Wisconsin Market Basket Survey for 4th of July

Friday, July 2nd, 2021 -- 9:01 AM

(Wisconsin Ag Connection) The state and national Farm Bureau organizations have put together some figures on what it costs the average person to cookout this year on Independence Day.

According to the Wisconsin Ag Connection, the summary states a Fourth of July picnic including hot dogs, cheeseburgers, condiment, pork spare ribs, deli potato salad, baked beans, corn chips, lemonade, chocolate milk and watermelon runs about $6 per person.

The Wisconsin Farm Bureau estimates that it would cost about $60.35 to feed 10 people during the holiday. That's $3.88 more than the price of the same goods during the summer prior to the pandemic.

Nationally, that price is closer to $59.50 or $5.95 per person, which was more than five dollars higher than in 2019. Over 160 volunteer shoppers in more than three dozens states checked retail prices for summer picnic foods to put the informal survey together.

In Wisconsin, volunteers in 26 communities conducted the survey in local grocery stores.

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