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
it is not like they re hiding it. if they try to hide it, they re not doing it well. these are commercial satellites, big things. it seems like they want the world to know. that s right and they re in open spaces, not forests covering them. what they re doing is putting these structures over the actual silos themselves, so we can see what s happening, but we can t see the details of the construction. it is an incredibly important time in u.s. foreign policy when it comes to china. thank you so much for that. of course. all right, that aside, there is plenty to be thankful for this year. 58% of the u.s. population is fully vaccinated. 80% of the adult population has at least one dose. kids are on track today to find out whether they can get their shot. and americans are shaking off a year and a half of covid weariness in getting together in groups again. a good chance that the grocery bill is going to be quite high on thanksgiving. chief business correspondent christine romans h