A typical box of breakfast cereal takes _______________ to get from factory to supermarket, struggling its way through wholesalers, distributors, brokers, and consolidators, each of which has a warehouse.
A) seven days
B) 30 days
C) over 100 days
D) six months

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According to the sentence, the typical box of breakfast cereal takes a long time to reach the supermarket as it struggles through various intermediaries like wholesalers, distributors, brokers, and consolidators, each with a warehouse. The passage does not provide an exact number of days, but options A and B seem too short for the complex supply chain process described. Option D, six months, seems too long, making option C the best choice as it is open-ended and implies a lengthy process.

A Typical Box of Breakfast Cereal Takes _______________ to Get