take stew leonard's. between its four stores, the northeastern grocery chain expects to sell one million pounds of turkey from now until thanksgiving. ceo stew leonard jr says he's ok with pocketing less for the product (sot: stew leonard's jr., ceo of stew leonard's) "we want everybody to come in and buy mashed potatoes, buy gravy- we'll sell 15k quarts of gravy. obviously its more profitable than turkey" and stew leonard's isn't alone. across the u-s, many food retailers are eating the loss in favor of foot traffic. >> as the poultry industry continues to recover from the worst bird flu outbreak in u-s history, turkey supplies are expected to return to normal by next spring -- meaning next year those plump thanksgiving roasts won't likely be accompanied by this year's plump costs. mark's in now with sports - iowa going for 11-and-0. (mark) facing purdue in their home finale - and this one was never really in question for the hawkeyes. we'll take you to kinnick stadium for the highlights - coming up afte

stew leonard, jr. said he's okay with pockets less for the -- with pocketing less for the product. we want everybody to buy the we'll sell like 15,000 quarts of gravy this year already made. obviously, it's more profitable than turkey. so we want people to come in and, of course, buy their turkey and then buy the mash potato, gravy, brussle sprouts, you make more money on those than you do the turkey. >> stew leonard isn't only a, they're eating the loss in favor of traffic. as the poultry industry continues to recover from the out break, turkey supplies are expected to return to normal by next spring. next year those roasts won't likely be accompanied by this year's plump costs. >> but, of course, that hinges on the poultry industry not experiencing another outbreak which so far despite worries coming into the fall has actually been the case. >> i almost choked when i saw one of the prices that you showed. $83 for the prices that are out there. when you add all of this up, are you going to find deals or should you just kind of brace yourself? >> a lot of it depends on the type tur

experts say that's out offers to lure shoppers who take stew leonard's. between its four stores, the northeastern grocery chain expects to sell one million pounds of turkey from now until thanksgiving. ceo stew leonard jr says he's ok with pocketing less for the product "we want everybody to come in and buy mashed potatoes, buy gravy- we'll sell 15k quarts of gravy. obviously its more profitable than turkey" and stew leonard's isn't alone. across the u-s, many food retailers are eating the loss in favor of foot traffic. to recover from the worst bird flu outbreak in u-s history. but there's good news for next year -- as turkey supplies are expected to return to normal by the spring. speaking of turkey... that will be howard's focus in the mister food test kitchen today... as we'll learn a roasted turkey recipe that'll make your bird the talk of the table! but first, a look at your latest numbers from wall street and the thanksgiving's just around the corner, which means you'll probably be picking up your turkey in the next couple of if you're looking for

stew leonard jr.he's okay with pocketing less for the product. >> we want everybody to come in and buy the mashed potatoes, gravy. we'll sell 15,000 quarts of gravy this year already made. obviously it's more profitable than turkey so we want people to come in and of course buy their turkey, and then buy the mashed potatoes, gravy, brussel sprouts. you make more money on those than the turkey. >> stew leonards isn't alone. across the u.s. many food retailers are eating loss in favor of foot traffic. as the poultry industry continues to recover from the worst bird flew outbreak in history, turkey supplies are expected to return to normal by next spring, meaning next year those plump thanksgiving roests won't likely be accompanied by this year's plump costs but, of course, that hinges on the poultry industry not experiencing another debilitating outbreak of avian influenza which despite so far coming into the fall has been the case. >> i almost choked when i saw one of the prices you showed. $83 for the

ceo stew leonard jr. says he's okay with pocketing less for the product. >> we want everybody to come in and buy mashed potatoes. we want everybody to buy the gravy. we'll sell like 15,000 quarts of gravy this year, already made. obviously, it's more profitable than turkey. so, we want people to come in, and of course, buy their turkey, and then buy the mashed potato, gravies, brussel sprouts. you make more money on those than the turkey. >> reporter: and stew lenors isn't alone. many are eating less for foot traffic. as we recover from the worst bird flu outbreak in history, turkey supplies are expected to return to normal by next spring, meaning next year, the roast won't likely be accompanied by this year's plump costs. for "nightly business report," i'm morgan brennan in yonkers, new york. >> look at the size of those turkeys! >> those are big birds. >> how many people are coming to dinner? >> lots. >> lots, yeah, exactly. that does it for "nightly business report" for tonight. i'm sue herera. thanks