I got to enjoy a bowl of cereal at a nice, eventful place here in London, England. As a major foodie, I love finding places that have a gimmick to them, and a cereal bar is a new one for me. They have all kinds of cereal from the United States and Great Britain. Their entire down stairs is like a playroom from a millennial's childhood; crammed with memorabilia from the 1970s to the early 2000s. I could watch He-Man cartoons while sitting next to a Star Wars lamp and enjoying a hearty bowl of Krave drizzled with Nutella and Pop Rocks. Truly some place that needs to be a thing in the States.
There where two things that I noticed while I was there though, pertaining to the cereal boxes. The wall behind the counter held all the cereal boxes from America, and the one to the left of the counter were the British Cereals. One major difference that I noticed was the lack of General Mills cereals on the British wall. Instead, they were replaced with Nestle brands. Perhaps General Mills is only a thing in America? The other thing I noticed is that litteraly anything marketabe was put on a cereal box. I mean everything! Don't believe me? Then look at the picture below. My biggest guffaw, was when I noticed the C-3PO cereal and remembered that we chose C-3PO as our mascot when designing a cereal box for the 1970's. Crap, I should have asked what year that box was from.
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