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It is widely recognised that the major problem facing civilisation today is finding that the last serving of breakfast cereal is full of skanky bits.
I propose that the cereal packets be maintained in an upside-down state right up to the point of sale. The aforementioned skanky bits will travel
to the top, but then during subsequent carriage and use begin to resettle to the bottom. Thus providing a more constant ratio of large to small pieces throughout the product's lifetime.
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I like it. frostie sludge for me 3 times a day mmm. |
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[Loris] Don't you run your cereal through a colander like the rest of us?
I’d suspect that fiddling (technical term) with the boxes is directly proportional to amount of crumbs. But an organized shipping flipping system, allowing for road roughness vs. truck suspension and travel time, could evenly distribute the various particles. |
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Aw, c'mon - who needs to read the label? All cereal boxes are color coded so the kiddies can recognize them. |
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why dont you just open the box from the bottom? |
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I keep my cereal in one of those special tupperware like containers, stays fresher AND allows me to shake it up a bit when nearing the bottom, to prevent that last bowl being nothing but cereal crumbs. Bliss, doesn't the blood rush to your head? |
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Obligatory umop apisdn post |
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how about round box, with multiple openings? No stay crisp liner of course, but each time you go to have a bowl you roll the box along the counter for a moment. Granted it would make a mess of the grovery store shelves. |
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They should tell make all the air you're buying a selling point. CHOCOLATE FIST-Os! WITH 30% MORE AIR!! [opens air seal] woosh. |
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This really matters to you? I like settled contents. |
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But: just make the front and back panels identical, but print the front one way up, the back panel the other way up, and the side panels 50-50, so there is no real front or back or top or bottom. Then the things will have about a 50-50 chance of being flipped in transit. |
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Still, there's got to be one end that opens -- if you have possible openings, people will accidentally open both ends and get nasty surprises -- and the opening end will be the end that people tend to find and place on top. |
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Presumably there is a distribution function that will model flake size. chi squared I'm thinking. |
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- I know it has something to do with the species of starch granules first. They're measured by laser diffraction. After that it gets a pasty. |
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Store boxes on their sides - opening at one end. |
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I think you can get individualy-wrapped cereal in California. Not like every flake but for bigger things, Logs of Bran and stuff. They do things right over there. |
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