{"id":2103831,"date":"2023-11-20T12:09:02","date_gmt":"2023-11-20T17:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/thanks-to-bidenflation-the-cost-of-your-familys-thanksgiving-meal-is-still-outrageously-high\/"},"modified":"2023-11-20T12:12:10","modified_gmt":"2023-11-20T17:12:10","slug":"thanks-to-bidenflation-the-cost-of-your-familys-thanksgiving-meal-is-still-outrageously-high","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/thanks-to-bidenflation-the-cost-of-your-familys-thanksgiving-meal-is-still-outrageously-high\/","title":{"rendered":"Bidenflation keeps Thanksgiving meal costs outrageously high for your family."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fthanks-to-bidenflation-the-cost-of-your-familys-thanksgiving-meal-is-still-outrageously-high%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2103831&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Americans \u2063who plan to serve their family and friends a traditional Thanksgiving feast on \u2064Thursday will <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/11\/21\/your-thanksgiving-feast-is-20-percent-more-expensive-thanks-to-bidenflation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">once again<\/a> need to dig \u2063deep into their hurting pocketbooks to \u2063pay for it, new data from \u200dthe American Farm Bureau Federation \u2063(AFBF) suggests.<\/p>\n<p>To feed a family of\u200b 10 a\u2063 Thanksgiving turkey, stuffing, sweet potatoes, buttered rolls, cranberries, veggies, and pumpkin \u2064pie topped with whipped cream,\u200b this year, the average \u2064American will shell out $61.17.<\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<p>AFBF, which \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/thanks-to-bidenflation-the-cost-of-your-familys-thanksgiving-meal-is-still-outrageously-high\/\" title=\"Bidenflation keeps Thanksgiving meal costs outrageously high for your family.\">highlights holiday\u2064 food prices annually<\/a>,\u200d noted the cost of the 2023\u2064 feast is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fb.org\/news-release\/cost-of-thanksgiving-dinner-down-slightly-from-record-high-in-2022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cDown Slightly from Record High in\u200d 2022\u201d<\/a> \u2062 but\u2062 warned this year\u2019s Turkey Day meal \u201cstill reflects historically high costs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The \u200d2023 feast total may be a 4.5\u2063 percent \u2063decrease from the \u2062record-high average of $64.05 set last year, but Americans are \u200cstill paying \u200d25 percent more for Thanksgiving staples \u200bthan\u200b they did in \u20642019.<\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<p>AFBF attributes the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidenomics-thanksgiving-dinner-will-cost-25-more-under-biden-than-trump\/\" title=\"Bidenomics: Thanksgiving Dinner Will Cost 25% More Under Biden Than Trump\">historically\u200b high prices<\/a> to the \u201chigh \u2063supply \u2063costs and inflation \u2062have had on food prices since before\u2063 the pandemic.\u201d \u200bA majority of Americans agree with this analysis.<\/p>\n<p>Despite corporate media and the White House\u2019s \u2063spin claiming inflation is <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/09\/13\/as-inflation-spikes-again-biden-and-medias-boasts-about-record-price-hikes-cooling-are-offensive-as-ever\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201ccooling,\u201d<\/a> 69 percent of U.S. adults say\u2062 they\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/apnorc.org\/projects\/many-are-uncertain-about-their-financial-futures-as-household-expenses-outpace-earnings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">experienced an increase<\/a> in household expenses \u200dover \u200bthe last year. An even stronger majority, 73 percent, deemed the national economy \u201cpoor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Prices for essential items such as gas, food, and shelter have steadily increased over the course \u2062of President\u2064 Joe Biden\u2019s presidency, as he \u2064continued to bloat\u200d the post-lockdown \u200bAmerican economy with trillions in federal dollars and signed off on the \u200dexport of billions of\u200c dollars to Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>In October alone, American shoppers paid <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bls.gov\/news.release\/pdf\/cpi.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">3.2 percent \u2062more for goods<\/a> than\u2062 they did in 2022\u2063 and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bls.gov\/news.release\/archives\/cpi_11102022.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">11.1 percent<\/a> more than they did in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to paying more for\u200d food, Americans who\u200d hit the road over the holiday week will be paying for gas which costs an average of <a href=\"https:\/\/gasprices.aaa.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">$3.30 a gallon<\/a> but is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/business\/2023\/oct\/20\/oil-prices-israel-hamas-war#:~:text=Have%20oil%20and%20gas%20supplies,despite%20the%20Israeli%2DPalestinian%20conflict.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">expected to rise<\/a> as conflict in the Middle East intensifies.<\/p>\n<p>Consumers \u200daren\u2019t the only ones \u200csuffering\u200c historically high\u200c costs\u200d this holiday season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile shoppers will see a slight improvement in the cost \u200bof a Thanksgiving dinner, high inflation continues to hammer\u2062 families across the country, including the nation\u2019s farmers,\u201d AFBF President Zippy Duvall \u2062said in a statement. \u200b\u201cGrowing the \u2062food families \u2063rely on is a constant challenge for farmers\u2064 because of high fuel, seed, fertilizer and transportation costs, just to name a few.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Jordan Boyd\u2064 is a staff writer at The Federalist\u2062 and co-producer \u200bof The \u200dFederalist Radio Hour. Her\u200b work has also\u200d been featured in The\u2062 Daily Wire, Fox News, and \u200bRealClearPolitics. Jordan \u2064graduated from Baylor University where \u200cshe majored \u2063in political science\u2063 and minored in\u2062 journalism. Follow her on Twitter \u2063@jordanboydtx.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div data-image data-amount=\"5\">\n<h2>Popular<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\"><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> How have American households\u200d been impacted by the increase in grocery \u200cprices and inflation<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Ercent more<\/a> for groceries compared \u2063to the prior year. This surge in \u200bcosts has put a\u2062 strain on the wallets of American families, particularly during the holiday season.<\/p>\n<p>The Thanksgiving feast, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/put-their-hands-on-their-hearts-and-just-start-singing-it-megyn-kelly-has-advice-for-fans-when-team-owners-cancel-national-anthem\/\" title=\"\u2018Put Their Hands On Their Hearts And Just Start Singing It\u2019: Megyn Kelly Has Advice For Fans When Team Owners Cancel National Anthem\">time-honored tradition<\/a> for many Americans, has not been spared from the impact of rising prices. According \u200cto the American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF), the average American will need to spend $61.17\u2064 to feed a family of 10 this Thanksgiving. While this figure represents \u200ba slight decrease from last year&#8217;s record-high average, it \u2064still reflects historically high costs.<\/p>\n<p>The AFBF attributes\u200c these\u2062 soaring prices to the combination of high supply costs and inflation that has\u2062 plagued the food industry since before the pandemic. The effects \u2064of inflation\u200c have been felt by a majority of Americans, as household \u2062expenses continue to outpace \u2062earnings. Despite claims from the corporate media and the \u2062White \u200bHouse that \u2062inflation is cooling, 69 percent of U.S. adults have \u200cexperienced an increase in their expenses over the\u2064 past year.<\/p>\n<p>This surge in prices is not isolated to \u2064Thanksgiving staples. Essential items like\u2062 gas, food, and \u2064shelter have steadily increased throughout President Joe Biden&#8217;s tenure. The influx of\u2062 trillions of federal dollars into the \u2064<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-tells-struggling-small-businesses-to-work-more-with-amazon\/\" title=\"Biden Admin Tells Struggling Small Businesses To Work More With Amazon\">post-lockdown economy<\/a>, coupled with large-scale exports\u200b to Ukraine, has contributed to this ongoing inflationary trend.<\/p>\n<p>In October alone, American shoppers saw\u2062 a 3.2 percent increase in\u200d grocery prices compared to the previous year. As families gather to celebrate \u2064Thanksgiving,\u200c they are faced with the reality of having to dig deeper into their pockets to afford a traditional feast.<\/p>\n<p>Despite these financial strains, Americans remain resilient. Thanksgiving serves as \u200ba reminder to cherish the moments spent \u2064with loved ones, regardless of the cost. However, it is crucial for policymakers to address \u2064the\u2063 underlying causes of rising prices and \u2064work towards <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-intel-warns-china-is-advancing-military-power-sharing-propaganda\/\" title=\"U.S. Intel warns China is advancing military power, sharing propaganda\">long-term solutions<\/a> that alleviate the burden on American families.<\/p>\n<p>In conclusion,\u2063 the\u200c cost of a traditional Thanksgiving feast continues to rise, reflecting the \u200dbroader \u2062trend \u200cof inflation \u200cand increasing household expenses. While Americans gather to celebrate this cherished holiday, the strain on their pocketbooks cannot be ignored. Addressing these economic challenges and finding sustainable solutions \u2062must be\u200b a priority for policymakers to ensure a\u2064 brighter and \u200bmore affordable \u2063future for all Americans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Americans who plan to serve their family and friends a traditional Thanksgiving feast on Thursday will once again need to dig deep into their hurting pocketbooks to pay for it, new data from the American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) suggests. 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