The final bag of Frosted Flakes packaged at the London Kellogg's plant will be displayed at Museum London.
Stephane Gaudette of Timmins discovered the bag with a handwritten message on it last month.
When he opened the box he saw a note that said "please read." The bag says "this is the very last bag of Canadian cereal for the Canadian market from Kellogg's London, Ontario plant. December 5, 2014." The bag is signed by three workers, all who have spent more than 24 years working at the Dundas St. E. factory.
Gaudette then took to social media to show the piece of history he had discovered during breakfast, spurring interest from museums and history buffs from across the country.
"It gives a human dimension to an industry closing. It gives you a feeling of empathy and sympathy with these people who are faced with the loss of their job after devoting upwards of 30 odd years of their lives to this company. They wanted to leave thier mark and say 'hey we were here, we did this and now we're moving on because we have no choice'," says Museum London Curator Amber Lloydlangston. "It's a piece that speaks very personally to an important chapter in the history of the community. An industry, a factory that had been in town for more than 100 years closes and former employees leave their mark like this, I think that's pretty special."
Lloydlangton tells BlackburnNews.com Gaudette is interested in loaning the bag of cereal to the museum for part of the summer and the first half of the school year, so it can be seen by as many students as possible.
The London Kellogg's plant officially closed on December 22, 2014 after 107 years in London. Over 500 people were left without jobs.
The closure was part of major restructuring across the company blamed on a decrease in cereal sales.
Kellogg's closed both the London and Australia plant, then expanded the cereal and snacks plant in Rayong, Thailand.
