I was in ShopRite today (Tuesday before Thanksgiving) and they had two giant bins (larger than industrial-sized laundry baskets) full of frozen turkeys. Yes, I know there are ways to quick-thaw a turkey, but this seems as if someone in the store had seriously miscalculated the demand.
(It’s like years ago when by mid-Passover they were literally giving away matzoh, no purchase necessary.)
It’s like that every year
I can’t always find one the week after, when I return home. I hope to!
As of a couple days ago, Costco around here was sold out of turkeys.
We had a shortage in Canada due to the bird flu decimating turkey farms and chicken farms.
I like to get another one after Thanksgiving when they’re wildly cheap!
And if you do, the price could already be raised.
I bought a second turkey yesterday at Grocery Outlet to freeze for after the Holidays. $1.49/pound, and $18.
I had to make a second stop at a “regular” grocery store, where the same brand fresh birds were $4.99/pound. I noticed one bird’s tag read over $78.
