Thanksgiving dinner gobbles up NYC wallets as holiday feast prices soar 15%

A survey of grocery prices across New York City found that a Thanksgiving dinner for a typical household costs $184.43 this year, up 15% from last year. The rise adds pressure on shoppers, particularly people on fixed incomes, and New York remains the most expensive state for Thanksgiving dinner per person.

Among the 18 items compared at six supermarket chains, a 20-pound turkey rose 17% to $79.80, while apple cider climbed 75% to $6.99 after a freeze damaged the state’s apple harvest. Whole milk rose 50% and canned pumpkin 43%; at least eight items stayed the same price, and boxed mashed potatoes were the only item to fall. Nationally, turkey averaged $1.76 per pound, up 30% year on year.