PHOENIX — A war half way around the world is going to take a huge bite out of the wallets of Arizonans this Thanksgiving.
New figures from the Arizona Farm Bureau Federation put the cost of a typical dinner for 10 at $71.88. That’s up near 45% from 2021 and higher than it has ever been since the organization began doing the annual surveys nearly three decades ago.
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