The Average Cost of a Thanksgiving Meal is Up 20% in 2022!
The American Farm Bureau Federation just put out its annual Thanksgiving report. And the average dinner for ten in 2022 will cost $64.05 — up 20%!
That’s $6.41 per person, a pretty insane increase from $5.33 just a year ago.
It varies around the country. In the South, it’s $5.84 . . . the Northeast, $6.40 . . . the Midwest, $6.42 . . . and out West, $7.14 per guest.
To keep things consistent, they haven’t changed their list of “typical” Thanksgiving foods since their first report in 1986 when it was $2.87 per person.
The biggest price jump this year is for stuffing, up 69%.
Based on the average, here’s what everything in their “typical” Thanksgiving feast costs . . .
- 16-pound turkey, $28.96
- stuffing, $3.88
- cranberry sauce, $2.57
- sweet potatoes, $3.96
- dinner rolls, $3.73
- peas, $1.90
- carrots and celery, 88 cents
- pumpkin pie mix, $4.28
- two pie crusts, $3.68
- a half-pint of whipped cream, $2.24
- a gallon of milk, $3.84
They also do an “updated” version with three more foods a lot of us include now
If you add mashed potatoes, green beans, and ham, it jumps to $8.13 a person!
(FB.org)
