Thanksgiving dinner costs increase by 13.2 percent

Louisiana cooks shopping for Thanksgiving will find the costs of traditional dinner items up this year. The 2012 Thanksgiving market basket will average $44.35 for 10 people, according to an LSU AgCenter survey.

“That’s an increase of $5.16 from last year’s Baton Rouge average of $39.19 – or an increase of 13.2 percent,” said LSU AgCenter family economist Jeanette Tucker.

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