Do You Still Eat A Packaged Cereal For Breakfast Or Something Else?

@Luap1050 (876)
December 12, 2017 1:28pm CST
I saw an article that Kellogg's is laying off 1,000 workers and closing distribution centres . They are also launching an ad campaign to get Millennials back on cereal using "Lucky Charms" as the draw. They also say 23 % of boomers eat packaged cereal daily vs. 17 % of millennials. I know I don't eat a packaged breakfast cereal nearly as often as I used to , but what about each of you??
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@spiderdust (14760)
• San Jose, California
12 Dec 17
Packaged breakfast cereal is one of the most overpriced, sugar-laden, nutritionally barren products out there. I'm not surprised that millennials are bypassing it in favor of something else. You get more bang for your buck from a dozen eggs than a box of Lucky Charms.
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@GardenGerty (160696)
• United States
13 Dec 17
@spiderdust when you consider I just paid 57 cents per dozen for eggs and cereal usually costs at least $2.59 you have just said a mouthful. I try to have cereal on hand when the grandkids come, but then I bake up a variety of muffins, with healthy stuff. They prefer the muffins.
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@spiderdust (14760)
• San Jose, California
13 Dec 17
@GardenGerty You can make a lot of muffins for the price of a box of cereal!
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@Luap1050 (876)
12 Dec 17
Bang on and well said Kelli!
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@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
12 Dec 17
I gave up those cereals a long time ago and recently I gave up breakfast as I'm not hungry in the morning. I was eating because everyone was saying how important breakfast is but if I'm not hungry then it is not important for me. In fact it is 3:30 and I will eat in a few minutes. I am starting to get hungry a bit.
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@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
12 Dec 17
@Luap1050 I agree with you. We need to do what keeps us healthy. However, the boxed cereals are not the best foods for one that wants to stay healthy.
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@Luap1050 (876)
12 Dec 17
what ever works for you Felix - we are all different and that's great!
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@Luap1050 (876)
12 Dec 17
@1hopefulman agreed !
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@JudyEv (340216)
• Rockingham, Australia
12 Dec 17
I rarely eat breakfast now but if I do I might have a Weet-bix. Some breakfast cereals are full of sugar and there has been a lot of negative publicity about how unhealthy some are.
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@JohnRoberts (109846)
• Los Angeles, California
12 Dec 17
Yes I eat packaged cereal but I am an old person.
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@ramapo17 (30441)
• Melbourne, Florida
15 Dec 17
@Luap1050 I beat you both, I am 75 and don't look a day older than 74, hahahahaha. Don't ask me how old I feel
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@Luap1050 (876)
12 Dec 17
well, John , I'm no spring chicken - I'm 60 ...
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@Luap1050 (876)
18 Dec 17
@ramapo17 I still have those FEW days when I feel 19 - maybe one or two a year and getting less and less all the time!... " My brain says go but my body says no"
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@Hannihar (130218)
• Israel
13 Dec 17
I eat kelloggs and Granola cereal and then I also make oatmeal with oats.
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• Defuniak Springs, Florida
12 Dec 17
I'm lactose intolerant so nope. Or if I do it's not very often at all..
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@Luap1050 (876)
12 Dec 17
are you able to eat Oatmeal April ?
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• Defuniak Springs, Florida
12 Dec 17
@Luap1050 I am but I dont. I don't like the texture. The only time I use oatmeal is in my no bake cookies.
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@Luap1050 (876)
12 Dec 17
@thislittlepennyearns so what's your usual breakfast?
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@snowy22315 (180839)
• United States
13 Dec 17
Being a "boomer" at least of that generation..I eat the cereal..but not every day..
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@TheHorse (218927)
• Walnut Creek, California
23 Dec 17
I actually enjoy a big bowl of cereal with brown sugar and milk.
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• United Kingdom
12 Dec 17
Now that you mention it I cannot remember the last time I had a packaged cereal, it is definitely going back years. I remember the days when I used to dive into a bowl of sugar puffs or Frosties or even Cornflakes. Those products are still around, I think. No, now I have taken a completely new approach and I have two boiled eggs every morning and that is a routine that I have stuck to for some time now. Are cheerios still around? I think it might be nice to try some of those with a bowl of ice cold milk!
@Luap1050 (876)
12 Dec 17
Cherrios are still around...and there is a whole wheat version tat makes me FEEL like I MIGHT be eating something healthy!
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@Angela150 (928)
• London, England
12 Dec 17
My kids still eat Frosties/Co-co pops/Rice Crispies!. It is really convenient to give them cereals just before school!
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• London, England
12 Dec 17
@Luap1050 It sure is!
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@Luap1050 (876)
12 Dec 17
Rice crispies are good !
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@sallypup (61157)
• Centralia, Washington
12 Dec 17
I grew up fighting over Lucky Charms. Now its oatmeal. The oatmeal arrives in a 25 pound bag so I guess I am a super meanie about Kellogg's workers.
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@sallypup (61157)
• Centralia, Washington
12 Dec 17
@Luap1050 Oats are dry. We buy big bags of that and lentils and wheat kernels for flour cause its cheapest and a pain to have to constantly go buy more.
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@Luap1050 (876)
12 Dec 17
now THAT'S a lot of Oatmeal Lenore! ... I think it would go bad in my house before I ate it all ...
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@Luap1050 (876)
12 Dec 17
@sallypup much fewer shopping trio for sure! ....I must say , in the last hour I've never interacted with one person so much on here...lol I still work , but have the afternoon off ..Are you retired or still a young working girl?
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@TheHorse (218927)
• Walnut Creek, California
18 Dec 17
I always have some Trader Joe's cork flakes or imitation Honey Nut Cheerios around. But I wouldn't mind eating fun stuff like Trix or Lucky Charms, so long as they're not all "healthy" and tasteless now. Give me my chemicals!
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@TheHorse (218927)
• Walnut Creek, California
23 Dec 17
@ramapo17 Precisely! And I'm still here after 100 years.
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@ramapo17 (30441)
• Melbourne, Florida
26 Dec 17
@TheHorse You look good for 100 years old.
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@ramapo17 (30441)
• Melbourne, Florida
23 Dec 17
The chemicals taste so much better, right,
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@sol_cee (38219)
• Philippines
18 Dec 17
I am more of a bread person in the morning now so no to cereals. Sorry, Kellogg's.
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@Luap1050 (876)
18 Dec 17
I tend to do toast and coffee myself
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@DianneN (247186)
• United States
12 Dec 17
I don't at all, but my husband has it once or twice a week.
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@kobesbuddy (78882)
• East Tawas, Michigan
12 Dec 17
My afternoon snack is usually cheerios&milk. I'm a diabetic, for I need one carb/one protein food. No, I don't eat other cold, prepared cereals any more. Oatmeal is a better choice, for me.
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@kobesbuddy (78882)
• East Tawas, Michigan
12 Dec 17
@Luap1050 I eat them because they are gluten-free, I have celiac disease.
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@Luap1050 (876)
12 Dec 17
bulk Oatmeal - obviously not the prepackaged sugary stuff - is a good choice for sure . My wife used to eat a lot of Cherrios , ..I don't mind them occasionally as well
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@GardenGerty (160696)
• United States
13 Dec 17
I have lots of Cheerios, cause oats are supposed to be good for your heart. I have them, yes, but seldom eat them. I am more likely to eat my own homemade granola. My favorite breakfast is eggs scrambled with veggies.
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@toniganzon (72281)
• Philippines
12 Dec 17
I don't.I usually eat bread, French toast, pancake, or rice for breakfast.
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@ramapo17 (30441)
• Melbourne, Florida
12 Dec 17
The package cereal has to much sugar. I have the same thing everyday. I have a small glass of juice with apple cider vinegar in it, 1 hard boiled egg, and 2 pieces of garlic toast. The vinegar helps keep my sugar in control and the garlic keeps the blood pressure down.
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@Luap1050 (876)
12 Dec 17
definately logical and healthy choices there Nancy!
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@dgobucks226 (35621)
17 Dec 17
I enjoy cheerios. Usually three times a week. Surprised their popularity has waned?
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@Scrapper88 (5983)
• United States
12 Dec 17
I do eat cereal, but not very often.
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@Daelii (5619)
• United States
17 Dec 17
Not really.. I avoid all of general mills cereal because they include paint thinner in the ingredients lists (some other foods do to, and I avoid them as well). I don't want to feed my kids something that if they ate it on their own I'd have to call poison control. So yes, I do keep some cereals in the house that are tasty and the kids enjoy (without paint thinner).. they eat it only on like really bad days. people are sick, dont have a lot of morning time before heading out, etc. I'd rather make eggs, bacon, muffins, etc before I give them cereal.
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