[fullwidth background_color=”” background_image=”” background_parallax=”none” enable_mobile=”no” parallax_speed=”0.3″ background_repeat=”no-repeat” background_position=”left top” video_url=”” video_aspect_ratio=”16:9″ video_webm=”” video_mp4=”” video_ogv=”” video_preview_image=”” overlay_color=”” overlay_opacity=”0.5″ video_mute=”yes” video_loop=”yes” fade=”no” border_size=”0px” border_color=”” border_style=”” padding_top=”20″ padding_bottom=”20″ padding_left=”0″ padding_right=”0″ hundred_percent=”no” equal_height_columns=”no” hide_on_mobile=”no” menu_anchor=”” class=”” id=””][title size=”1″ content_align=”left” style_type=”underline solid” sep_color=”#000000″ margin_top=”” margin_bottom=”” class=”” id=””]Price this year for an average turkey and a Thanksgiving meal[/title][fusion_text]Monday, November 16th 2015
The average price of Thanksgiving turkey has jumped as much as 20% this year, thanks in some part ot the Avian flu outbreak that killed some 8 million turkeys. You won’t have to reach deep into your pocket to foot the stuffing bill as most of the items for the Thanksgiving meal had an increase of less than 1 percent. The U.S. Department of Agriculture projected average wholesale price for the Eastern market whole turkey of $1.31 and $1.37 per pound for the final quarter, up from $1.14 in the same period a year ago. It was also reported that pumpkin supplies are expected to last through Thanksgiving despite a 50% drop in yields in Illinois attributed to record rains. There’s good news for Thanksgiving travelers too as gas prices have fallen by nearly 30% from last year.
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