Turkey prices are up this year

Despite the bird flu outbreak, there are no health concerns about the birds that make it to stores.

(You can tell when a turkey was frozen by looking at the packaging; by law, a date must be there.) Many experts say there is no difference in the taste of fresh and frozen turkeys, and Olson agrees – he can’t taste a difference. For now, the biggest impact of the bird flu has been on the deli counter with dwindling supplies of turkey lunchmeat.

If you’re planning to serve up turkey this Thanksgiving, get ready to pay more.

With tighter supplies, buyers are competing for supply. “Say we ordered 20 cases of assorted lunchmeat of turkey products, we’re getting like five”, Wilson said.

Christ’s Table raised a little over 16-hundred dollars in donations this year, which greatly exceeded last year’s total by $1000.

Let’s say that this year’s Thanksgiving feast is going to be a more intimate affair than the usual cast of thousands, yet you still want turkey. Fresh turkey is costing about $2.29 per pound wholesale, he said.

You may recall earlier this year that bird flu was making eggs more expensive. “More than ever, this is the year to buy your turkey sooner rather than later”. While the California drought has pushed vegetable and fruit prices higher, the picture at the supermarket is mixed.

Retail prices are up for russet potatoes (24 percent); spaghetti, acorn and butternut squashes (about 17 percent); and sweet potatoes (10 percent); but cranberry prices are down (14 percent), according to the USDA.

For those who prefer celebrating the Thanksgiving holiday at home with family and friends, the Pastry Bar offers a Thanksgiving take-away menu featuring Herb scented roasted turkey and Honey glazed baked ham. Turkey can be dry and odd-tasting enough as it is, what happens when you add gameyness to that?

Nutrition information per serving: 630 calories; 270 calories from fat (43 percent of total calories); 30 g fat (9 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 215 mg cholesterol; 690 mg sodium; 11 g carbohydrate; 1 g fiber; 3 g sugar; 74 g protein. There’s good news on that front, too. The first was this past Saturay and the price was 69 cents per pound. The average price of gas in every state is below $3 per gallon, and about one in four US gas stations is offering gas for less than $2 per gallon. This year’s production alone has climbed 7.8 percent, according to Dow Jones Business News.