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Thank goodness, the effects of Bidenomics are fading.
Jerk Democrats and their stupidly big spending so
called "Inflation Reduction Act" is in past.
Inflation is gradually fading, though many past increases
are still present. Baxter disputes, but this report
is from his dear liberal rag NPR.
from
https://www.npr.org/2025/11/24/nx-s1-5611448/thanksgiving-feast-turkey-cost
Give thanks for the discounts: The feast will cost a little less this year November 24, 20255:00 AM ET
Heard on Morning Edition
Scott Horsley 2010
3-Minute Listen
Shoppers will find some bargains as they prepare for this week's
Thanksgiving meal. Turkey and stuffing prices are down from a year ago. Shoppers will find some bargains as they prepare for this week's
Thanksgiving meal. Turkey and stuffing prices are down from a year ago.
Here's something to be thankful for: The price of turkey and stuffing is
down from this time last year.
That's welcome news to Kayla Jenkins, who's hosting 10 people for dinner
on Thursday.
"Only 10," she said with a laugh. "I'm the oldest out of eight, so it's expected to have at least seven. At least."
Jenkins was pleasantly surprised by the prices she found at a Giant supermarket outside Washington, D.C.
"They're not bad, honestly," she said. "It's inflation, but it's not
terrible compared to how it was earlier."
Grocery prices soared during the pandemic and the years that followed.
And they're still climbing faster than many people would like rCo up 2.7%
for the 12 months ending in September.
But a survey by the American Farm Bureau Federation found the average
price of food for a Thanksgiving feast is about 5% lower this year than
last, largely thanks to a steep drop in the price of turkey.
"We have a mega surplus of food"
Turkey is typically the most expensive item on the Thanksgiving table,
but the Farm Bureau found the cost of whole frozen turkeys was down 16%
from last year.
"What that tells us is that we have a mega surplus of food in this
country," said food economist Michael Swanson of Wells Fargo. "We're
just done harvesting the largest corn and soybean crop ever." Low grain
prices make it cheaper to feed turkeys.
Wells Fargo's own forecast of Thanksgiving food prices also highlighted savings this year, although not as large as those in the Farm Bureau survey.
There was some fear of a spike in turkey costs after an outbreak of
avian flu caused wholesale prices to jump this fall. But Swanson says
major grocery chains lock in their prices with turkey producers far in advance. And many stores sell Thanksgiving turkeys at a deep discount to
get shoppers in the door.
The Giant store where Jenkins was shopping advertised frozen birds for
27 cents a pound, so long as customers also buy a cartful of other
items. The Wells Fargo economist was surprised.
"Wow!" Swanson said. "Absolutely wow! It costs a lot more than 27 cents
a pound to get that bird in the freezer."
Costs are down for stuffing, dinner rolls and pie crust. Not the sweet potatoes, though
Falling wheat prices have also led to lower costs for stuffing, dinner
rolls and pie crust for the Thanksgiving spread.
The sweet potatoes to fill that pie are likely to be more expensive this
year, due in part to hurricane damage in North Carolina, a big sweet
potato producer. Fresh vegetable prices are also up in the Farm Bureau's tally, but cranberry prices are down.
Shoppers can often save money by choosing store-brand products instead
of big national brands. But that price gap has narrowed in recent years,
as customers have become more cost-conscious and the big brands want to
be competitive.
"The national brands are feeling the heat," Swanson said. "It's really,
really hard to convince people these days that the national brand is
worth the premium."
Cynthia Pearson, another shopper at Giant, chose store brands for some
items on her shopping list. She's hosting dinner for five on Thursday.
"I could go store brand, because I'm usually going to doctor it up
somehow," she said. "Put my own little touch and taste on it."
This photo shows a green bean and chicken stir-fry, with sauce and
seasonings, in a black pan. It is surrounded by other dishes that
include vegetables and rice.
While the price of some Thanksgiving staples has fallen in the last
year, they're still higher than they were before the pandemic. Pearson
said she hopes to stretch any savings as far as possible.
"We're going to eat Thursday, Friday, it should all be gone by Sunday,"
she said. "You can't waste anything. This is not a year for that."
Just be thankful our national holiday is not built around beef, where
prices have jumped nearly 15% this year.
"Just for our own interest, we prepared a prime rib menu to ballpark
it," said Wells Fargo's Swenson. "That's an expensive menu."
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