The retail price for whole frozen turkeys in the United States dropped to **** U.S. dollars per pound in 2019, from **** U.S. dollars per pound in the previous year.

Poultry in the United States

The term “poultry” refers to birds raised for meat, and includes chickens, turkeys, geese, and ducks. The United States is a major producer of chickens; in 2017 there were around **** billion chickens in the United States. Turkey meat is also very popular, but to a lesser extent. As of 2017, there were about ***** million turkeys produced in the United States, down from *** million in 2008.

Thanksgiving Dinner

Turkey is a quintessential part of a Thanksgiving dinner. A 2018 survey of U.S. consumers found that ** percent of respondents plan to include turkey in their Thanksgiving dinner. Other popular dishes include gravy, stuffing, and bread rolls/biscuits/cornbread. The turkey is also the most expensive dish at Thanksgiving dinner, with a ** pound turkey costing about ***** U.S. dollars on average.

2024 saw the average price for a Thanksgiving dinner decline to ***** U.S. dollars. In 2022, the average price for a complete Thanksgiving feast in the United States (U.S.) amounted to ***** U.S. dollars. The survey dinner includes turkey, bread stuffing, sweet potatoes, rolls with butter, peas, cranberries, a relish tray of carrots and celery, pumpkin pie with whipped cream, and beverages of coffee and milk, all in quantities sufficient to serve a family of ten. Despite the recent decrease, there has been a general increase in the average cost for a Thanksgiving family dinner for over * decades. The most rapid increase happened between 2019 and 2022 when the average price grew by almost ** percent. Turkey prices during Thanksgiving in the U.S. The price of a whole 16-pound turkey in the U.S. was ***** U.S. dollars in 2024. This is the highest retail price for a whole turkey since 2018. The price of a whole turkey has increased by close to * U.S. dollars in comparison to 2021, which is a price increase of over **** percent. Moreover, the average cost of a whole turkey varies among the different U.S. states. In California, for example, a whole 15-pound turkey costs on average ***** U.S. dollars, which is the most expensive among all selected states. The turkey is by far the most expensive ingredient for a ten-person Thanksgiving dinner. Several other typically purchased dinner ingredients, such as pumpkin pie mix, sweet potatoes, cubed stuffing mix, dinner rolls, and whole milk cost on average between **** and **** U.S. dollars. Traveling during Thanksgiving in the U.S. The national holiday of Thanksgiving is traditionally celebrated on November 26 in the United States. Close to one-third of Americans prefer to celebrate Thanksgiving at their relatives. Therefore, many Americans travel during Thanksgiving. The number of Thanksgiving holiday travelers in the United States is around ***** million. Since 2019, the amount of Thanksgiving travelers has fluctuated but increased by approximately * million. Cars are the preferred mode of transportation during Thanksgiving. Over ** percent of the people who travel during Thanksgiving do so by car, while about *** percent travel by airplane.

In 2024, the price for one pound of boneless chicken breast in the United States amounted to *** U.S. dollars. Until 2022, the retail price had remained between ***** and **************** U.S. dollars per pound in the country. U.S. chicken production In 2019, the United States produced almost ** billion pounds of chicken . The production volume has been increasing almost every single year since 2009, when production stood at roughly ** billion pounds. The volume of turkey produced, on the other hand, has slowly been decreasing in the United States. U.S. turkey production reached about **** billion pounds in 2016, and has since decrease to about **** billion pounds. Farm fowl worldwide In order to keep up with poultry demand, the global number of chickens has increased significantly over the past few decades. In 2021, there were over ** billion chickens across the globe. The amount has almost tripled since 1990.

In the United Kingdom (UK) in 2023, **** was the cheapest food retailer to purchase Christmas dinner from. Ingredients for a Christmas dinner from Aldi cost an average of ***** British pounds, followed closely by Lidl at ***** British pounds. Christmas dinner favorites A 2023 survey showed that the majority of UK consumers intended to have roast potatoes as a part of their Christmas dinner. Roast potatoes were the most popular dish by far. Turkey was the most popular meat, with about ** percent of consumers saying they were planning to eat it on Christmas. Christmas spending Although gifts comprise the majority of Christmas spending in the UK, food is still a significant expenditure for many adults. In 2022, food and drink were the second-largest expense after gifts: average household expenditure on food and drink during the Christmas period reached *** British pounds. On average, consumers spent the same amount on socializing as food and beverages. London's consumers spent the most during Christmas, with just over *** British pounds spent per person.