The cost of a typical Thanksgiving dinner has decreased this year, according to a study conducted by the American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) .

For this study, the AFBF hired volunteer shoppers from all 50 states and Puerto Rico to visit their local grocery store (or local store’s website) to survey prices of items used in a classic Thanksgiving feast.

This study has gone on since 1986, with volunteers reporting the prices for turkey, cubed stuffing, sweet potatoes, dinner rolls, frozen peas, fresh cranberries, celery, carrots, pumpkin pie mix and crusts, whipping cream and whole milk.

After crunching the numbers, AFBF discovered that a table of classic dishes for 10 people will cost $55.18, 5% less than last year, but still more than four years ago.

But this doesn’t mean that cost

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