As Southern Californians head to grocery stores to stock up on all the items they'll need to prepare their typical Thanksgiving feasts next week, they'll likely have to reach deeper into their pockets as they reach the checkstand.

According to the American Farm Bureau Federation, many of the items you'll find on your shopping list are a lot more expensive than they were at this time last year.

The AFBF says whole milk prices are up 16.3%. Sweet potatoes are up 37%. And carrots and celery are up a whopping 61.3%.

However, the cost of the most important item for any traditional Thanksgiving meal, the turkey, is actually down about 16.3%.

But a marketing professor at the University of Southern California said that's because last year was an aberration.

"This time we don't have the same

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