Plans for Thanksgiving Dinner? Technomic Reports Latest Consumer Findings.

CHICAGO -- Recent consumer research conducted by Technomic found that consumers are evenly split on where they plan to eat Thanksgiving dinner this year: 41 percent will enjoy the annual feast at home, whereas 43 percent will dine at a relative's house. Only 4 percent will have Thanksgiving dinner at a friend's home and 2 percent will go to a restaurant. Five percent aren't making any Thanksgiving dinner plans.

Even though roughly half the respondents say they always have a traditional baked turkey dinner, nontraditional meals are also popular. Thirty-seven percent of…