New York Times: "turkeys will cost more than ever this year." Let's fact-check that.
Walmart, yesterday, turkey: $1.48 / pound, not Butterball.
Last year: $99 cents / pound. See below.
An increase of 50%.
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Protein
Store-bought rotisserie chicken:
- $4.99 - $8.99 per chicken
Chicken:
- 2020: $1.13 / lb
- 2021: $1.80 / lb
Salmon:
- least expensive price I can find at local grocers: $9.99 / lb; sometime on sale, down to $6.99 / lb
Retail ground beef:
- around $4.50 / lb but varies widely
Brisket:
- around $4.50 / lb but varies widely
Turkey:
- locally, today, Target, Butterball: 99 cents / lb
Turkey, major grocery chains, 2020, last Thanksgiving:
- Albertsons: 89 cents / lb
- Aldi: as low as 69 cents / lb for Shady Brook frozen young turkeys
- Costco: 99 cents / lb (that was last year)
- Kroger: 37 cents / lb; as low as 29 cents / lb for frozen, whole Kroger Tender & Juicy young turkeys
- Sam's Club: $1.19 / lb
- Target, Butterball: 99 cents / lb
- Trader Joe's: $1.99 for Trader Joe's brands; $2.99 for kosher, store brand
- Walmart: 98 cents / lb Butterball, or as low as 68 cents / lb for other brands
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