Kellogg\u2019s has released a commercial with a human family eating dinner at a kitchen table with two animated characters: Tony the Tiger and an animated chicken.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
While it may sound like a normal commercial, let it be known that it is the most tone-deaf advertisement I have seen in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Americans are facing a food crisis with the price of groceries rising before their eyes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This commercial encourages families that are struggling financially to eat cereal for dinner, as it is a low-cost meal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
While it is a low-budget option, the advertised cereal has little to no nutritional value, as it is extremely processed and full of sugar. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I could have more respect for the approach if the product placement included a healthy option, but unfortunately it did not. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
As expected, the commercial launched a wave of controversy on social media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kellogg\u2019s CEO Gary Pilnick\u2019s arrogant mouth decided to release a PR nightmare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe cereal category has always been quite affordable and it tends to be a great destination when consumers are under pressure,\u201d Pilnick said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pilnick also stated that 25 percent of their customers already eat cereal for dinner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This statistic felt awfully convenient, perhaps because in 2022 Kellogg\u2019s was encouraging customers to eat cereal as dinner for a chance to win $5,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pilnick\u2019s response has now sparked a nationwide boycott, with consumers telling Pilnick to \u201ctake his Frosted Flakes and shove them.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kellogg\u2019s is the epitome of manipulation, and it is unacceptable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Readers, I encourage you to avoid all Kellogg\u2019s products and research available alternatives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For more information regarding the boycott visit letthemeatcereal.org<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Kellogg\u2019s has released a commercial with a human family eating dinner at a kitchen table with two animated characters: Tony the Tiger and an animated… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":114,"featured_media":10252,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"ppma_author":[153],"class_list":["post-10251","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-opinion"],"aioseo_notices":[],"cc_featured_image_caption":{"caption_text":false,"source_text":false,"source_url":false},"authors":[{"term_id":153,"user_id":114,"is_guest":0,"slug":"briana-beltran","display_name":"Briana Beltran","avatar_url":"https:\/\/thesouthtexan.com\/wp-content\/litespeed\/avatar\/48b698f6962fce921ec241ca13987a29.jpg?ver=1776214780","0":null,"1":"","2":"","3":"","4":"","5":"","6":"","7":"","8":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesouthtexan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10251","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesouthtexan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesouthtexan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesouthtexan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/114"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesouthtexan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10251"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thesouthtexan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10251\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10254,"href":"https:\/\/thesouthtexan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10251\/revisions\/10254"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesouthtexan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesouthtexan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesouthtexan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesouthtexan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10251"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesouthtexan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=10251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}