Cereal boxes often show the cereal in milk, but the milk is sold separately.
“When you buy cereal, the milk is sold separately, but they’re always advertised together” was posted on Twitter by Inque on April 10, 2021. “Cereal boxes never state milk is sold separately” was posted on Reddit—Showerthoughts on April 8, 2022.
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A.B
@alyssabaldazo94
Do you think when cereal first came out they put “milk sold separately”?
1:42 AM · Mar 24, 2020
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Inque
@inque_splat
When you buy cereal, the milk is sold separately, but they’re always advertised together.
2:12 AM · Apr 10, 2021
Reddit—Showerthoughts
Posted by u/Consistent_Internal5 December 28, 2022
Cereal boxes never state milk is sold separately
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The serving suggestion is on the box — put the cereal into a bowl, add milk, use a spoon.
All those are optional, as you could just pour it straight into your mouth and eat it dry.
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RandomFun!
@RandomFun_
Cereal boxes never state milk is sold separately
4:15 AM · Dec 28, 2022
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donateeverything2022
@donateall2022
Cereal boxes never state milk is sold separately
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6:32 AM · Dec 28, 2022
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Bob Kostic
@causticbob
CEREAL BOXES NEVER STATE MILK IS SOLD SEPARATELY
7:00 PM · Dec 28, 2022
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