After Thanksgiving. The Outcome.
Hope everyone’s Thanksgiving dinner and festivities were a blast! Now it’s back to school and reality for a little while again. However, I did find some interesting T-day facts from this year’s holiday that might be rather eye opening. Take a look!
46.5 Billion
Preliminary estimate of the number of turkeys to be raised this year in Minnesota, the country’s largest turkey production state, followed by North Carolina (30 million), Arkansas (30 million) and Missouri (18 million)
7.11 Billion Lbs.
Total weight of turkeys produced in the U.S. last year, valued at $4.37 billion
750 Million Lbs.
Forecast for U.S. cranberry production in 2011
$3.39
Average price per gallon for regular unleaded gasoline, about 50¢ higher than during Thanksgiving 2010
38.2 Million
Number of travelers planning to drive to their destination, up 4 percent from last year, constituting 90 percent of all Thanksgiving travelers
706 Miles
Average distance Americans will travel this Thanksgiving holiday, down 13.5 percent from last year
152 Million
Number of Americans planning to visit stores during Black Friday weekend (the Friday, Saturday and Sunday following Thanksgiving), up from 138 million last year
$365.34
Average amount consumers spent during Black Friday weekend in 2010, with total spending reaching 45 billion
HAHA. Yikes! Talk about a nation of consumerism!
