Despite the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) prediction of a shortage of frozen turkeys this Thanksgiving, local grocers are assured there will be plenty to gobble in Seattle.
Earlier this fall, the USDA compared the number of frozen turkeys in cold storage in 2021 to the number in 2020 and the average from 2018-2020. The research found a 24% decline in frozen whole turkeys and turkey parts as of August 2021 — the lowest the number had been in three years.
While 428.1 million pounds of turkey meat was found to be in cold storage throughout the country in August, this was 19% less than in August of 2020 and
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