The Economics of Thanksgiving

A classic Thanksgiving feast for 10 people will cost $64.05 this year, up 20% from last year. There is an avian flu pandemic right now running through bird populations worldwide. We should be far more worried about it than we are - if it has a zoonotic mutation that could be devastating. The margins on turkey are in the order of 20 to 30 cents per pound,. by selling the turkey cheap, what you attempt to do is to lure families into your particular supermarket.