Christmas dinner cannot escape inflation, turkey and duck are expensive this year in the Netherlands

Meat on the table at Christmas dinner will be more expensive this year. But poulterers, butchers and wholesaler Sligro expect people to cut back little. Furthermore, turkeys and roe deer are scarce this year and the relatively affordable deer is popular. "The Christmas dinner cannot escape inflation either," says Wilco Jansen of Sligro. When it comes to rabbit meat, turkey and duck, for example, prices have risen sharply in recent months due to costs for feed and energy at farmers and slaughterhouses. "Fish is also more expensive due to the high fuel costs of fishermen." "For wild meat, prices are rising less rapidly," says Thomas van Meel, poulterer and game seller in Amsterdam. "Hunters don't have to deal with feed or stables, so those costs hardly go up. Where a deer steak was always more expensive than tournedos, they are now just as expensive. That makes venison extra popular." In addition to inflation, there are other challenges that put some pressure on the presence of meat ...