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A 2-pound bag of kernels from my grocery store sets me back just $1.79, or just 6 cents per ounce, while a three-bag box of microwave popcorn costs around $3 (depending on the brand and flavor), for a price of about 30 cents an ounce—five times the cost of the plain-old corn.