I can remember walking through my local Vons grocery store Thanksgiving week nine years ago and thinking you could have a full blown dinner for less than $15. The store had some crazy cheap turkeys with some kind of spend $10 and get a free turkey. To top it you could get a bag of potatoes for $1, canned vegetables for 50 cents a piece, and a loaf of bread for a dollar. I don't know if there will be those kinds of deals this year, but Thanksgiving dinner is going to be cheaper this year than last.
With the economy still in a downward motion people cooking a traditional feast can give thanks for a dinner that will be less expensive thank last year.
According to the American Farm Bureau Federation, the usual turkey dinner with turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes and gravy, cranberries, pumpkin pie and the trimmings will be 4% this year. That's the biggest decline since 2000, says Bloomberg News.
The cost of this years feast for 10 is $42.91 on average this year. Compared to last years average of $44.61. That's a $1.70 decline according to the federation's 24 annual informal price survey of the usual Thanksgiving items.
Have you started you shopping for your families Thanksgiving meal? Is it cheaper this year compared to last?
With the economy still in a downward motion people cooking a traditional feast can give thanks for a dinner that will be less expensive thank last year.
According to the American Farm Bureau Federation, the usual turkey dinner with turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes and gravy, cranberries, pumpkin pie and the trimmings will be 4% this year. That's the biggest decline since 2000, says Bloomberg News.
The cost of this years feast for 10 is $42.91 on average this year. Compared to last years average of $44.61. That's a $1.70 decline according to the federation's 24 annual informal price survey of the usual Thanksgiving items.
Have you started you shopping for your families Thanksgiving meal? Is it cheaper this year compared to last?
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