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cost of a thanksgiving dinner
fishlessman
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did you over spend this year 58 bucks for 10. is most of the food from a food pantry
This year, the average cost of a Thanksgiving dinner for 10 people is $58.08
— a 5% decrease from 2023 – but still 19% higher than in 2019,
according to The American Farm Bureau Federation's 39th annual
Thanksgiving dinner survey.
fukahwee maine
you can lead a fish to water but you can not make him drink it
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I feel like I have 58 bucks in pies alone.~ John - https://www.instagram.com/hoosier_egger
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If you're asking if Thanksgiving groceries were over $58, you probably shouldn't be on this forum. I think the Weber forum is still looking for members...
"I've made a note never to piss you two off." - Stike -
JohnInCarolina said:If you're asking if Thanksgiving groceries were over $58, you probably shouldn't be on this forum. I think the Weber forum is still looking for members...
its an average cost. an average between this forum and the food pantry. 58 for ten people, theres over that for wine and milk
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We always have people bring dishes, so it's possible except the peanut oil is more than that aloneLove you bro!
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Legume said:We always have people bring dishes, so it's possible except the peanut oil is more than that alone
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The turkey was in the $80 range. And I bought a backup turkey. I know the Costco run was between 4 and 5 hundred. I'm here to raise the average.Large, Medium, MiniMax, 36" Blackstone
Grand Rapids MI -
My organic 22 lb turkey and an apple pie from a local farm was $140. I exceeded the $58 average by probably an order of magnitude when you include the wine.
MMBGE / Large BGE / XL BGE (Craigslist Find) / SF30x80 cabinet trailer - "Ol' Mortimer" / Outdoor kitchen in progress.
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Damn, my $29 duck, and turkey-gravy-flavored ice cream are starting to look like a bargain!
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- Lin Yutang
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Legume said:I really think it's the price of eggs"I've made a note never to piss you two off." - Stike
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Not to be a downer, but this stat gives me pause.
There are folks who can rustle up a Thanksgiving meal, for their family/friends/loved ones, for under $5.80/head. We should take a moment to let that sink in.
Pops lived through the Bengal Famine, so he has a different perspective on food than I (many/most of us?) do. 20% of children in the US face "food insecurity" i.e. there isn't enough food for everyone in their family.
I need to do something about this, at least in some small way. I guess that's what one of my goals for 2025 could be.
Sorry... back to regular scheduled programming.#1 LBGE December 2012 • #2 SBGE February 2013 • #3 Mini May 2013A happy BGE family in Houston, TX. -
Like anything it’s worth looking at the original source to understand how they got this number:
https://www.fb.org/news-release/cost-of-thanksgiving-dinner-declines-remains-higher-than-pre-pandemic-levels
Here’s the set of items that goes into the meal:
I do wonder how many families are drinking whole milk at Thanksgiving dinner. Otherwise they have not included any alcohol, but it’s interesting to see just how much they did include."I've made a note never to piss you two off." - Stike -
My turkey breast and ham from a local farm was $100. That doesn’t include the grocery and liquor store trip.
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Scratch sides is where everything adds up. My stuffing alone is 1/3 of their total."The pig is an amazing animal. You feed a pig an apple and it makes bacon. Let's see Michael Phelps do that" - Jim Gaffigan
Minnesota -
Thanks for posting, John. Nothing more than a way to express cost of food across the country. It's not the average cost of what people are actually spending on their thanksgiving meal across all families in the US, it's the average cost of a defined set of items across the country in order to express changes in food cost year over year.
Go ahead and make that oyster dressing, you won't skew their data.Love you bro! -
Legume said:
It's not the average cost of what people are actually spending on their thanksgiving meal across all families in the US, it's the average cost of a defined set of items across the country in order to express changes in food cost year over year."I've made a note never to piss you two off." - Stike -
its also defined as feeding ten people......darn that would be close. for ten i would start by doubling that and they didnt include gravy, i probably had 15 bucks into the gravy. anyways, i saved 2.35 by picking my own cranberries.
fukahwee maineyou can lead a fish to water but you can not make him drink it
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