Dinner

In which Rat finds news scary

Good time of day, humans!

You’ve probably already heard that…

[Axios] Thanksgiving dinner will be a little cheaper this year

The trick is there in plain sight:

By way of sheer coincidence, these two items are among the three registering the biggest price drops from the last year. At equal weights, they would account for exactly 4% out of supposed 5% drop¹; at actual weights it’s likely less but it’d take a spreadsheet to figure actual weights out from the prices.

Ham and potatoes are of course tasty, but…

1. (– 0.18 – 0.26) / 11 = – 0.04