Ingredient-wise, they have the same, except the honey nut has extra crap in it… why is it always cheaper? We’re talking a 30% difference per 100g!

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    21 year ago

    I appreciate your investigative tenacity here! I have an idea, and I think I might be on to something. I don’t have a marketing/sales background, but that’s the approach I’m taking here. Here’s my hypothesis. Plain cheerios and honey nut cheerios do not generally compete with one another in the eyes of the company that sells them - the two are bought by different groups. Plain cheerios has its loyal audience. But honey nut cheerios is purchased by people who may purchase one of the many popular sugary breakfast cereals. So the company charges more for plain just because they can, and the honey nut cheerios are priced more competitively to lucky charms and stuff like that to try to sell more boxes.

    I’m probably going grocery shopping this weekend and I’m curious to check the prices out. I’m a toast person :P

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      21 year ago

      I do think that’s what’s going on, and it’s unfortunate for those who just want to save a bit of money.

      Still, plain cheerios are still among the most affordable, but that could change on a whim.