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Made in Minnesota
Minnesota inventions include:
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the enclosed shopping center
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masking and scotch tape
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Post-it Note (TM), Nordic Track
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snowmobiles
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Rollerblades
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the shopping bag
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Wheaties
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Thinsulate
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Health Maintenance Organizations (HMO's)
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Zubaz athletic pants
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Aveda Hair Products
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the Bundt pan
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Cream of Wheat
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Spam
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Green Giant frozen vegetables.
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Minneapolis Companies
If you're looking for Minneapolis real estate, you may be interested
in know about the job market as well.
The Minneapolis area is considered home to many of the corporations
that have become common household names. For example, Northwest
Airlines, 3M, Honeywell, General Mills, Pillsbury, Control Data, United
Healthcare and National Care Rental to name a few.
Jobs with Fortune 500 Companies
in the Minneapolis area
Fifteen (15) of the FORTUNE 500 "Largest U.S. Corporations"
and 32 of the FORTUNE 1000 companies are headquartered in the
Minneapolis area. Minneapolis ranks just behind New York, Chicago, and Houston
of cities with the most headquarters.
- General
Mills
Manufacturer of consumer foods products whose brands include
Betty Crocker, Pillsbury, Green Giant, Häagen-Dazs, and Old El
Paso.
- Target Corp
Retailer
- United
Health Group
Health care services
- Best Buy
Consumer electronics
- 3M
Diversified technology company famous for Scotch tape, Post-it
notes and other products.
- Super
Valu
Grocery retail
- US
Bancorp
Financial services
- Northwest Airlines
Airline
- CHS
Supplies food, grain and energy products.
- St.
Paul Companies
Insurance
- Xcel
Energy
Electricity and natural gas energy company
- Medtronic
Medical technology
- Thrivent
Financial for Lutherans
Insurance and investments
- Land
O'Lakes
Food and agricultural company
- Hormel
Foods
Manufacturer of meat and food products, including SPAM.
- Nash Finch Company
Supermarket products
- Ecolab
Cleaning, sanitizing, and maintenance products and services
- C.H. Robinson Worldwide
Provides transportation and logistics services
- Pepsi
Americas
Second largest Pepsi bottler, Midas automotive services and Hussmann
refrigeration systems and equipment.
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