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Cheaper turkeys help bring down Thanksgiving dinner costs this year

Bok Tuklo

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Cheaper turkeys help bring down Thanksgiving dinner costs this year​

Thanksgiving dinner will cost less this year than last but will still be 19% higher than before the pandemic, according to the American Farm Bureau Federation’s annual Thanksgiving survey out Wednesday.

The average cost of this year’s dinner for 10 people is $58.08, or about $5.80 per person, the survey found. That’s a 5% drop from 2023.

The center piece of the Thanksgiving meal, the turkey, helped bring down the overall cost. The average price for a 16-pound turkey is $25.67, down 6% from last year.

CNN

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Bok Tuklo said:

Cheaper turkeys help bring down Thanksgiving dinner costs this year​

Thanksgiving dinner will cost less this year than last but will still be 19% higher than before the pandemic, according to the American Farm Bureau Federation’s annual Thanksgiving survey out Wednesday.

The average cost of this year’s dinner for 10 people is $58.08, or about $5.80 per person, the survey found. That’s a 5% drop from 2023.

The center piece of the Thanksgiving meal, the turkey, helped bring down the overall cost. The average price for a 16-pound turkey is $25.67, down 6% from last year.

CNN

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Great news, but not really winning. Especially since food insecurity and demand in food banks has risen and continues to rise. But every little bit counts!

www.nbcnews.com

In key swing states, the lines at food banks are growing longer

From rural Michigan to midsize towns in Pennsylvania and affluent suburbs in Wisconsin, food banks are reporting record levels of need that has been steadily increasing over the past several years.
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Bok Tuklo said:

Cheaper turkeys help bring down Thanksgiving dinner costs this year​

Thanksgiving dinner will cost less this year than last but will still be 19% higher than before the pandemic, according to the American Farm Bureau Federation’s annual Thanksgiving survey out Wednesday.

The average cost of this year’s dinner for 10 people is $58.08, or about $5.80 per person, the survey found. That’s a 5% drop from 2023.

The center piece of the Thanksgiving meal, the turkey, helped bring down the overall cost. The average price for a 16-pound turkey is $25.67, down 6% from last year.

CNN

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Awesome. I save ~$1.50 on a turkey. As we use to say, "that's down in the noise"
 
Great news, but still out of reach for a LOT of American families.

Please. If you can, buy a turkey and donate it to a local food bank.
 
Only $60 for a complete Thanksgiving dinner for 10 people? There’s no way. I easily spend that at the store on far fewer things.
 
VySky said:
Awesome. I save ~$1.50 on a turkey. As we use to say, "that's down in the noise"
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Mycroft said:
Great news, but still out of reach for a LOT of American families.

Please. If you can, buy a turkey and donate it to a local food bank.
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Looks like I was two months early.
 
Bok Tuklo said:

Cheaper turkeys help bring down Thanksgiving dinner costs this year​

Thanksgiving dinner will cost less this year than last but will still be 19% higher than before the pandemic, according to the American Farm Bureau Federation’s annual Thanksgiving survey out Wednesday.

The average cost of this year’s dinner for 10 people is $58.08, or about $5.80 per person, the survey found. That’s a 5% drop from 2023.

The center piece of the Thanksgiving meal, the turkey, helped bring down the overall cost. The average price for a 16-pound turkey is $25.67, down 6% from last year.

CNN

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they were higher last year, because of an avian flu that took out 90% of the flocks available.
 
X Factor said:
Only $60 for a complete Thanksgiving dinner for 10 people? There’s no way. I easily spend that at the store on far fewer things.
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I'm sure that estimate doesn't factor in things that are needed to prepare the meal

- Aluminum foil
- Butter
- Milk
- Salt & Pepper
- Napkins
- Oil

etc.etc.etc.
 
Bok Tuklo said:

Cheaper turkeys help bring down Thanksgiving dinner costs this year​

Thanksgiving dinner will cost less this year than last but will still be 19% higher than before the pandemic, according to the American Farm Bureau Federation’s annual Thanksgiving survey out Wednesday.

The average cost of this year’s dinner for 10 people is $58.08, or about $5.80 per person, the survey found. That’s a 5% drop from 2023.

The center piece of the Thanksgiving meal, the turkey, helped bring down the overall cost. The average price for a 16-pound turkey is $25.67, down 6% from last year.

CNN

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Thank you, President elect Trump. You made it happen.
Thank you for the still high priced covfefe.
Bigly.
 

Publix Complete Turkey Dinner, Just Heat and Serve, for 14 to 18 People​

$153.99
 
VySky said:

Publix Complete Turkey Dinner, Just Heat and Serve, for 14 to 18 People​

$153.99
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Is Publix a premium grocery store? I looked them up, their prices are wild.
 
Aldi's has a dinner for 10 from appetizer to dessert for $47. With a 15 lb Butterball. A group of us went to several markets yesterday and turkey's for .29 cents a lb.
 
OlNate said:
I'm not familiar with your grocery chains, we have different ones up here. :)
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HEB in Texas has a cult following. People line up for their openings.
 
Bok Tuklo said:
HEB in Texas has a cult following. People line up for their openings.
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Weird, lining up for a grocery store opening?

Would the prices be considered above average there, or cheap:?
 
OlNate said:
Is Publix a premium grocery store? I looked them up, their prices are wild.
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They are high. We have them here in TN. Very nice shopping experience. Plenty of checkout folks.

But I don't shop there because of their prices.
 
OlNate said:
Weird, lining up for a grocery store opening?

Would the prices be considered above average there, or cheap:?
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Above average. They have some deals, but it is a bigger, better run Whole Foods. It has foodie stuff along with the basics.

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VySky said:
They are high. We have them here in TN. Very nice shopping experience. Plenty of checkout folks.

But I don't shop there because of their prices.
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Yeah, that's the bitch of those places. Great to shop in until you hit the register.

We've got a one off that is like that where I live, a local family owned place that has all the bells and whistles and it's nice to just be in there. Difference is, they always have a flyer where even if you're hard up, if you stick to flyer and aren't overly picky, you can feed your family healthy food for the week. I like that about them, and give them my business for that one thing alone.

Anyway, that price for a full turkey dinner is a bit wild, even taking into consideration that it's heat and serve. That same place will do it for around $100, and than's Canadian, so... probably like $70 USD, give or take. The lady that does the cooking is Betty, and she's in her 60's and everyone loves her. Gotta love a small town.

And, if you want to cook a turkey, a 15 pound grade A turkey at Walmart is $22 CDN right now - so, $15 USD.

You guys really are paying a lot for food, and not in a way that makes sense - our fuel, for example, is more expensive than yours, and our travel distance is much more of a factor - we're just spread really thin across a big chunk of land. At the periphery the food costs are super high, but where I live, which is still very rural, my prices are better, and that shouldn't be the case.
 
Bok Tuklo said:
Above average. They have some deals, but it is a bigger, better run Whole Foods. It has foodie stuff along with the basics.

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Yeah, we have a couple Whole Foods up here, I go for the samples and to laugh at people who are willing to pay 8 billlion % more for their groceries to be seen with the Whole Foods logo on their grocery bags....hehe... I do not get how people shop there.
 
My turkey is typically free because I have a grocery card with the local Acme where I accrue points.

If you spend (I think) $300 on groceries in the months leading up to Thanksgiving, you get the turkey for free.

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I can’t remember the last time I actually paid for a turkey for Thanksgiving. We have an account for both my husband and myself - and we tend to “earn” two free annually. I use one for the day of and keep the other in a deep freezer for another day.


I thought this was a “thing” with most grocery chains - is it not?
 
BirdinHand said:
My turkey is typically free because I have a grocery card with the local Acme where I accrue points.

If you spend (I think) $300 on groceries in the months leading up to Thanksgiving, you get the turkey for free.

🤷‍♀️

I can’t remember the last time I actually paid for a turkey for Thanksgiving. We have an account for both my husband and myself - and we tend to “earn” two free annually. I use one for the day of and keep the other in a deep freezer for another day
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Nice. :) I actually worked for a place for a while that still gave everyone a turkey at Thanksgiving and at Christmas. It was an old school thing, it felt old timey, this was as recent as like 2005. Getting your turkey free is awesome - definitely tastes better... hehe
 
I don't know, every side of my family does a potluck type Thanksgiving where everyone brings something and the host makes the turkey. That seems to bring down the cost.
 
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