71 White House: The cost of a 4th of July cookout is down $0.16 from last year (twitter.com) posted 3 years ago by lsdQ 3 years ago by lsdQ +72 / -1 53 comments share 53 comments share save hide report block hide replies
The statistic is, however correct at $0.16
https://www.fb.org/newsroom/july-4th-cookout-cost-stable-compared-to-year-ago
Huh?
Looks like they cherry-picked items for the tweet:
Individual Prices, AFBF 2021 Summer Cookout
2 pints of strawberries, $5.30 (up 22%)
13-ounce bag of chocolate chip cookies, $4.02 (up 11%)
8 hamburger buns, $1.66 (up 6%)
2.5 pounds of homemade potato salad, $2.75 (up 3%)
2 pounds of boneless, skinless chicken breasts, $6.74 (up 1%)
32 ounces of pork & beans, $1.90 (down 13%)
2 pounds of ground beef, $8.20 (down 8%)
Half-gallon of vanilla ice cream, $4.69 (down 5%)
3 pounds of center cut pork chops, $11.63 (down 2%)
2.5 quarts of fresh-squeezed lemonade, $3.65 (down 2%)
1 pound of sliced cheese, $4.05 (down 1%)
13-ounce bag of potato chips, $4.93 (down 1%)
They didn't mention the items that went up!
I searched the Q drops for "(d)" from the "must-hear(d)" and it seems to point to 4569, which is dated July 1, 2020.
https://qalerts.app/?q=%234559