Pillsbury® Encourages Families to Celebrate More

Your Family Celebration Photo Has a Chance to Win a $10,000 Trip to Celebration, Fla.

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Oct 07, 2011, 09:04 ET

ORRVILLE, Ohio, Oct. 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- From the day the training wheels came off to winning family game night, every day there's a reason to celebrate! The makers of Pillsbury® baking products encourage families to share these special moments through the Pillsbury People Celebrate More Photo Contest for a chance to win a $10,000 family vacation to Celebration, Florida.

From now through November 30, 2011, fans of Pillsbury baking mixes, frostings and flours can visit www.pillsburybaking.com to submit a photo that depicts a family celebration and provide a caption (of 140 characters or less) describing how the experience made them feel. The top ten entries will be chosen and posted on the website on or about January 26 through March 8, 2012 and fans will be asked to vote for the best entry to help select the Grand Prize Winner.

"We hope to inspire families nationwide to celebrate their memorable milestones with homemade desserts and share their sweetest baking moments with us," said Maribeth Badertscher, Vice President, Corporate Communications, The J.M. Smucker Company. "We are thrilled to be a part of these special moments and are excited to see all the ways families celebrate more with Pillsbury baking products.''

New and Seasonal Products

Just in time for baking season, Pillsbury welcomes an array of new and seasonal products available in the baking aisle where you buy groceries, including:

Cookie Mixes:

Perfectly Pumpkin Cookie Mix
Chocolate Peppermint Cookie Mix
Funfetti® Chocolate Cookie Mix
Chocolate Chip Cookie Mix
Sugar Cookie Mix

Brownie Mixes:

Mocha Fudge Brownie Mix
Dark Chocolate Brownie Mix

Additionally, for professional looking results in a flash, Pillsbury will re-release three limited-edition seasonal colors to their line of Pillsbury Easy Frost™ No-Fuss Frostings:

Easy Frost No Fuss Halloween Vanilla Flavored Frosting in orange (September 2011)
Easy Frost No Fuss Holiday Vanilla Flavored Frosting in green (November 2011)
Easy Frost No Fuss Valentine's Vanilla Flavored Frosting in pink (January 2012)

The Pillsbury People Celebrate More Every Day Photo and Essay Contest is open from September 21 through November 30, 2011 to legal residents of the 50 United States and D.C., 18 years of age and older. Void where prohibited. For Official Rules and complete entry details visit www.pillsburybaking.com. Pillsbury fans can also find fun baking tips and recipes by visiting www.Facebook.com/PillsburyBaking.

About The J. M. Smucker Company

For more than 110 years, The J.M. Smucker Company has been committed to offering consumers quality products that bring families together to share memorable meals and moments. Today, Smucker is a leading marketer and manufacturer of fruit spreads, retail packaged coffee, peanut butter, shortening and oils, ice cream toppings, sweetened condensed milk, and health and natural foods beverages in North America. Its family of brands includes Smucker's®, Folgers®, Dunkin' Donuts®, Jif®, Crisco®, Pillsbury®, Eagle Brand®, R.W. Knudsen Family®, Hungry Jack®, Café Bustelo®, Cafe Pilon™, White Lily® and Martha White® in the United States, along with Robin Hood®, Five Roses®, Carnation® and Bick's® in Canada. The Company remains rooted in the Basic Beliefs of Quality, People, Ethics, Growth and Independence established by its founder and namesake more than a century ago. The Company has appeared on FORTUNE Magazine's list of the 100 Best Companies to Work For in the United States 13 times, ranking number one in 2004. For more information about the Company, visit www.smuckers.com.

The J.M. Smucker Company is the owner of all trademarks, except Pillsbury, the Barrelhead logo and the Doughboy character are trademarks of The Pillsbury Company, LLC, used under license; Carnation is a trademark of Societe des Produits Nestle S.A., used under license; and Dunkin' Donuts is a registered trademark of DD IP Holder, LLC, used under license. Borden and Elsie are trademarks used under license.

SOURCE The J.M. Smucker Company