"cereal is about $5-$7 a box"
Buy store brands.
Use to always get the name brand raisin bran until the small box went to $5.99.
Decided to try the store brand which was Great Value Extra raisins.
It was a big box, had a Ton of raisins and is better than the Kellogg’s brand!
Price? $1.99!
Same with Kroger, their cereals run around $1.19 to $1.99 and are excellent!
Same with all of the store branded products, much less expensive and usually better than the the name brands!