He nurtured the company’s growth through acquiring other companies, including Green Giant frozen vegetables, Bumble Bee tuna and Häagen-Dazs ice cream. He also presided over an expansion of Burger King, which Pillsbury acquired in 1967. [Consolidation extracts wealth from local economies, redirecting profits, now into the hands of ever fewer share holders, who will never spend those profits again.]
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