Thursday, November 28, 2019

Giving thanks: The price of Thanksgiving dinner increases by only one cent

The cost of a traditional Thanksgiving Day meal for ten remains below $50 this year. Micheal Clements has more.
Clements: After three years of declines, the cost of a traditional homemade Thanksgiving Day meal is up once cent, according to the American Farm Bureau Federation. AFBF Chief Economist John Newton says the annual survey found the cost is still less than $5.00 per person.
Newton: Our survey shows that this year the cost of a Thanksgiving dinner remains in line with prior year levels. The cost for a dinner for ten came in at $48.91. That’s once cent higher than what we saw in last year’s survey.
Clements: Newton says the survey includes many staples of the Thanksgiving Day meal...

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