Average Thanksgiving-Dinner Cost Surged
20 Percent since Last Year
Posted By: Dreadnought, 11/16/2022 7:30:50 PM
The price of an average Thanksgiving dinner has surged 20 percent since last year. Providing the holiday meal for ten people in 2022 will cost American families $64.05 on average, up $10.74 from 2021, when the meal cost an average of $53.31, according to a new survey conducted by the Farm Bureau. The average cost of a Thanksgiving dinner increased 14 percent from 2020 to 2021, according to the Farm Bureau. Breaking down the individual components of the dinner, menu items including the turkey, pumpkin pie mix, stuffing mix, and many other miscellaneous ingredients involved in the usual preparations have all increased in price.
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