Pillsbury's 14-member board accepted the offer late today in a meeting at the company's Minneapolis headquarters.

The meeting, scheduled some six weeks ago, was held in the company's Minneapolis headquarters.

About 200 cuts will be made at the company's Minneapolis headquarters.

Employees are to be offered jobs at the Minneapolis headquarters or perhaps with the New York operations of other Publicis agencies.

This summer, he was told before flying to a national retailer's Minneapolis headquarters that, besides three days of interviews, he would take a psychology test.

Earlier this week, Grand Met announced it would lay off 550 people at Pillsbury's Minneapolis headquarters, about 23 percent of the work force there.

In a letter to Best Buy, he wrote, "Prosecutions and public relations consequences should fall on your Minneapolis headquarters like snowflakes."

The Minneapolis headquarters and the company's research and development group together employ 3,000 people.

Pillsbury will lay off 550 people, or 23 percent, at its Minneapolis headquarters over the next few weeks.

Recursive's employees were moved to its Minneapolis headquarters.