This year’s package, at less than $40, contains 23 items; last year, there were 29. The missing items this year include onions, celery, sweet potatoes, chicken broth, poultry seasoning, muffin mix, marshmallows, whipped topping and pecan pie.”
EconomistWithaD on
Also it includes changing name brand products with generics.
This is why so much time and money is spent on economic data collection, and why it’s so hard to come up with precise numbers that reflect the current conditions: product size, availability, and substitutes/complements play a major role.
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FaptasticMrFox on
It’s hard to pull the wool over the eyes of the working/middle classes with this kind of thing as they are buying these items now and are seeing that prices are indeed higher than last year. This will likely backfire on him with folks who are keeping a close eye on their budgets.
android-engineer-88 on
The absolute gall for a habitual liar to scream STOP LYING. In the middle of a lie no less! The only people who still support him are either extremely selfish/idiotic/hateful, selfishly profiting from his insanity without caring for anyone else, or privileged to the point of being insulted from any of the effects of his awful handling of literally everything.
doff87 on
Tell the voting populace they’re wrong and that the cost of their groceries hasn’t gone up. Don’t believe your eyes or your pocketbook.
Interesting strategy.
frakus007 on
Let’s see if this is long enough to not get removed, “Has anyone done the math to see what the 2025 price would be with 2024 ingredients?” I don’t have the will power to add these items to a cart in Walmart.
verossiraptors on
This is how easy he is to manipulate. A blog post on a corporate website probably printed out for him by Howard Lutnick so that Howie can keep lining his pockets with the tariffs.
n4spd2 on
lies lies lies. why even post what that habitual liar felon says?
do you even think he buy groceries or cooks?
he won’t notice with his turkey party paid by our taxes, probably with more provocative young ladies spinning on large champagne glasses while oligarchs donate for favors.
hotpuck6 on
My company tracks these costs year to year, using the exact same items year over year, with the majority coming from walmart. We found you’ll see a 5% increase.
Surprisingly proteins were significantly cheaper: turkey is down 25% and Ham is down 13%, but that is easily offset by an 88% increase in coffee, 100% increase in tea, 34% increase in wine. Thanks tariffs.
Also, basically every other thanksgiving meal food besides the proteins was up by double digits: stuffing (11%), cranberry sauce (25%), sweet potatoes ( 10%), gravy (18%), and frozen veggie mix (16%).
Beer was only up 4% and crescent rolls are actually down 12%, so maybe just make your thanksgiving meal turkey, ham, beer and crescent rolls to make your meal actually affordable this year.
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NBC News:
“Trump is right — but the [2025 Thanksgiving bundle](https://corporate.walmart.com/news/2025/10/21/walmarts-annual-thanksgiving-meal-returns-serving-10-people-for-less-than-4-00-per-person) is also smaller than the [2024 package](https://corporate.walmart.com/news/2024/10/17/walmart-sets-the-table-early-with-a-thanksgiving-meal-for-less-than-7-per-person).
This year’s package, at less than $40, contains 23 items; last year, there were 29. The missing items this year include onions, celery, sweet potatoes, chicken broth, poultry seasoning, muffin mix, marshmallows, whipped topping and pecan pie.”
Also it includes changing name brand products with generics.
This is why so much time and money is spent on economic data collection, and why it’s so hard to come up with precise numbers that reflect the current conditions: product size, availability, and substitutes/complements play a major role.
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It’s hard to pull the wool over the eyes of the working/middle classes with this kind of thing as they are buying these items now and are seeing that prices are indeed higher than last year. This will likely backfire on him with folks who are keeping a close eye on their budgets.
The absolute gall for a habitual liar to scream STOP LYING. In the middle of a lie no less! The only people who still support him are either extremely selfish/idiotic/hateful, selfishly profiting from his insanity without caring for anyone else, or privileged to the point of being insulted from any of the effects of his awful handling of literally everything.
Tell the voting populace they’re wrong and that the cost of their groceries hasn’t gone up. Don’t believe your eyes or your pocketbook.
Interesting strategy.
Let’s see if this is long enough to not get removed, “Has anyone done the math to see what the 2025 price would be with 2024 ingredients?” I don’t have the will power to add these items to a cart in Walmart.
This is how easy he is to manipulate. A blog post on a corporate website probably printed out for him by Howard Lutnick so that Howie can keep lining his pockets with the tariffs.
lies lies lies. why even post what that habitual liar felon says?
do you even think he buy groceries or cooks?
he won’t notice with his turkey party paid by our taxes, probably with more provocative young ladies spinning on large champagne glasses while oligarchs donate for favors.
My company tracks these costs year to year, using the exact same items year over year, with the majority coming from walmart. We found you’ll see a 5% increase.
Surprisingly proteins were significantly cheaper: turkey is down 25% and Ham is down 13%, but that is easily offset by an 88% increase in coffee, 100% increase in tea, 34% increase in wine. Thanks tariffs.
Also, basically every other thanksgiving meal food besides the proteins was up by double digits: stuffing (11%), cranberry sauce (25%), sweet potatoes ( 10%), gravy (18%), and frozen veggie mix (16%).
Beer was only up 4% and crescent rolls are actually down 12%, so maybe just make your thanksgiving meal turkey, ham, beer and crescent rolls to make your meal actually affordable this year.