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Jacson6

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4. Cereal is actually bad for you. Even if it doesn't have added sugar the starches are so large that it is like eating...
Wed Jun 25, 2025, 09:42 AM
Jun 2025

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.



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I wouldn't pay more than $3.50. marble falls Jun 2025 #1
For a box of mostly air and almost always too much sugar? Yeah, have been passing on that for a long time. dutch777 Jun 2025 #6
Us, too. Steel cut oats and we are very conscous of keeping berries, fresh fruit, nuts in stock. I love cold oats, ... marble falls Jun 2025 #9
When there are cheaper, store brand johnnyfins Jun 2025 #2
Yep, I can buy three boxes of the Kroger brand for one box of Cracklin' Oat Bran. Xavier Breath Jun 2025 #16
A box of Trader Joe's Organic Corn Flakes was $2 yesterday tinrobot Jun 2025 #3
Yes, TJs is my go to for anything packaged Unwind Your Mind Jun 2025 #15
Cereal is actually bad for you. Even if it doesn't have added sugar the starches are so large that it is like eating... Jacson6 Jun 2025 #4
My mother fed me that garbage too, also out of ignorance. MrsCheaplaugh Jun 2025 #17
I get them at 2 for the price of 1 Biophilic Jun 2025 #5
That feels like a canary in a coal mine. One of those second tier economic decisions of the sort that Scrivener7 Jun 2025 #7
Removing sugar and additives in the food supply will bankrupt a lot of companies bucolic_frolic Jun 2025 #8
I bought a deli-style meat slicer (and 'style' is a loose word, it was like 80 bucks not 2K like a good one) AZJonnie Jun 2025 #13
You are a dangerous threat to profitable retailing! bucolic_frolic Jun 2025 #14
How do you cook those? Bayard Jun 2025 #20
Slice, soak in cold water in the fridge for an hour or so, dry them in the salad spinner AZJonnie Jun 2025 #23
Meanwhile the content shrinks... Kid Berwyn Jun 2025 #10
When the labels say UpInArms Jun 2025 #11
See, not buying over priced goods is a mini spending boycott, they can work. Shut the spending down on everything. Hotler Jun 2025 #12
There are too many cereals IMO. pwb Jun 2025 #18
I just fix oatmeal. It's still cheap. nt leftyladyfrommo Jun 2025 #19
I thought them inflated at $4.25 as they are currently priced Torchlight Jun 2025 #21
HyVee UpInArms Jun 2025 #22
Raisin Nut Bran phylny Jun 2025 #25
The G.o.P. taxes (tariffs) did this BoRaGard Jun 2025 #24
If you eat a lot of cereal or oatmeal Diamond_Dog Jun 2025 #26
Depends on the cereal SocialDemocrat61 Jun 2025 #27
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