Cheerios And Ziploc Just Solved A Cereal Problem We’ve Had For Decades
With all the news about AI taking over the food industry, 3D-printed meat, and cookies made from plastic bottles, it’s easy to forget that some of the best inventions provide simple solutions to everyday problems.
One such invention is the new Ziploc PantrySeal from Cheerios and Ziploc, the first-ever resealable bag designed for traditional cereal boxes. It basically swaps the regular cereal bag for a resealable Ziploc one, helping cereal stay fresh longer.
The new bag also has a built-in “pour spout” that makes filling bowls, cups, and even hands easier. However, only Cheerios and Honey Nut Cheerios feature the new packaging so far, and you’ll only find it at Walmart. Both varieties will roll out nationwide in the coming months.
On another note, please give whoever negotiated this partnership a promotion and a raise, because this innovation should’ve happened decades ago. As a society, we’ve spent far too many years folding, rolling up, and clipping cereal bags in hopes of squeezing out as much shelf life as possible.
It makes you wonder if there was a conspiracy behind why it took so long for this to happen. Like, maybe cereal companies wanted their products to go stale faster so we’d have no choice but to buy more?
Anyway, enough tinfoil hat talk. The bigger question is whether this will become the new norm or just a passing trend for Cheerios and Honey Nut Cheerios. Here’s to hoping non-resealable cereal bags become a thing of the past.
