With the calendar closing in on Thanksgiving Day, retailers are preparing to help hosts and home cooks get all the grocery essentials planned ahead for the food-centric holiday.
“You’ll start to see these Thanksgiving bundles from meal delivery services, called heat and eat deals, that will include turkey, stuffing, and potatoes and gravy,” Ali Furman, a retail expert for professional services network PwC, told ABC News.
Grocery stores with deals on Thanksgiving essentials
Below, see which retailers are offering consumers meal deals and other discounts this Thanksgiving.
Walmart
Walmart says its annual Thanksgiving meal for 2025 is its best offer yet, with over 20 national and private brand items, including a Butterball turkey for 97-cents per pound.
The entire one-click basket serves 10 people, coming in at less than $40 total, according to Walmart.
“This year, we will have the best prices on this basket we’ve had since the program started [in 2022],” Walmart CEO John Furman said in an Oct. 21 interview on “Good Morning America.” “We’re down about 25% from last year — about $14 — which puts us in a position that this basket is just under $4 a person when serving 10 people.”
Walmart will offer free express delivery on the meal basket for first-time pickup and delivery customers.
Aldi
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ALDI
Aldi announced a $40 dollar Thanksgiving meal to feed 10 people, a seven dollar price drop from a similar deal last year.
BJ’s Wholesale
BJ’s Wholesale confirmed to ABC News that its annual free turkey promo will be returning this season. Members who spend $150 or more on all the Thanksgiving fixings can get a free Butterball turkey — fresh or frozen — with their purchases.
Costco
Costco has begun pre-orders for its Complete Gourmet Thanksgiving Turkey Dinner that serves eight people for $25 each, when members use the current manufacturer’s discount online.
The entire meal includes a 5-pound Amish-raised, free range turkey breast; mashed potatoes; green bean casserole; mac and cheese; stuffing; sweet corn; a whole pumpkin pie; apple cobbler; cranberry relish; turkey gravy; and dinner rolls.
What to know about 2025 Thanksgiving turkey, grocery prices
Wholesale turkey prices are forecasted to rise by 40% this holiday, which the American Farm Bureau Federation said in a new report is due to both “economic factors” and “disease challenges.”
“Overall, grocery bills are up. Just the price of meat is up, the price of other commodities are up — this is why retailers are putting promotions on for Thanksgiving staples earlier than they typically would,” Furman explained, adding it will “help people spread out that spend.”
