Now may be the time to start shopping for Thanksgiving dinner.

October 25, 2021: Kim Severson reported for The New York Times, “This Year’s Thanksgiving Feast Will Wallop the Wallet.

Nearly every ingredient, from the turkey to the after-dinner coffee, is expected to cost more, for a host of reasons ….

Major food companies like Nestlé and Procter & Gamble have already warned consumers to brace for more price increases ….

There is no single culprit. The nation’s food supply has been battered by a knotted supply chain, high transportation expenses, labor shortages, trade policies and bad weather. Inflation is at play, too. In September, the Consumer Price Index for food was up 4.6 percent from a year ago. Prices for meat, poultry, fish and eggs soared 10.5 percent ….