Kellogg's announced plans to close a plant in Omaha. Hundreds will lose jobs.

This comes months after its CEO suggested families struggling with grocery prices eat cereal for dinner.

Kellogg's prices were up 17% in 2023. Its profits increased too.

Textbook corporate greed.

@rbreich Are its profits up significantly in constant dollars or just the total dollar amount inflation notwithstanding?

@rbreich

Company founded by weirdo acts weird.

Go figure.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Harvey_Kellogg

John Harvey Kellogg - Wikipedia

@putnamca @rbreich

I heard he's the reason why male genital mutilation is standard practice in the US.

@Phracker2Art @rbreich

It might be true, but the Torah is a really important book, to a lot of people, I hear.

And it, and other weird shit, over the millennia, basically wanted insane control; over the best part of a penis.

Fucking weird.

@putnamca @rbreich

I just think it's weird to cut off a piece of your dick for non-medical reasons. It's weird when Jewish people do it, and it's weird when Americans do it.

@rbreich between this level of greed and the allowance of civil rights violations in the workplace of targeted employees to please the masses, is an example why there should be more oversight and accountability for corporations.
@rbreich They're also going to cut 125 or so jobs at the Memphis facility as well.
@rbreich I haven't had Kellog's anything in years. Store brand less expensive and just as good. I'm like that with a lot of items.

@rbreich

Buying bulk, unprocessed oats, of varying types, is **not** a bad strategy.

Do avoid the ultra-processed, sugar-infested, chemically-overboosted crap Kellogg's sells.

@rbreich And I made a joke just the other day about anticipating the GOP launching a policy platform around "Let them eat cake."

However, low one sets the bar there are people who will limbo under it.

https://mastodon.social/@level98/112915126365704169

@rbreich They're doing the same in Manchester, UK. Utter arseholes.
@rbreich Time to boycott Kelloggs.