The Flour Industry The Flour Industry has made a major change comparing its starting years to the flour Industry now. Flour today is a huge part of people's lives, you will see how the flour Industry evolved to turn into a very successful business. Charles Pillsbury arrived in Minneapolis in 1869 which was when the Flour Industry really started turning around. First, the Flour Industry in its early years wasn't very successful. The Industry was failing in Minnesota. It was a very non-profitable business. Before Charles Pillsbury arrived the Flour mills were grinding wheat into flour for 15 years. Secondly, the late 1800s was when there was a dramatic change in the industry's business. Charles Pillsbury invested in a failing flour mill. Then,