No Bones About It: Feast Costlier in ’92

The average price of a traditional Thanksgiving dinner will be about $2.64 a person this year, a nickel more than last year, the American Farm Bureau Federation said.

Feeding a Thanksgiving dinner of turkey and all the trimmings plus dessert and a beverage to 10 people will cost $26.39, the Farm Bureau estimated, based on a survey of prices in big and small cities in 28 states and Washington, D.C.

The price of dinner for 10 was $28.80 in 1990 and $25.95 in 1991.

The hypothetical meal used for the survey consisted of turkey and dressing, sweet potatoes, peas, rolls, cranberries, pumpkin pie with whipped cream, a relish dish, milk and coffee.