How much does a Thanksgiving dinner cost in 2024? Thankfully, less than last year.
www.usatoday.com
Prices for many Thanksgiving dinner staples, including turkey, are down this year.

Good news for Americans. “For the second year in a row, the cost of buying Thanksgiving dinner has decreased from the year before, according to the American Farm Bureau Federation’s annual report released Wednesday.”

  • distantsounds@lemmy.worldEnglish
    71·
    19 hours ago

    The headline is a little misleading…

    [Inflation rose at a 2.6% annual rate](https://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/cpi.pdf) in October, according to the consumer price index report released last week. But, most importantly in the report to America’s home chefs: Food at home prices are up just 1.1% from 2023. Compare that to 2022 when prices jumped more than 10% from 2021.

    Thanksgiving dinner may feel less expensive this year

    Inflation-adjusted cost of Thanksgiving dinner falls to lowest point since 2020

      • distantsounds@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        12 hours ago

        That’s completely understandable, but the title should be just that. Oversights like this lead to a distrust in the media/government because the mixed messaging. People see cost and think price; which is not saying the same as cost adjusted for inflation.

        People are dumb. I am person.