Did You Know?!: Breakfast Cereal

Sales and Leasing Consultant, Tim H., always makes sure he eats a good breakfast before he comes to work in the morning. After all, breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Tim's fondness for breakfast has inspired this month's edition of "Did You Know?"

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How many times have you noticed the same breakfast cereal brands on the shelf at your local grocery store? Some of these brands have been stocked for years! I hope you're not reading this on an empty stomach because this month's topic is bound to make your belly grumble...

The following is a short list of cereals and the year each one was introduced to consumers:

• Nabisco Shredded Wheat (1892)
• Post Grape Nuts (1897)
• Kelloggs Corn Flakes (1906)
• Puffed Rice (1904)
• All-Bran (1916)
• Post Toasties (1904-2006)
• Wheaties (1924)
• Rice Crispies (1928)
• Post Raisin Bran (1942)
• Kelloggs Raisin Bran (1942)
• Frosted Flakes (1952)
• Cheerios (1941)
• Rice Chex (1935)
• Kix (1937)
• Alpha-Bits (1958)
• Apple Jacks (1965)
• Life (1961)
• Cocoa Puffs (1958)
• Cocoa Krispies (1958)
• Fruit Loops (1963)
• Special K (1955)
• Trix (1954)
• Lucky Charms (1964)
• Total (1961)
• Golden Crisp (1949)
• Captain Crunch (1964)
• Honeycomb (1965)
• Country Corn Flakes (1960)
• Quisp (1965)

If you don't see your favorite cereal listed above, don't worry. This is only part one of the breakfast cereal history lesson! Stay tuned for next month's edition...breakfast cereal from 1970 to present.