Let’s get ready to rumble: [me] and gogi vs. MixMyGranola

Okay I am going to admit a few things here.  I am hostile about junk in my food.  Also, I enjoy new food trendiness (like raw stuff and gluten-free stuff or superantioxidant fruits that do your taxes for you).  Finally, I seldom eat store bought cereal because it is usually full of crap or it is not very filling. But I do love Puffins.  Ah, Puffins.

Anyway!  when I simultaneously heard about customizable cereals from [me] and gogi and MixMyGranola, I was super stoked!  I can get exactly what I want (me! me! me!  it’s all about MEEEeee!) with no junk!  And it’s expensive and trendy, so that satisfies my need to waste money!  Just kidding.

I ended up doing business with both companies.  Here’s how it went down:

First, I checked out [me] and gogi.  I LOVE that they are fellow New Hampshire residents!  Probably doing business here because of our business-friendly tax laws and the fairly manageable size of our code.  Seriously, check out the business and professions codes for places like Cali or Illinois and ask yourself if these states are really into attracting businesses because they seem to not care.  And then ask yourself if you should be sad that they are practically going bankrupt because they are sucking businesses dry with their oppressive tax rates.  Sorry, back to [me] and gogi.

Adam, Carl and Alexander have done a great job making their company feel like one of those cool startups where its not all corporate awfulness with dress codes and email policies.  I am very anti-corporate awfulness, so of course [me] and gogi appealed to me right off the bat. Their site is very easily manuverable and kinda fun to play around on.  The only negative was the gogi guys do not offer hemp seeds when I was in the mood to customize some cereal, but MixMyGranola did offer them.  Since I had a bee in my bonnet to try hemp seeds thanks to Brendan Brazier I ended up ordering a gift certificate for a friend to use [me] and gogi and I ordered my cereal from MixMyGranola.

I used the link on the [me] and gogi site to suggest they add hemp seeds as an ingredient and got the sweetest email back from Carl, one of the founders.  Not only was he enthused about the prospect of hemp seeds (“Hemp seeds are a great suggestion as they are not only tasty but also packed with lots of amino acids!”) but he also signed the email “sincerealy  yours.”  Points were awarded for the pun and the excellent response he wrote affirming my suggestion.  The company tries to use local ingredients and support local businesses whenever possible, so bonus points, gold stars, and rainbow kittens for that as well.

I also interacted with Adam, another founder, when I ordered a gift certificate and couldn’t find it in my email box.  I swear I checked my spam box like 30 times but, of course, it was only AFTER I emailed [me] and gogi customer service that I found it there.  Again, great customer service here.  I was very impressed that it was friendly but very polished.

Stay tuned for the MixMyGranola experience!