"The turkey prices are up anywhere from 15-25%, depending on what size turkey you're looking for," said Chris Mentzer, director of operations at Rastelli's Market Fresh.Concetta Alcorn of Marlton, New Jersey is hosting Thanksgiving dinner, and she has her shopping strategy all planned out.
"I order a lot of stuff and then I go over to Termini's for desserts. I get it all done and then I start cooking Monday or Tuesday," she said Alcorn said she's expecting to pay more for her Thanksgiving meal this year, but for a special occasion like this, she's not going to spend too much time shopping around.At Rastelli's Market Fresh in Marlton, staff says shelves are stocked.
"I think the last two years has really got customers shopping ahead because of shortages of food that they've had in the past," said Director of Operations Chris Mentzer. "We're in a great position this year. Absolutely no shortages in any of the thanksgiving products for this year.""The turkey prices are up anywhere from 15-25%, depending on what size turkey you're looking for," said Mentzer.
He adds that while their pre-cooked Thanksgiving meals have gone up in price because of turkey costs, they've added extra sides this year to try to compensate for the increase.If you can forgo tradition, beef and veal prices are actually down 3.6% compared to a year ago.Prices for apples, potatoes and chicken are all lower compared to a month ago."I'm hosting about 10 people and I just found out yesterday," said Angela Cimino of Medford.
We got our turkey for 'free' buying all the other over priced groceries
Meche64 I never eat Turkey on thanksgiving. They’re always over priced and besides, I eat Turkey meat 10 months out of the year. I don’t want it on Tgiving. I’ll have salmon instead.
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