Community Chat

[gidgetgh]

I'm not in the market for a turkey, but my neighbor said she was at our grocery store, Publix, this morning and was going to go ahead and buy a frozen turkey for Thanksgiving.  

But she changed her mind when she saw the price. $66 for a 25 pound turkey. $2.64 a pound. 

[RollTide2008]

I pre-ordered a fresh turkey at the Fresh Thyme Market in my neighborhood to pick up the day before Thanksgiving.  It's $1.49 a pound, the same price as I paid last year.

[Kachina624]

@gidgetgh    They've been warning us this was coming so it should not be a huge surprise to anyone.  They may become completely unavailable so its probably wise to buy now if you really want one.

[gidgetgh]

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@Kachina624 wrote:

@gidgetgh    They've been warning us this was coming so it should not be a huge surprise to anyone.  They may become completely unavailable so its probably wise to buy now if you really want one.

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@Kachina624 - she's decided to make chicken instead.

[Desertdi]

99¢ per # at KROGER today

[new nickname 4]

I saw on news this morning, the food banks are saying they're needing donations of turkeys.  I think they may need to adjust their expectations on what is available, and whether people have money left to donate.  Maybe they should encourage people to donate pork roast (although I know some people don't eat pork because of their religion).

I only have myself, I can easily do chicken, or ground turkey meatloaf.  

And of course, if all else fails, maybe we can all try Marie's tofu turkey.I loved that show.

[Carmie]

I read that Turkey was going to be expensive this holiday season. I already have two free turkeys available for pick up....up to 20 lbs. i earned them with points from grocery shopping.

I'll put them in the freezer for later.  Turkey is not my favorite holiday meal.

I think Turkey prices will go down closer to thanksgiving.....stores will lower prices to entice people to shop there.

[lgfan]

Food prices are going up all over.  I went to a Jack in the Box this morning and noticed that most of their items have been increased by 50 cents.  I usually buy a turkey breast and not the whole turkey so I really wouldn't know what the difference would be from year to year.

[Tinkrbl44]

Everything ... even the cheap items .... cost too much these days.   

I'll do what I always do ..... shop who has the best loss leaders and take it from there.    

(If anyone isn't familiar with the retail term "loss leader" it means the retailer advertises the leading item - turkey - at a very low price so while you are in the store you will also buy all the other stuff that we typically cook for that holiday.  (Celery, stuffing fixins, pumpkin etc; you get the idea) 

Even if they lose money on the cost of each turkey, they make it back with the profits on all the many other things we buy this time of year.)

[Othereeeen]

Our Aldi, Western PA, Butterball Frozen Turkeys 1.07 per pound in this week's circular.

they also have smoked frozen BB turkeys 2.19 a pound.

I bought one of these for our work Christmas lunch at work years ago and it was really very good...nothing left after it was put on the table!! Just have to thaw it our three or four days in the fridge before your party!!!

Our TOPS has turkeys but it's a secret what the price is, so I don't shop there. I don't like games when I shop. They also have a "monster meat" sale with no prices listed...

TOPS prices are generally ridiculous ( High!!) so I don't shop there often....they have one or two things I can't find in other stores (Lamb products and good deli roast chickens).