Some of the world\u2019s most beloved brand mascots have a special place in the kitchen. From a pint-sized helper ready to lend a hand (and a giggle) to an iconic kitchen confidante, baking just wouldn\u2019t be the same without these familiar characters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Pillsbury Doughboy<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\nFor more than 50 years, Pillsbury<\/a> has endeared countless bakers, cooking enthusiasts, and families to its brand with an adorable brand mascot: Poppin\u2019 Fresh, the Pillsbury Doughboy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/popicon.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/1973-cinnamon-rolls-1.jpg\")
<\/figure>\n\n\n\nThe Pillsbury Doughboy was created at Leo Burnett Chicago in 1965. Drawn by LB creative director Rudy Perz and conceptualized by Milt Schaffer, a Leo Burnett animation expert, Poppin\u2019 Fresh stands proudly at 7 1\/2 inches. He wears a chef\u2019s hat, neckerchief, and easily gets the giggles if you poke his tummy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Talent Beyond The Kitchen<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\nOver the decades, the Pillsbury Doughboy has enjoyed an active lifestyle in and out of the kitchen. In addition to being an accomplished chef, he\u2019s a dancer, painter, and skateboarder.<\/p>\n\n\n
https:\/\/youtu.be\/e3P3o1peFtU<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nPoppin\u2019 Fresh is also an unsung musical genius<\/a>. He sings and has played six instruments throughout his commercial career. His lineup includes a harmonica, accordion, bugle, violin, electric guitar, and air guitar \u2013 with a butter knife.<\/p>\n\n\n\nBetty Crocker<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\nAffectionately referred to as the \u201cFirst Lady of Food,\u201d Betty Crocker<\/a> products have been a staple for family food traditions for over 90 years. Betty Crocker enjoys cooking and baking. She is committed to family and friends, involved in her community, and known for being resourceful and creative.<\/p>\n\n\n\nWho Is Betty Crocker?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\nBetty Crocker\u2019s background story is a particularly unique one. Many may think a real woman inspired the creation of Betty Crocker. The truth is she has never been a real person.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In 1921, Gold Medal flour ran a special promotion. Consumers had the chance to win a pincushion that resembled a sack of flour if they were able to complete a jigsaw puzzle of a milling scene. Thousands of entries, and questions about baking, flooded the Washburn Crosby Company, a flour milling company. The company decided to use the name \u201cBetty Crocker\u201d in the signature in order to personalize responses. \u201cCrocker\u201d honored William G. Crocker, the retired director of the Washburn Crosby Company. \u201cBetty\u201d was chosen because it sounded pleasant. Female employees were encouraged to submit hand-written Betty Crocker signatures. The most well known signature may still be seen in the Betty Crocker red spoon logo<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/popicon.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/betty_crocker_portrait.jpg\")
<\/figure>\n\n\n\nThe Betty Crocker name became so popular that a portrait was commissioned of her likeness in 1936. Artist Neysa McMein<\/a> drew the original Betty Crocker, which blended the features of several Home Service Department members into a motherly image. By 1945, Betty Crocker was the second most recognizable woman in America after First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/popicon.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/image001.jpg\")
<\/figure>\n\n\n\nIn 1955, Betty\u2019s appearance changed with the help of six artists that painted new interpretations of her likeness. A softer, smiling image drawn by Hilda Taylor was used shortly afterwards. As the decades passed, so did Betty\u2019s overall look to better fit into the changing, contemporary times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Betty Crocker Today<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/popicon.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/betty_crocker_1996.jpg\")
<\/figure>\n\n\n\nArtist John Stuart Ingle painted the most recent Betty Crocker portrait in 1996. Honoring the icon\u2019s 75th anniversary, a nationwide search was conducted across the United States for 75 women of diverse backgrounds and ages. These women also embodied Betty Crocker\u2019s characteristics. Stuart Ingle painted the 1996 Betty Crocker using a computerized composite of the 75 women and a 1986 Betty portrait. Her iconic red wardrobe has been reimagined over the years and kept Betty at the peak of class and fashion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bob\u2019s Red Mill<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\nBetty Crocker may not have an IRL person that inspired her likeness, but the same can\u2019t be said for Bob\u2019s Red Mill<\/a>. The employee-owned manufacturer of whole grain products, including flours, oats, and grains was co-founded by Bob Moore and his sweetheart Charlee Moore more than 30 years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\nHeadquartered in Milwaukie, Oregon, Bob\u2019s Red Mill is committed to providing people everywhere with the best quality foods available. Bob\u2019s personal passion for nutritional whole grains allowed this company to become a leading name in health foods across the United States. Bob first met Charlee on a blind date in 1952. It was love at first sight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/popicon.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/bobs_red_mill-1.png\")
<\/figure>\n\n\n\nIn 1978, they founded Bob\u2019s Red Mill together. Charlee was the original inspiration for their whole grain adventures. She helped create a healthier life for their family with natural food in the 1960s. Both Charlee and Bob became fixtures within their store. Charlee originally packaged products by hand. Bob still loves to spend time at the store and you can spot him outside the store, too. Check out the #paperbob challenge<\/a> on Instagram and take a peek at the Bob\u2019s Red Mill logo, too. That\u2019s his signature flat cap, glasses, and beard in the company logo design.<\/p>\n\n\n\nKing Arthur Flour<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\nDid you know King Arthur Flour<\/a> was the first flour company in the United States? It\u2019s true! In 1790, George Washington was America\u2019s first president and a young man named Henry Wood began importing flour from England. He established his business, Henry Wood & Company, at Boston\u2019s Long Wharf. It was the first flour company in New England and the United States \u2013 the original ancestor of King Arthur Flour.<\/p>\n\n\n\nHereby: King Arthur Flour<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/popicon.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/king_arthur_flour.png\")
<\/figure>\n\n\n\nOver a hundred years later in 1896, the Sands, Taylor, & Wood Company arrived to the Boston Food Fair. They brought along their new and improved flour. It was named King Arthur, after the legendary British leader. The attributes of the brand, and its fearless knight mascot, are said to be \u201cpurity, loyalty, honesty, superior strength, and a dedication to a higher purpose.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Over the next 100 years, King Arthur Flour was involved in a rise of baking trends that still ring true to us today. Banana bread rose to popularity in 1930. This was quickly followed by the birth of the chocolate chip cookie<\/a> in 1933 and zucchini bread in 1973.<\/p>\n\n\n\nKing Arthur Flour continued to conquer kitchens everywhere, expanding to become New England\u2019s largest bakery supply distributor in 1968. After almost 200 years in Boston, King Arthur Flour moved its flagship campus headquarters to Norwich, Vermont in 1984. King Arthur Flour found a home online on Christmas Day 1996 when the company launched their first website \u2014 showcasing, at the time, just 13 recipes. Today, the website has more than 2,800 recipes to review featuring King Arthur Flour products!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Robin Hood Flour<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/popicon.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/robin_hood-1.png\")
<\/figure>\n\n\n\nSome say Robin Hood is an outlaw made famous for his good deeds in folklore. Others believe his claim to fame is gracing the packages of Robin Hood Flour<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\nSporting a signature green and red archer emblem, the mascot for Canadian Robin Hood Flour brand is none other than Robin Hood himself. This particular Robin Hood story doesn\u2019t go back quite as far as the Edwardian era, but does come close enough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Robin Hood\u2019s Beginnings<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\nIn 1909, Francis Atherton Bean, President of International Milling in Minneapolis, Minnesota, purchased a mill in Moose Jaw, Canada. The opening of Bean\u2019s new mill was incredibly exciting to Moose Jaw residents as it offered employment and encouraged outside investors in the area. Bean quickly hired a staff of 50 workers and 12 field salesmen. During the gala for the new team, a \u201cchristening ceremony\u201d was held for a barrel of wheat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/popicon.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/robin_hood_flour_2.png\")
<\/figure>\n\n\n\nBusiness was booming less than two years later. Over 1,600 barrels of flour were produced by Bean\u2019s mill each day. Charles Ritz became the company\u2019s new president in the 1920s and oversaw efforts to include Robin Hood at as many baking fairs as possible. Ritz also encouraged the export of flour and oats to struggling nations outside of Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
During the 1930s economic depression, Robin Hood leaned into a great deal of growth. The flour was now famous for its quality and in demand by bakers and families everywhere. Products from the mill travelled to northern outposts. In some cases, district managers travelled to the mill by dog sled for the flour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Robin Hood Flour In 2020<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\nThere has always been a place for Robin Hood throughout history. The company built a new factory to aid to the war effort in the 1940s and milled \u201cG.R. Flour\u201d (George Rex Flour) in the 1950s. Thousands of flour tons were sent overseas as foreign aid to the Europeans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In our present unprecedented times, Robin Hood Flour remains there for everyone. The company still aligns closely with its philosophy: we\u2019re sensitive to changing needs and lifestyles so that we can help you bake better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jus-Rol<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\nLongtime PopIcon readers may recall when I first wrote about the United Kingdom\u2019s pastry meal company Jus-Rol<\/a> and their brief, memorable mascot named Janet.<\/p>\n\n\n
<\/figure>\n\n\n\nThe Pillsbury Doughboy was created at Leo Burnett Chicago in 1965. Drawn by LB creative director Rudy Perz and conceptualized by Milt Schaffer, a Leo Burnett animation expert, Poppin\u2019 Fresh stands proudly at 7 1\/2 inches. He wears a chef\u2019s hat, neckerchief, and easily gets the giggles if you poke his tummy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Talent Beyond The Kitchen<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\nOver the decades, the Pillsbury Doughboy has enjoyed an active lifestyle in and out of the kitchen. In addition to being an accomplished chef, he\u2019s a dancer, painter, and skateboarder.<\/p>\n\n\n
https:\/\/youtu.be\/e3P3o1peFtU<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nPoppin\u2019 Fresh is also an unsung musical genius<\/a>. He sings and has played six instruments throughout his commercial career. His lineup includes a harmonica, accordion, bugle, violin, electric guitar, and air guitar \u2013 with a butter knife.<\/p>\n\n\n\nBetty Crocker<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\nAffectionately referred to as the \u201cFirst Lady of Food,\u201d Betty Crocker<\/a> products have been a staple for family food traditions for over 90 years. Betty Crocker enjoys cooking and baking. She is committed to family and friends, involved in her community, and known for being resourceful and creative.<\/p>\n\n\n\nWho Is Betty Crocker?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\nBetty Crocker\u2019s background story is a particularly unique one. Many may think a real woman inspired the creation of Betty Crocker. The truth is she has never been a real person.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In 1921, Gold Medal flour ran a special promotion. Consumers had the chance to win a pincushion that resembled a sack of flour if they were able to complete a jigsaw puzzle of a milling scene. Thousands of entries, and questions about baking, flooded the Washburn Crosby Company, a flour milling company. The company decided to use the name \u201cBetty Crocker\u201d in the signature in order to personalize responses. \u201cCrocker\u201d honored William G. Crocker, the retired director of the Washburn Crosby Company. \u201cBetty\u201d was chosen because it sounded pleasant. Female employees were encouraged to submit hand-written Betty Crocker signatures. The most well known signature may still be seen in the Betty Crocker red spoon logo<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\nThe Betty Crocker name became so popular that a portrait was commissioned of her likeness in 1936. Artist Neysa McMein<\/a> drew the original Betty Crocker, which blended the features of several Home Service Department members into a motherly image. By 1945, Betty Crocker was the second most recognizable woman in America after First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\nIn 1955, Betty\u2019s appearance changed with the help of six artists that painted new interpretations of her likeness. A softer, smiling image drawn by Hilda Taylor was used shortly afterwards. As the decades passed, so did Betty\u2019s overall look to better fit into the changing, contemporary times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Betty Crocker Today<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\nArtist John Stuart Ingle painted the most recent Betty Crocker portrait in 1996. Honoring the icon\u2019s 75th anniversary, a nationwide search was conducted across the United States for 75 women of diverse backgrounds and ages. These women also embodied Betty Crocker\u2019s characteristics. Stuart Ingle painted the 1996 Betty Crocker using a computerized composite of the 75 women and a 1986 Betty portrait. Her iconic red wardrobe has been reimagined over the years and kept Betty at the peak of class and fashion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bob\u2019s Red Mill<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\nBetty Crocker may not have an IRL person that inspired her likeness, but the same can\u2019t be said for Bob\u2019s Red Mill<\/a>. The employee-owned manufacturer of whole grain products, including flours, oats, and grains was co-founded by Bob Moore and his sweetheart Charlee Moore more than 30 years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\nHeadquartered in Milwaukie, Oregon, Bob\u2019s Red Mill is committed to providing people everywhere with the best quality foods available. Bob\u2019s personal passion for nutritional whole grains allowed this company to become a leading name in health foods across the United States. Bob first met Charlee on a blind date in 1952. It was love at first sight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\nIn 1978, they founded Bob\u2019s Red Mill together. Charlee was the original inspiration for their whole grain adventures. She helped create a healthier life for their family with natural food in the 1960s. Both Charlee and Bob became fixtures within their store. Charlee originally packaged products by hand. Bob still loves to spend time at the store and you can spot him outside the store, too. Check out the #paperbob challenge<\/a> on Instagram and take a peek at the Bob\u2019s Red Mill logo, too. That\u2019s his signature flat cap, glasses, and beard in the company logo design.<\/p>\n\n\n\nKing Arthur Flour<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\nDid you know King Arthur Flour<\/a> was the first flour company in the United States? It\u2019s true! In 1790, George Washington was America\u2019s first president and a young man named Henry Wood began importing flour from England. He established his business, Henry Wood & Company, at Boston\u2019s Long Wharf. It was the first flour company in New England and the United States \u2013 the original ancestor of King Arthur Flour.<\/p>\n\n\n\nHereby: King Arthur Flour<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\nOver a hundred years later in 1896, the Sands, Taylor, & Wood Company arrived to the Boston Food Fair. They brought along their new and improved flour. It was named King Arthur, after the legendary British leader. The attributes of the brand, and its fearless knight mascot, are said to be \u201cpurity, loyalty, honesty, superior strength, and a dedication to a higher purpose.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Over the next 100 years, King Arthur Flour was involved in a rise of baking trends that still ring true to us today. Banana bread rose to popularity in 1930. This was quickly followed by the birth of the chocolate chip cookie<\/a> in 1933 and zucchini bread in 1973.<\/p>\n\n\n\nKing Arthur Flour continued to conquer kitchens everywhere, expanding to become New England\u2019s largest bakery supply distributor in 1968. After almost 200 years in Boston, King Arthur Flour moved its flagship campus headquarters to Norwich, Vermont in 1984. King Arthur Flour found a home online on Christmas Day 1996 when the company launched their first website \u2014 showcasing, at the time, just 13 recipes. Today, the website has more than 2,800 recipes to review featuring King Arthur Flour products!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Robin Hood Flour<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\nSome say Robin Hood is an outlaw made famous for his good deeds in folklore. Others believe his claim to fame is gracing the packages of Robin Hood Flour<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\nSporting a signature green and red archer emblem, the mascot for Canadian Robin Hood Flour brand is none other than Robin Hood himself. This particular Robin Hood story doesn\u2019t go back quite as far as the Edwardian era, but does come close enough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Robin Hood\u2019s Beginnings<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\nIn 1909, Francis Atherton Bean, President of International Milling in Minneapolis, Minnesota, purchased a mill in Moose Jaw, Canada. The opening of Bean\u2019s new mill was incredibly exciting to Moose Jaw residents as it offered employment and encouraged outside investors in the area. Bean quickly hired a staff of 50 workers and 12 field salesmen. During the gala for the new team, a \u201cchristening ceremony\u201d was held for a barrel of wheat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\nBusiness was booming less than two years later. Over 1,600 barrels of flour were produced by Bean\u2019s mill each day. Charles Ritz became the company\u2019s new president in the 1920s and oversaw efforts to include Robin Hood at as many baking fairs as possible. Ritz also encouraged the export of flour and oats to struggling nations outside of Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
During the 1930s economic depression, Robin Hood leaned into a great deal of growth. The flour was now famous for its quality and in demand by bakers and families everywhere. Products from the mill travelled to northern outposts. In some cases, district managers travelled to the mill by dog sled for the flour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Robin Hood Flour In 2020<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\nThere has always been a place for Robin Hood throughout history. The company built a new factory to aid to the war effort in the 1940s and milled \u201cG.R. Flour\u201d (George Rex Flour) in the 1950s. Thousands of flour tons were sent overseas as foreign aid to the Europeans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In our present unprecedented times, Robin Hood Flour remains there for everyone. The company still aligns closely with its philosophy: we\u2019re sensitive to changing needs and lifestyles so that we can help you bake better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jus-Rol<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\nLongtime PopIcon readers may recall when I first wrote about the United Kingdom\u2019s pastry meal company Jus-Rol<\/a> and their brief, memorable mascot named Janet.<\/p>\n\n\n
Poppin\u2019 Fresh is also an unsung musical genius<\/a>. He sings and has played six instruments throughout his commercial career. His lineup includes a harmonica, accordion, bugle, violin, electric guitar, and air guitar \u2013 with a butter knife.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Affectionately referred to as the \u201cFirst Lady of Food,\u201d Betty Crocker<\/a> products have been a staple for family food traditions for over 90 years. Betty Crocker enjoys cooking and baking. She is committed to family and friends, involved in her community, and known for being resourceful and creative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Betty Crocker\u2019s background story is a particularly unique one. Many may think a real woman inspired the creation of Betty Crocker. The truth is she has never been a real person.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In 1921, Gold Medal flour ran a special promotion. Consumers had the chance to win a pincushion that resembled a sack of flour if they were able to complete a jigsaw puzzle of a milling scene. Thousands of entries, and questions about baking, flooded the Washburn Crosby Company, a flour milling company. The company decided to use the name \u201cBetty Crocker\u201d in the signature in order to personalize responses. \u201cCrocker\u201d honored William G. Crocker, the retired director of the Washburn Crosby Company. \u201cBetty\u201d was chosen because it sounded pleasant. Female employees were encouraged to submit hand-written Betty Crocker signatures. The most well known signature may still be seen in the Betty Crocker red spoon logo<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Betty Crocker name became so popular that a portrait was commissioned of her likeness in 1936. Artist Neysa McMein<\/a> drew the original Betty Crocker, which blended the features of several Home Service Department members into a motherly image. By 1945, Betty Crocker was the second most recognizable woman in America after First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In 1955, Betty\u2019s appearance changed with the help of six artists that painted new interpretations of her likeness. A softer, smiling image drawn by Hilda Taylor was used shortly afterwards. As the decades passed, so did Betty\u2019s overall look to better fit into the changing, contemporary times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Artist John Stuart Ingle painted the most recent Betty Crocker portrait in 1996. Honoring the icon\u2019s 75th anniversary, a nationwide search was conducted across the United States for 75 women of diverse backgrounds and ages. These women also embodied Betty Crocker\u2019s characteristics. Stuart Ingle painted the 1996 Betty Crocker using a computerized composite of the 75 women and a 1986 Betty portrait. Her iconic red wardrobe has been reimagined over the years and kept Betty at the peak of class and fashion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Betty Crocker may not have an IRL person that inspired her likeness, but the same can\u2019t be said for Bob\u2019s Red Mill<\/a>. The employee-owned manufacturer of whole grain products, including flours, oats, and grains was co-founded by Bob Moore and his sweetheart Charlee Moore more than 30 years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Headquartered in Milwaukie, Oregon, Bob\u2019s Red Mill is committed to providing people everywhere with the best quality foods available. Bob\u2019s personal passion for nutritional whole grains allowed this company to become a leading name in health foods across the United States. Bob first met Charlee on a blind date in 1952. It was love at first sight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In 1978, they founded Bob\u2019s Red Mill together. Charlee was the original inspiration for their whole grain adventures. She helped create a healthier life for their family with natural food in the 1960s. Both Charlee and Bob became fixtures within their store. Charlee originally packaged products by hand. Bob still loves to spend time at the store and you can spot him outside the store, too. Check out the #paperbob challenge<\/a> on Instagram and take a peek at the Bob\u2019s Red Mill logo, too. That\u2019s his signature flat cap, glasses, and beard in the company logo design.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Did you know King Arthur Flour<\/a> was the first flour company in the United States? It\u2019s true! In 1790, George Washington was America\u2019s first president and a young man named Henry Wood began importing flour from England. He established his business, Henry Wood & Company, at Boston\u2019s Long Wharf. It was the first flour company in New England and the United States \u2013 the original ancestor of King Arthur Flour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Over a hundred years later in 1896, the Sands, Taylor, & Wood Company arrived to the Boston Food Fair. They brought along their new and improved flour. It was named King Arthur, after the legendary British leader. The attributes of the brand, and its fearless knight mascot, are said to be \u201cpurity, loyalty, honesty, superior strength, and a dedication to a higher purpose.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Over the next 100 years, King Arthur Flour was involved in a rise of baking trends that still ring true to us today. Banana bread rose to popularity in 1930. This was quickly followed by the birth of the chocolate chip cookie<\/a> in 1933 and zucchini bread in 1973.<\/p>\n\n\n\n King Arthur Flour continued to conquer kitchens everywhere, expanding to become New England\u2019s largest bakery supply distributor in 1968. After almost 200 years in Boston, King Arthur Flour moved its flagship campus headquarters to Norwich, Vermont in 1984. King Arthur Flour found a home online on Christmas Day 1996 when the company launched their first website \u2014 showcasing, at the time, just 13 recipes. Today, the website has more than 2,800 recipes to review featuring King Arthur Flour products!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Some say Robin Hood is an outlaw made famous for his good deeds in folklore. Others believe his claim to fame is gracing the packages of Robin Hood Flour<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sporting a signature green and red archer emblem, the mascot for Canadian Robin Hood Flour brand is none other than Robin Hood himself. This particular Robin Hood story doesn\u2019t go back quite as far as the Edwardian era, but does come close enough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In 1909, Francis Atherton Bean, President of International Milling in Minneapolis, Minnesota, purchased a mill in Moose Jaw, Canada. The opening of Bean\u2019s new mill was incredibly exciting to Moose Jaw residents as it offered employment and encouraged outside investors in the area. Bean quickly hired a staff of 50 workers and 12 field salesmen. During the gala for the new team, a \u201cchristening ceremony\u201d was held for a barrel of wheat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Business was booming less than two years later. Over 1,600 barrels of flour were produced by Bean\u2019s mill each day. Charles Ritz became the company\u2019s new president in the 1920s and oversaw efforts to include Robin Hood at as many baking fairs as possible. Ritz also encouraged the export of flour and oats to struggling nations outside of Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n During the 1930s economic depression, Robin Hood leaned into a great deal of growth. The flour was now famous for its quality and in demand by bakers and families everywhere. Products from the mill travelled to northern outposts. In some cases, district managers travelled to the mill by dog sled for the flour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n There has always been a place for Robin Hood throughout history. The company built a new factory to aid to the war effort in the 1940s and milled \u201cG.R. Flour\u201d (George Rex Flour) in the 1950s. Thousands of flour tons were sent overseas as foreign aid to the Europeans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In our present unprecedented times, Robin Hood Flour remains there for everyone. The company still aligns closely with its philosophy: we\u2019re sensitive to changing needs and lifestyles so that we can help you bake better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Longtime PopIcon readers may recall when I first wrote about the United Kingdom\u2019s pastry meal company Jus-Rol<\/a> and their brief, memorable mascot named Janet.<\/p>\n\n\nBetty Crocker<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Who Is Betty Crocker?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\nBetty Crocker Today<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
<\/figure>\n\n\n\nBob\u2019s Red Mill<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
<\/figure>\n\n\n\nKing Arthur Flour<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Hereby: King Arthur Flour<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
<\/figure>\n\n\n\nRobin Hood Flour<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
<\/figure>\n\n\n\nRobin Hood\u2019s Beginnings<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
<\/figure>\n\n\n\nRobin Hood Flour In 2020<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Jus-Rol<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n