What year did General Mills buy out the company in which Charles Pillsbury's grandfather founded?
Charles Pillsbury (attorney):  He is the great-grandson of Charles Alfred Pillsbury, founder of the Pillsbury Company in 1872. Pillsbury Company:  Historically, the Pillsbury Company, also based in Minneapolis, was a rival company to General Mills and was one of the world's largest producers of grain and other foodstuffs until it was bought out by General Mills in 2001.
2001