On Tuesday, February 27, 2024, Kellogg’s Multimillionaire CEO Gary Pilnick suggested “Cereal for Dinner” was an ‘on trend’ solution for poor families, and Kellogg has even created marketing campaigns to promote this as a realistic option for families. Food companies have raised prices since the start of the pandemic to cover higher costs for labor, ingredients and transportation — and because they could. Cereal prices alone increased 28% since January of 2020, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and in its latest fiscal year, Kellogg raised prices by 12%. And that’s without considering that cereal is a poor dinner option for a nutritious, balanced diet…

  • PrimarilyPrimate@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    I’ve heard stories about poor people eating their shoes. You should try it for dinner. You never know it might be delicious.