Highlights
- Chicken and sausage gumbo with breasts costs $29.99 in Lafayette, down 1 cent from October
- Chicken thigh gumbo increased to $33.24, up 24 cents from last month
- Seafood gumbo climbed to $58.95, up 55 cents from October, driven by crawfish and shrimp increases
- Louisiana shrimpers face crisis-level dock prices as low as $0.40-$1.60 per pound, while retail stays at $6-$9
- Vegetables are seeing modest increases, while rice and chicken breast prices hold steady or decline slightly
November 2025 Gumbo Inflation Index: What Does It Cost to Make Gumbo in South Louisiana Right Now?
With gumbo season in full swing across Acadiana, Lafayette families want to know: what’s the damage going to be when I pull out my cast iron pot this November?
LAFAYETTE, La. (KPEL News) — The temperatures dropped into the 50s last week, and you know what that means across south Louisiana: Gumbo pots came out of storage, cast iron skillets hit the stovetops, and the smell of roux started drifting through our neighborhoods.
But with everything happening in the world right now, the biggest question is this: how much is this pot of gumbo actually going to cost me?…