The Cost of Turkeys is Up This Year Ahead of Thanksgiving

Any way you slice it...turkey meat is stretched thin.

Turkeys might be harder to find this year and more expensive. Home cooks could be paying more than twice as much as they did last year for their Thanksgiving staple. Last week, the average retail price for a frozen turkey was going for nearly $2 a pound. Any way you slice it…turkey meat is stretched thin. Deli owners are are having a hard time getting in orders. In many cases we are paying more than a hundred percent more for the skinless turkey breast.