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cost of a thanksgiving dinner

fishlessman
fishlessman Posts: 34,553
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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.

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  • hoosier_egger
    hoosier_egger Posts: 6,808
    I feel like I have 58 bucks in pies alone.
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  • JohnInCarolina
    JohnInCarolina Posts: 34,668
    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... 








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  • fishlessman
    fishlessman Posts: 34,553
    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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  • Legume
    Legume Posts: 15,936
    We always have people bring dishes, so it's possible except the peanut oil is more than that alone 
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  • fishlessman
    fishlessman Posts: 34,553
    Legume said:
    We always have people bring dishes, so it's possible except the peanut oil is more than that alone 
    They probably did not count butter, seasonings, a glass of wine, milk, oil,etc. tell the guest that's not included and maybe bring a sañdwich. I'm making fried turkey,auntie sue, could you bring over a turkey. Hey Jack could you bring 3 gallons of peanut oil.......
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  • Legume
    Legume Posts: 15,936
    I really think it's the price of eggs
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  • kl8ton
    kl8ton Posts: 6,396
    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. 
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  • CTMike
    CTMike Posts: 3,641
    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. 
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  • Botch
    Botch Posts: 17,333
    edited November 2024
    Damn, my $29 duck, and turkey-gravy-flavored ice cream are starting to look like a bargain!   :o  
    "Hallelujah, Noel, be it Heaven or Hell,
    The Christmas we get, we deserve"
         -RIP Greg Lake

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  • JohnInCarolina
    JohnInCarolina Posts: 34,668
    Legume said:
    I really think it's the price of eggs
    I’m starting to think it’s the price of stupidity.
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  • JohnInCarolina
    JohnInCarolina Posts: 34,668
    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.
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  • shtgunal3
    shtgunal3 Posts: 6,134
    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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  • WeberWho
    WeberWho Posts: 11,521
    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

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  • Legume
    Legume Posts: 15,936
    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.
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  • JohnInCarolina
    JohnInCarolina Posts: 34,668
    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.

    Precisely that.
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  • fishlessman
    fishlessman Posts: 34,553
    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.
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