laundryshark
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History of Kelloggs
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It's kind of sad but Kellogg has closed it's welcome center in Battle Creek. I remember back in the 80's going with my parents to one of the last factory tours before they ended those. It was really kind of neat to see how the stuff was made.
For years we went to Battle Creeks Holiday Balloon event and it was hosted in the Kellogg's welcome center. They always had a few neat things for us balloonists, and it was a nice spot to warm up on a chilly December evening during the glow.
I guess it's just another sad loss due to the economy.
For years we went to Battle Creeks Holiday Balloon event and it was hosted in the Kellogg's welcome center. They always had a few neat things for us balloonists, and it was a nice spot to warm up on a chilly December evening during the glow.
I guess it's just another sad loss due to the economy.
I always heard they ended the factory tours, because they were worried about "spies" from other companies learning production secrets.
We went to the Kelloggs Welcome center a few years ago. It was OK, but I thought of it as more of a tourist trap than anything.
We went to the Kelloggs Welcome center a few years ago. It was OK, but I thought of it as more of a tourist trap than anything.
nurdlinger
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When I was a Cub Scout in the late 50's, our Pack and a bunch of others got to take a train ride from Detroit to Battle Creek and tour the Kelloggs plant. I know we rode on the Grand Trunk RR, because I remember where we got on the train down along the Detroit River east of downtown and I later learned that was the Grand Trunk Depot. We traveled along the track that roughly parallelled Woodward Ave., and I was able to recognize this and thus realize where we were. I remember very little about the tour, except one part where we saw corn flakes being made, going from lumps of cooked corn to pressed and baked flakes. They scooped some flakes hot from the toaster for us to eat and I remember they tasted spectacularly good. There was a park, or some sort of woodsy field, across the street where we went for lunch.
On the way there, the train was hauled by a diesel locomotive. On the way back, a steam locomotive was used. This was the only time I traveled behind steam on a mainline railroad. They gave us sample boxes of sweet cereal (like Sugar Pops) and so the way home featured a lot of little kids with sugar rushes. They also gave us toy rubber-band powered ornithopters, most of which never made it back to Detroit after trial flights and crashes in the railroad coach. This is a great childhood memory.
On the way there, the train was hauled by a diesel locomotive. On the way back, a steam locomotive was used. This was the only time I traveled behind steam on a mainline railroad. They gave us sample boxes of sweet cereal (like Sugar Pops) and so the way home featured a lot of little kids with sugar rushes. They also gave us toy rubber-band powered ornithopters, most of which never made it back to Detroit after trial flights and crashes in the railroad coach. This is a great childhood memory.
Kellog Trivia
One of the Kellog clan went to my high school. Probably the best dressed in the school, and rather aloof. It kind of put me off corn flakes for life ;-).
One of the Kellog clan went to my high school. Probably the best dressed in the school, and rather aloof. It kind of put me off corn flakes for life ;-).
laundryshark
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How Old are Froot Loops?
If this cereal is at least as old as the 1963 classic commercial I still have, then Froot Loops is 45 years old.--Laundry Shark
If this cereal is at least as old as the 1963 classic commercial I still have, then Froot Loops is 45 years old.--Laundry Shark
