Thanksgiving Prices Drop About 3% from Last Year
Impact Score: 1.4
Timeline: N/A – No directives or implementation deadlines specified
Summary: Thanksgiving meal prices in 2025 are roughly 3% lower than the previous year, with significant reductions for items like dinner rolls (down 22%) and frozen vegetables (down 15%). Major retailers such as Walmart, Lidl, Aldi, Target, and Schnucks are offering notably cheaper holiday meals, with turkeys at historic low prices. The report attributes these decreases to President Trump’s economic policies aimed at reducing inflation, contrasting with critiques of the Democratic government shutdown. Vanderbilt University may see impacts on economic research, public policy, and financial planning due to these trends.
Key Actions: Vanderbilt’s Economic Research Department should analyze policy impacts on prices, while Marketing and Communications could highlight the positive economic narrative to stakeholders.
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