Frozen Butterballs at Safeway in SF are $1.99 lb, $2.99 for fresh probably.
I don’t know how much Costco plans to charge. They aren’t in yet.
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It’s a restaurant turkey not a supermarket turkey, regarding context on price comps.
Hometown BBQ in nyc has a 4lb smoked turkey breast priced at $165.
NYC wins the overpriced turkey war. (No shocker there.)
Hometown is expensive in general.
But restaurant turkeys are always much more expensive than buying a whole cooked turkey or turkey breast from the supermarket.
I have a friend who picks up the whole cooked meal from Whole Foods every year, and another who orders it from the same restaurant. Big price differential.
TJ’s cooked whole Turkey breast is 9.99/lb.
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Many Chinese BBQ places that do ducks also do turkeys for Thanksgiving. The rub is often all-spice. Gum Kao in Oakland does. I ordered one like 10 years ago….not inexpensive but nicely roasted. I think it was $60 for a 10-12 lb bird. I don’t think the birds were anything special like Diesel, etc. I have no idea how much they’d go or now but I assume the price have gone up like everything else.
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We have a bakery a few blocks away, Susie Cakes. I thought fifty bucks for a carrot cake was a lot, even if it is the best carrot cake I’ve ever tasted. I have willingly paid it often, maybe too often. Now I feel better.
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I’ve seen pies for $40 and $50, and bought a $40 pie but it was huge and this was before the pandemic. Not Costco huge but it was tasty and served a lot…and it used premium peaches in season. I’ve never seen a pie for $200. Even with higher prices now that seems a bit much. I know cakes get up there but carrot cake usually isn’t that expensive but it was good, why not?
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What, what? 
Susie cakes is a birthday cake favorite for some of my family.
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There’s a wonderful organization in my home states (MA and RI), Pie in the Sky, that sells pies at Thanksgiving (only $35 even in this crazy year), proceeds of which go to feeding those in need. My guess is that many other states may have a similar program; hope Onions might check those out.
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In case anyone is interested
This soba, brussel sprout, mushroom and maple soy caramel salad recipe from Linger was in our local paper today
Maybe also share that info here:
That’s a nice idea.
I have bought some pies this fall, from a small-town Mennonite church that donates their proceeds to help those in need. Not connected to Thanksgiving as a specific day. I bought the pies at the Zurich Bean Festival, which is a harvest festival, so in a sense its related to Thanksgiving, in concept.
Pumpkin Pie and Apple Pie are traditional at Canadian Thanksgivings.
From what I’ve seen, my American friends and family offer a lots of pie at Thanksgiving, in addition to pumpkin pie, apple pie, and often pecan pie. The dessert part of Thanksgiving seems to be the biggest part of Thanksgiving for my Pittsburgh cousins.
I’ll have to check to see if anyone in Toronto is doing something similar with Christmas baking.
Local food banks of course take food donations, and I think they can make $$$ go farther than individuals.
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Yes, that was my point. While they appreciate food donations, $$$ goes a lot further, as they can buy in bulk.
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Yes, I agree.
I already do donate to my local food bank and community fridge.
Buying a pie that helps others doesn’t cut into my donations for charity. It just means I’m buying a pie, that happens to help others.
I also buy pierogis and baklava to support various community causes, and girl guide cookies.
The Ukrainian and Polish churches in Toronto sell pierogies and poppyseed rolls at their Christmas bazaars, and it’s a great way to stock up on good home cooking, while helping the community.
These are the registered charities I have been supporting
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All-spice? Or five spice?
It occurred to me that one benefit in Ontario, for giving to soup kitchens, shelters, or other charities helping those in need directly, in addition to supporting food banks with funds, is that our food banks have been closing early lately, partly due to increasing demand and partly due to some scammers.
I don’t know what the situation is like where you live.
https://macleans.ca/society/why-are-canadas-food-banks-collapsing/
My bad, five spice.
