How to Attend the World's Longest Breakfast Table

By Julia Fuller

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How would you like to help make history? You can, by attending the World's Longest Breakfast Table. Every year, the Cereal City, also known as Battle Creek, Michigan host the World's Longest Breakfast Table. Why would a town do such a thing? Because Battle Creek is home to the original Kellogg's, Post, and Ralston cereal factories. The event is always held on the second Saturday morning in June. How do you attend the world's longest breakfast table?

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Things You’ll Need:

  • Transportation
  • Lodging (optional)
  • Appetite

Step1
Travel to Battle Creek, Michigan no later than 8 AM on the second Saturday in June. The event is held every year on Saturday morning, the second Saturday of the month.
Step2
Arrive downtown Battle Creek and find a place to sit down.
Step3
Wait for volunteers to come around and offer you cereal from Kellogg's, Post, and Ralston. They will also bring milk, bananas, poptarts, and breakfast bars.
Step4
Find lodging if you are coming from far away.

Tips & Warnings

  • Make arrangements for lodging at the downtown hotel so you can walk to the breakfast table.
  • Call early, hotels fill up in this small town.

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clydite

clydite said

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on 8/17/2008 Sounds like fun. Does it go into the record book every year?

vikki9

vikki9 said

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on 8/1/2008 Battle Creek's a little far. But we do love our cereals. Thank you for this - nice to know.

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on 6/17/2008 Never knew this interesting.Like the idea I guess you learn something new everday.

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