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2014 Cost of Thanksgiving Dinner

November 26, 2014

According to American Farm Bureau, the cost of Thanksgiving dinner is slightly up this year, but it still costs less than $50 for a family of 10. 
So, what’s on the menu:

The AFBF survey shopping list includes turkey, bread stuffing, sweet potatoes, rolls with butter, peas, cranberries, a relish tray of carrots and celery, pumpkin pie with whipped cream, and beverages of coffee and milk, all in quantities sufficient to serve a family of 10.

This year, the price has increased about $0.37 since 2013. Turkey production is actually down as a whole this year and that makes prices a little higher, but not by much. So, what items have changed?

Foods showing the largest increases this year were sweet potatoes, dairy products and pumpkin pie mix. Sweet potatoes came in at $3.56 for three pounds. A half pint of whipping cream was $2.00; one gallon of whole milk, $3.76; and a 30-ounce can of pumpkin pie mix, $3.12. A one-pound relish tray of carrots and celery ($.82) and one pound of green peas ($1.55) also increased in price. A combined group of miscellaneous items, including coffee and ingredients necessary to prepare the meal (butter, evaporated milk, onions, eggs, sugar and flour) rose to $3.48.

In addition to the turkey, other items that declined modestly in price included a 14-ounce package of cubed bread stuffing, $2.54; 12 ounces of fresh cranberries, $2.34; two nine-inch pie shells, $2.42; and a dozen brown-n-serve rolls, $2.17.

The average cost of the dinner has remained around $49 since 2011.

This is the 29th year that AFB has conducted this survey. Interestingly, they included the average price for Thanksgiving dinner for each year since they started. The lowest average price was in 1987 when the feast could be put on for only $24.51.

You can read more about it here.
I’d love to know – how much did you spend on your Thanksgiving dinner this year (and if you comment, be sure to leave what state you’re from so we look at differences regionally!).

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