Prices for airline tickets and turkeys have soared, but people have still been willing to pay.
says that they’re up 18 percent compared with last year, meaning some consumers are opting for frozen birds, which cost about half the price of fresh ones.
Other foods whose prices have skyrocketed this year? The cost of cubed bread stuffing has gone up 41 percent, while white potatoes have gone up more than 15 percent and gravy is more than 14 percent more expensive. Butter, used in all sorts of Thanksgiving dishes, is up 26 percent, as wepreviously. And even desserts are being affected: Pies are almost 19 percent more expensive, while ice cream is more than 13 percent costly.
In terms of Thanksgiving travel, more than 2.3 million people passed through TSA checkpoints on Monday alone. That’s up 8 percent from last year, and over 11,000 more people than in 2019. Even if you’re driving to your Thanksgiving gathering this year, be prepared for gas being about 6 percent more expensive.
Perhaps you’re forgoing the big gathering and Thanksgiving travel, though, in favor of a chill, quiet long weekend at home. While that sounds nice, it still isn’t immune to 2022’s price increases. If you’re planning to binge-watch your way through the holiday, streaming services have become more expensive, with an Apple TV+ subscription costing 28.6 percent more, for example.
So whether you’re vegging out or digging into veggies on Thursday, you’ll probably feel it in your pocketbook.
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