Grocery stores are eating turkey costs this Thanksgiving.

A surge in bird flu cases has spiked wholesale turkey prices for groceries and retailers, data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture shows. But those price shocks aren’t being passed to shoppers, as USDA data shows advertised turkey prices holding steady compared with last year.

Experts say grocery stores are stomaching the increased costs in an effort to bring customers in, though turkey dinner price projections show meal prices have held steady, as well.

The increased costs can be traced to lower supply, with bird flu one of the culprits. Bird flu cases spiked among commercial poultry farms in the fall. As of October, more than 2 million turkeys have been culled this year because of exposure to flu.

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