The cost of hosting Thanksgiving is 4.5% less than last year, largely due to lower turkey prices. The average price of a traditional Thanksgiving feast for 10 people in 2023 is $61.17, or less than $6.20 per person. Whipping cream and cranberries have also dropped in price.
Here’s something to be thankful for: Turkeys are gobbling up much less of the Thanksgiving budget this year, so the cost of hosting your family and friends is 4.5% less than it was a year ago. That’s according to the latest American Farm Bureau Federation survey released on Wednesday, which put the average price of a traditional Thanksgiving feast for 10 people in 2023 at $61.17, or less than $6.20 per person, largely thanks to turkey prices being down 5.6% compared with last year.
Whipping cream and cranberries have dropped even more — down 22.8% and 18.3% year over year, respectively. So how did the Farm Bureau tally up the total Thanksgiving price tag? It sends volunteer shoppers to visit supermarkets and check food prices in stores across all 50 states and Puerto Rico every year, as well as online using grocery-store apps and websites, in the weeks leading up to the November holiday. Then the survey itemizes the prices of the foods traditionally served at Thanksgiving dinner, like turkey, stuffing and cranberries, to add up the average cost of the Turkey Day feas
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