THE ANNUAL “COST OF A THANKSGIVING DINNER” STORY

The American Farm Bureau Federation’s annual price survey of classic items found for the Thanksgiving feast came out on Thursday. The survey was conducted in 40 states with price checks on roughly a dozen items.
– The average cost of this year’s feast for 10 is $49.87, a 24-cent decrease from last year’s average of $50.11.
– A 16-pound turkey – the biggest single ticket item in the meal – averaged $22.74 this year, or 1.3 percent below 2015.
– Although the overall price declined, among the biggest increases in holiday meal fixings this year were bread rolls, pie shells, cubed stuffing and fresh cranberries.
– The item with the biggest price decline in percentage terms this year is a 1-pound tray of carrots and celery, which the survey showed coming in at 73 cents, or 7.6 percent below last year.
* Cheaper than last year? Thanks, Trump! Making Thanksgiving great again!
* $49.87 to eat at Taco Bell on Thanksgiving? Forget it!
* Nice to see a story about the true meaning of Thanksgiving: Namely, eating like pigs.
* For me, the cost depends on if I get the regular TV dinner or the Hungry Man size.
* Coming soon: The same damn story every year about what it would cost to get everything in the Twelve Days of Christmas song.
* This story is dryer than the turkey.
* The American Farm Bureau Federation…that name just screams “Party!”
* Doesn’t it sound like something left over from the Soviet Union?
* “The Soviet Farm Bureau Federation orders you to enjoy Thanksgiving or else.”
* I still love this story. By now, I can’t get into the Thanksgiving spirit ’til I see it.