M&S Honey Nut Corn Flakes - 500g

The M&S name on a cereal box means something to anyone who grew up in Britain. It is the food hall breakfast, the one that turned up when someone had been into town and decided the household deserved better than the usual.

Move to Canada and the small things go missing first. Not the big dinners, the weekday ones: the bowl at the counter before work, the box that lived on the same shelf for years. So people search for it by name, because nothing else is quite the bowl they remember.

It comes as a 500g box that sits happily in the cupboard. Fold the bag down and clip it once it is open, and it keeps its crunch for the week. Cold milk is the classic. A handful over yoghurt is the move for anyone pretending to be organised.

Most people who order it are rebuilding a whole British breakfast table, so it tends to travel with a box of proper British tea and whatever else from M&S has caught their eye. Have a look through the rest of the shop while the kettle boils.