Costs may be down slightly from last year – but the prices of the good old days are long gone.
It is time to admit defeat. Price inflation will not return to pre-crisis levels. This year’s Thanksgiving proves that Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen was right in her February interview on 60 Minutes: Americans should not expect prices to be where they were before the pandemic. All hope is lost. Still, it does not mean families engaged in political debate around the dinner table cannot take solace in the little things, such as a new industry report confirming that the cost of the classic feast is slightly down from a year ago.
Cents and Sensibility at Thanksgiving
According to the American Farm Bureau Federation’s 39th annual Thanksgiving dinner survey, the classic feast for ten costs $58.08 this year, down 5% from 2023. In their…
