Hi, I'm Dan Pramak and welcome to Axios Recap, presented by Facebook.

Today's Tuesday, November 24th.

TSA checkpoint numbers are way up from last month, but still way down from last year, and

we're talking Turkey with the CEO of Butterball.

Americans are now just days away from a Thanksgiving like no other, with national, state,

and local public health officials recommending that we not travel to visit family, even if it's

a car ride, just a few towns over.

According to an Axios-Ipsos coronavirus survey, 61% of Americans have in some way altered their plans,

with 29% limiting their gatherings to just those within their immediate households.

But no matter the guest list, Thanksgiving dinner is going to happen, as another survey suggests that 90% of Americans expect to baste, boil, and bake on Thursday.

And yeah, that means turkey.

Lots of it.

Maybe the birds will be a little smaller than before, maybe a few fewer turduckins, but still turkey,

likely cooked by a lot of folks who've never cooked them before.

According to the National Turkey Federation, Americans consumed 5.3 billion pounds of turkey

last year.

That's 16 pounds for each of us.

And during Thanksgiving, one out of every three turkey sold are produced by Butterball, a division of the Seaboard Corporation.

So in 15 seconds, we'll talk to Butterball CEO about what people are buying this year, what they're asking

the Turkey talk line, and how the pandemic has changed his business. But first, this.

We're joined now by Butterball President and CEO Jay J. Jandran, who is an 18-year veteran

of the company.

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