1) generalized inflation in food and fuel that’s no longer counted in the “updated” CPI (since nobody needs food and fuel, and since everybody needs the regime to look good).
2) government mandates that a sizable proportion of our cornflakes be burned as part of the ethanol/hydrocarbon mix that now masquerades as gasoline
3) expansion of school lunch programs such that fewer kids have a bowl of Cap’n Crunch when they leave home
All of the above either increase the cost of cereal, or lead to lower sales, or both
Isn't it cheaper to just give them cereal and milk, maybe juice, too?
And they'd get the cereal from the cereal companies anyway?