Have you ever dreamed of winning a year's supply of Honey Nut Cheerios? No? Well, in case you did, you might have imagined a warehouse full of the honeybee-kissed circles of tedium. And you might have imagined incorrectly, because according to General Mills, just 12 boxes of the stuff should get you through a year.
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And it comes to $6.17 per box, according to the story's figures.
I wouldn't eat this stuff if you paid me $6.17 per bowl. It's not much more than a lot of sugar with a (very)small amount of fiber. Just the thing to teach kids bad habits and lead them to a later diagnosis of diabetes and morbid obesity.
For about 6 cents per serving, you can make your own oatmeal in the microwave or on the stove and then add whatever flavoring and fruit, etc. you want.
Here's what you won't get (unless you add it) in your oatmeal that comes in Honey Nut Cheerios:
Sugar, Modified Corn Starch, Brown Sugar, Corn Syrup, Corn Syrup Solids, Tripotassium Phosphate, Guar Gum. YUM! Of course, it's better than a lot of other boxed cereals, but it's not as good as what you could make for yourself for a lot less money.
Breakfast Cereal Compared
Cereals from Post, Kellogg's & General Mills at http://www.acaloriecounter.com/breakfast-cereal.php
They are spending millions on THIS promotion??? Why not put random $10 bills in some boxes? This has to qualify as one of the all-time goofy ad campaigns....the wholesale cost to the company for a box of this poison is probably around $1, so they are gonna spend millions to advertise a prize worth about $10-15 ?? Maybe Obama could use their help formulating new economic policies....
This stuff is like cardboard with sugar on it. Hot oatmeal with a little raspberry jam in it....now your talking.
Oatmeal? LOL every parent has stuffed sugar coated cereal down their kids throats and want to try OATMEAL? Naaa they will push it away.
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