Even after they left the health center, patients ordered bags of the cereal. By 1895, John and Will were producing 100.000 pound of flakes every year and selling each ten-ounce box for fifteen cents. John was not interested in taking care of this new food business and left all the work to hi brother, as usual. Will continued to experiment with new foods for the next few years and came out with a new cereal mode from corn-he called it corn flakes1!
One of the patients at the health center was a man named Charles Post. As he walked around the health center, he watched how the cereal was made. When he returned home he stated his own cereal company By 1900 the Post Cereal Company was making $3 million in sales .About this time more this time ,more than twenty other breakfast companies started in Battle Creek –all making cereals The Kellogg brothers were angry that other people were using their ideas and getting rich.