Turkey Day Statistics
November 28, 2018
After the wonderful Thanksgiving break, here are some turkey day statists to get your mind back to functioning.
- This years average cost for a 16-pound turkey was $21.71. According to the American Farm Bureau Federations, this is down 3% from 2017.
- $48.90. The average cost this year to serve 10 people a Thanksgiving feast.
- JUST IN MINNESOTA, 42.5 million turkeys were produced.
- 240 million turkeys were raised in the United States this year.
- According to Statista, most people eat their Thanksgiving meal between 1-3 p.m.
- It’s been 397 years since the first Thanksgiving feast took place, in Plymouth, Massachusetts, in 1621.
- 7,519 people signed Butterball Turkey Talk-Line’s petition on Change.org, calling for an official Thanksgiving turkey emoji.
- NFL games were first played on Thanksgiving Day in 1920, 98 years ago.
- On average, shoppers expect to spend $1,007.24 each.
If you’re dying for more stats, click on the links below!
https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/22/us/thanksgiving-2018-by-the-numbers-trnd/index.html