of $1.36 a pound. your sides like potatoes and biscuit and vegetables and apples, for your pie, those are all up since last thanksgiving. up 8% for apples. we re not talking shortages here, but you may want to be flexible with the menu. the national grocery association says there s plenty of food in the supply chain, but customers who secure those should sooner rather than later to make sure you have your favorites on the holiday table. grocery store chains say you should do your shopping now. consumers shake off covid weariness and spend again, retail labor shortages, higher shipping costs means higher prices. and driving over the river and through the woods to grandmother s house is going to cost 38% more because of surging gas prices. the average price $3.40. your thanksgiving meal last year was the cheapest in a decade because so many of us did not gather. i ve been looking at all the
turkey. inflation is your uninvited guest for the holidays this year. economists are saying grocery stores are saying they expect a run on turkeys, a run on birds, people gather again this year. take a look at this. we re expecting the price to top a record high of $1.36 per pound this holiday season, that s 22 bucks for a 16-pound turkey. your sides, that s a problem too. all of those prices are rising for potato, biscuits, vegetables and apples. all of these are up since last thanksgiving. potato prices up, biscuits up $4. mixed vegetables up almost $4. the apples, up nearly 8%. and driving over the river and through the woods to grandmother s house is more expensive this year because of the surge in gas prices. the national average for a gallon of gas, $3.40 now. look at the difference from last year. it is up some 38%. so why? we have been talking about this, right? the global supply chain is still a tangled mess. more people are expected to
before the withdrawal from afghanistan, president biden said al qaeda was gone from afghanistan and there were no longer terrorist threats emanating from that part of the world. david? martha raddatz tonight. thank you, martha. we turn next tonight here to your money and as the holidays approach, prices are going up from turkey to christmas trees, from clothing to electronics. and tonight, two weeks after president biden urged the ports to work around the clock, the backlogs at some ports getting worse. the new images tonight. and abc s gio benitez here and what experts suggest you might want to buy right away, because supplies are low and what you might want to wait on now to get a better deal. reporter: prices are going up for almost everything from everyday products to food at the grocery store. the supply chain crisis boosting prices for meat, chicken, fish and eggs by over 10% from last year. america facing it s costliest thanksgiving ever. the price per pound of turkey, $1.
science worked the miracle. it s going to carry us through this. what we didn t account for enough is it s such a large swap of this country unwilling to take it to get us through this pandemic. also, thanksgiving is less than a month a. are you ready? it s shaping up the most expensive meal in the history of the holiday. consumer group says almost ingredient in a traditional american thanksgiving from the disposable. experts warned the biggest expense this year will be the turkey. the price per pound is expected to rise above $1.36 cents. passing those record benchmark price setback in 2015.
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