise known as Poppin' Fresh, was created in 1965 and is still used in ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – One of the most recognizable and beloved marketing images may have gotten its start in a now-abandoned Illinois plant. Chris Richmond, the founder and president/treasurer of Moving ...