WK Kellogg CEO Gary Pilnick is under fire for pushing cereal for dinner to cash-strapped shoppers, after telling CNBC last week that “The cereal category has always been quite affordable, and it tends to be a great destination when consumers are under pressure,” The New York Post’s Shannon Thaler reports. Since the interview, viewers have taken to social media to share their disdain of having to swap pricier options that include meat and vegetables for cereal, according to the report.
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