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Retail Thanksgiving costs overall are slightly lower in 2025 than in 2024 — the American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) reports the classic 10‑person meal averaged $55.18, down about 5% from 2024 . How...
State-run (public) grocery stores are an emergent policy proposal but remain rare in the U.S.; most reporting frames them as a response to sharply higher grocery bills (national grocery inflation ~2.7...
Retail turkey costs are contested in recent coverage: wholesale turkey prices are widely reported as substantially higher year‑over‑year (estimates range from about $1.32 to roughly $2.00 per pound an...
Reports are mixed: some measures find Thanksgiving meal costs down slightly (roughly 2–3%) versus last year while other data and item-specific reports show big price jumps — especially for turkey, whi...
Patterns in store location, customer demographics and create reasonably consistent “: chains like , and trend toward liberal consumers, while regional chains such as , and register stronger conservati...
Retail turkey deals and deeply discounted frozen birds in 2025 coexist with sharply higher wholesale prices and a smaller national flock: USDA and industry reporting point to wholesale turkey prices u...
Wholesale turkey supplies tightened in 2025 largely because of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) outbreaks and smaller flock sizes, driving wholesale prices up roughly 40–80% year‑over‑year in ...
Walmart’s internal Protected Paid Time Off (PPTO) system offers hourly associates a mix of regular PTO and PPTO that accrues based on hours worked and permits limited carryover; the company’s public m...