Who would have thought people would not pay $7 a box for cereal?
General Mills forecasts weak annual profit as economic uncertainty weighsJune 25 (Reuters) - General Mills (GIS.N), opens new tab forecast annual profit below expectations on Wednesday, as weak demand for its refrigerated baked goods and snacks in the U.S. in a tariff-driven, uncertain macroeconomic background weighed on the Pillsbury-owner.
Economic uncertainty arising from President Donald Trump's shifting tariff policies has weighed on consumer spending in the U.S., challenging General Mills' efforts to drum up sales.
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"We expect the operating environment will remain volatile, with consumers pressured by widespread uncertainty from tariffs, global conflicts, and changing regulations," CEO Jeff Harmening said.
"Amid this uncertainty, we expect consumers to remain cautious and continue seeking value."
Shares of the Cheerios-maker were down nearly 2% before the bell.
The company expects full-year adjusted profit to be in the range of down 10% to down 15%, compared to analysts' estimates of a 4.8% decline, as per data compiled by LSEG.
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Crackers, cookies, nuts or chips, dried fruit, peanut butter pretzels
Pasta, rice, jarred sauces, all cheaper than other stores and cleaner too I think
Pickles, olives, capers, Olive oil and vinegars, I mean I could go on 
sugar. I can't believe my mom fed me that crap when I was a child, but it was the 60's & 70's so she didn't know no better.
And I buy bags of huge potatoes at Costco that are like 10 for 4 bucks, and canola oil there is really cheap too.
As you may surmise, I slice and make my own potato chips. 2 of these big potatoes easily make the equivalent of a 'Party Bag' of kettle chips, the ones that now cost like $7.50. And bonus: literally zero of the chips I make end up broken.
I do similar with their large turkey breast and master carve hams, slice them, wrap in foil packets with 3-4 sandwiches worth in each, and freeze them. It's 1/3-1/2 the cost of buying sliced meats at the deli counter. The turkey is wonderfully unprocessed too, has like 4 ingredients.
This bowl is actually 10" across the top, so this a lot of large, delicious russet chips
And then deep-fry 'em of course 
I drop them into 350F oil which then quickly cools to like 290F, I crank up the heat until oil gets back up to around 300F and try to maintain that temp until they look done and they're no longing bubbly to any real degree in the oil. Also, I cook them in small batches, stirring and flipping them often. That bowlful was 6 batches iirc.
There's a pretty narrow window of doneness though in terms of timing. The difference between 'still a little chewy' and 'taking on a burnt flavor' is a window of like 30-45 seconds even when you're cooking relatively low at 300F. Fortunately, I find they're still pretty tasty even a little burnt.
