About $5 a head gets you Thanksgiving dinner

Posted on November 21, 2016
Thanksgiving dinner
The cost of an average Thanksgiving dinner this year is $4.89. (Photo courtesy justgrimes/flickr)

By RFD Radio

WASHINGTON – The cost of a Thanksgiving meal for ten this year will average $49,89 according to the American Farm Bureau Federation.

The group has volunteers from around the country shop for turkey and the traditional fixings and submit prices.

John Newton serves as the director of market intelligence for AFBF.

“We’ve seen milk prices come down quite a bit from where they were in 2014, turkey supplies have adjusted from 2015 levels and those two factors have contributed to a lower price for this basket of goods.” Newton said.

The shopping list includes turkey, stuffing, sweet potatoes, rolls with butter, peas, cranberries, a veggie tray, pumpkin pie with whipped cream, and coffee and milk with enough for leftovers.

The national farm organization has been conducting the Thanksgiving meal survey for more than 30 years.

This year’s survey showed the first drop in the cost of a Thanksgiving meal in three years.

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