{"id":36489,"date":"2022-01-13T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-12T20:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/?p=36489"},"modified":"2022-01-14T13:56:19","modified_gmt":"2022-01-14T02:56:19","slug":"mum-goes-viral-after-sharing-how-she-closes-cereal-boxes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/home\/mum-goes-viral-after-sharing-how-she-closes-cereal-boxes\/","title":{"rendered":"Mum Goes Viral After Sharing How She Closes Cereal Boxes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\u201cI bet you didn\u2019t expect this many reactions to your hack\u2026\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Breakfast is no doubt the greatest meal of the day. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

You\u2019ve just awoken from a 7-9 hour slumber, you pour that steaming cup of coffee, the smell of the beans waft through your nostrils, you then grab your favourite cereal from the cupboard, pour a bowl, sit down to read about the latest updates\u2026 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

BAM. STALE AF CEREAL.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Your whole day is out of whack and you\u2019ve gone from being Frozen\u2019s Elsa to Jack Nicholson in The Shining.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Well, say goodbye to Johnny because this UK mum has discovered a tactic to save you from ever having stale cereal again. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The video of her genius hack has clocked more than two million views on Facebook.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Becky Holden McGhee, from Blackpool says:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s only taken me 40 years, but now I know the correct way to close a cereal box.<\/em><\/p>

\u201cGenius. It takes seconds, no more dried up cereal and ugly torn boxes to greet me every morning.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Becky (classic Becky), demonstrates bending the sides in to make a V-shape in the cardboard rather than folding the top flaps into the middle.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"You\u2019ve<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"No<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

No stale cornflakes and much prettier to look at in the cupboard. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The post has been shared 90,000 times with 15,000 likes with one social media user writing:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI bet you didn\u2019t expect this many reactions to your hack when you posted it this morning,\u201d<\/em><\/p>

\u201cOver a million views and we just didn\u2019t know. Thanks Becky,\u201d another wrote.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Listen via the Star 104.5 Player, download it now via the <\/em>App Store<\/em><\/a> or <\/em>Google Play<\/em><\/a> and take Star 104.5 wherever you go.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Images:<\/em> Supplied<\/i><\/span> <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Christina Cavaleri<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

SEE MORE: <\/strong>Get Ready To Make A Splash \u2018Cause There Is A Massive Water Park Coming To Lake Macquarie in 2023<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cI bet you didn\u2019t expect this many reactions to your hack\u2026\u201d Breakfast is no doubt the greatest meal of the day.  You\u2019ve just awoken from a 7-9 hour slumber, you pour that steaming cup of coffee, the smell of the beans waft through your nostrils, you then grab your favourite cereal from the cupboard, pour […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":36490,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,13],"tags":[1381,4066],"geo_market":[],"class_list":["post-36489","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-home","category-lifestyle","tag-best-of-the-web","tag-hacks"],"yoast_head":"\nMum Goes Viral After Sharing How She Closes Cereal Boxes<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Well, say goodbye to Johnny because this UK mum has discovered a tactic to save you from ever having stale cereal again, and it's honestly genius.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/home\/mum-goes-viral-after-sharing-how-she-closes-cereal-boxes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mum Goes Viral After Sharing How She Closes Cereal Boxes\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Well, say goodbye to Johnny because this UK mum has discovered a tactic to save you from ever having stale cereal again, and it's honestly genius.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/home\/mum-goes-viral-after-sharing-how-she-closes-cereal-boxes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Star 104.5 Central Coast\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-01-12T20:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-01-14T02:56:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screen-Shot-2020-05-13-at-2.48.27-pm-1024x570-1.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"570\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Bek Lougher\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Bek Lougher\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/home\/mum-goes-viral-after-sharing-how-she-closes-cereal-boxes\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/home\/mum-goes-viral-after-sharing-how-she-closes-cereal-boxes\/\",\"name\":\"Mum Goes Viral After Sharing How She Closes Cereal Boxes\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/home\/mum-goes-viral-after-sharing-how-she-closes-cereal-boxes\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/home\/mum-goes-viral-after-sharing-how-she-closes-cereal-boxes\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screen-Shot-2020-05-13-at-2.48.27-pm-1024x570-1.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-01-12T20:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-01-14T02:56:19+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/#\/schema\/person\/6a5adc5c77f0323219f7987427851ae9\"},\"description\":\"Well, say goodbye to Johnny because this UK mum has discovered a tactic to save you from ever having stale cereal again, and it's honestly genius.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/home\/mum-goes-viral-after-sharing-how-she-closes-cereal-boxes\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/home\/mum-goes-viral-after-sharing-how-she-closes-cereal-boxes\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/home\/mum-goes-viral-after-sharing-how-she-closes-cereal-boxes\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screen-Shot-2020-05-13-at-2.48.27-pm-1024x570-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screen-Shot-2020-05-13-at-2.48.27-pm-1024x570-1.png\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":570,\"caption\":\"You\u2019ve just awoken from a 7-9 hour slumber, you pour that steaming cup of coffee, the smell of the beans waft through your nostrils, you then grab your favourite cereal from the cupboard, pour a bowl, sit down to read about the latest updates\u2026\u00a0\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/home\/mum-goes-viral-after-sharing-how-she-closes-cereal-boxes\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Mum Goes Viral After Sharing How She Closes Cereal Boxes\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/\",\"name\":\"Star 104.5\",\"description\":\"Central Coast\",\"alternateName\":\"Star FM\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/#\/schema\/person\/6a5adc5c77f0323219f7987427851ae9\",\"name\":\"Bek Lougher\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/70928880573b6e0a9410b291ea1e84c7?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/70928880573b6e0a9410b291ea1e84c7?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Bek Lougher\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/author\/rlougher\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Mum Goes Viral After Sharing How She Closes Cereal Boxes","description":"Well, say goodbye to Johnny because this UK mum has discovered a tactic to save you from ever having stale cereal again, and it's honestly genius.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/home\/mum-goes-viral-after-sharing-how-she-closes-cereal-boxes\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Mum Goes Viral After Sharing How She Closes Cereal Boxes","og_description":"Well, say goodbye to Johnny because this UK mum has discovered a tactic to save you from ever having stale cereal again, and it's honestly genius.","og_url":"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/home\/mum-goes-viral-after-sharing-how-she-closes-cereal-boxes\/","og_site_name":"Star 104.5 Central Coast","article_published_time":"2022-01-12T20:00:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-01-14T02:56:19+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1024,"height":570,"url":"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screen-Shot-2020-05-13-at-2.48.27-pm-1024x570-1.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Bek Lougher","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Bek Lougher","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/home\/mum-goes-viral-after-sharing-how-she-closes-cereal-boxes\/","url":"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/home\/mum-goes-viral-after-sharing-how-she-closes-cereal-boxes\/","name":"Mum Goes Viral After Sharing How She Closes Cereal Boxes","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/home\/mum-goes-viral-after-sharing-how-she-closes-cereal-boxes\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/home\/mum-goes-viral-after-sharing-how-she-closes-cereal-boxes\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screen-Shot-2020-05-13-at-2.48.27-pm-1024x570-1.png","datePublished":"2022-01-12T20:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2022-01-14T02:56:19+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/#\/schema\/person\/6a5adc5c77f0323219f7987427851ae9"},"description":"Well, say goodbye to Johnny because this UK mum has discovered a tactic to save you from ever having stale cereal again, and it's honestly genius.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/home\/mum-goes-viral-after-sharing-how-she-closes-cereal-boxes\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/home\/mum-goes-viral-after-sharing-how-she-closes-cereal-boxes\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/home\/mum-goes-viral-after-sharing-how-she-closes-cereal-boxes\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screen-Shot-2020-05-13-at-2.48.27-pm-1024x570-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screen-Shot-2020-05-13-at-2.48.27-pm-1024x570-1.png","width":1024,"height":570,"caption":"You\u2019ve just awoken from a 7-9 hour slumber, you pour that steaming cup of coffee, the smell of the beans waft through your nostrils, you then grab your favourite cereal from the cupboard, pour a bowl, sit down to read about the latest updates\u2026\u00a0"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/home\/mum-goes-viral-after-sharing-how-she-closes-cereal-boxes\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Mum Goes Viral After Sharing How She Closes Cereal Boxes"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/#website","url":"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/","name":"Star 104.5","description":"Central Coast","alternateName":"Star FM","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/#\/schema\/person\/6a5adc5c77f0323219f7987427851ae9","name":"Bek Lougher","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/70928880573b6e0a9410b291ea1e84c7?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/70928880573b6e0a9410b291ea1e84c7?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Bek Lougher"},"url":"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/author\/rlougher\/"}]}},"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screen-Shot-2020-05-13-at-2.48.27-pm-1024x570-1-600x400.png","featured_image_src_square":"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screen-Shot-2020-05-13-at-2.48.27-pm-1024x570-1-600x570.png","author_info":{"display_name":"Bek Lougher","author_link":"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/author\/rlougher\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36489","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36489"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36489\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36490"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36489"},{"taxonomy":"geo_market","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/geo_market?post=36489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}