Here's How Much A Thanksgiving Meal Costs In Virginia

Great news, Virginia residents: feeding your family for Thanksgiving will cost just $5.06 per person this year, according to a new report from the Farm Bureau.

A traditional meal for 10 adults costs $50.56 for this year's Thanksgiving dinner, and that includes turkey, stuffing, dressing, sweet potatoes, rolls, peas, cranberries, milk, pumpkin pie with whip cream, and a tray of carrots and celery.

Unfortunately, that's actually a significant increase over last year, where the average price for such a meal was $44.02. The price has gone up by $11.44 since 2003, when the Farm Bureau began tracking the average cost of a family's Thanksgiving meal in Virginia.

Here's what each individual component costs, according to the report:

• 16-pound turkey: $25.24 ($1.57 per pound)
• Milk: $3.12
• Peas: $1.56
• Sweet potatoes: $2.62
• Celery: $1.49
• Carrots: $1.07
• Pie shells: $2.46
• Whipping cream: $1.87
• Canned pumpkin pie filling: $3.20
• Cranberries: $2.55
• Stuffing mix: $2.86
• Rolls: $2.52

“Virginians may be paying slightly more than the national average cost of a basic Thanksgiving meal this year, but at just over $5 per person, it’s still a great bargain,” VFBF President Wayne F. Pryor said in the statement.

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