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Fact Check Team: Inflation cools on paper, but grocery expenses still strain Americans
Turkey prices fell about 16%, reducing Thanksgiving meal costs for the third year, yet 14% of U.S. households face food insecurity, researchers say.
- Turkey prices plunged roughly 16%, pulling the holiday meal cost down as the American Farm Bureau Federation reported the classic Thanksgiving dinner is about 5% cheaper than last year.
- The Farm Bureau points to natural disasters and supply-chain volatility, including last year's hurricane damage in North Carolina that tightened sweet-potato supply while fresh vegetable trays surged more than 61%.
- Despite slower grocery inflation, food costs remain well above pre-pandemic levels as CBS News found inflation up 2.7% year-over-year while costs are 18% higher than January 2022.
- Purdue University’s Food Demand Analysis Center reports this year 14% of U.S. households faced food insecurity, while Robin Hood and Columbia University research found 40% of New York City families cannot afford weekly food costs.
- CBS News analysis shows inflation has fallen but affordability feels worse due to structural cost pressures like housing, child-care, health-care, utilities, and 'steep new U.S. tariffs'.
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Leaning Left0Leaning Right28Center8Last UpdatedBias Distribution78% Right
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- 78% of the sources lean Right
78% Right
C 22%
R 78%
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