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Grocery chains vie for a place on Thanksgiving tables with turkey dinner deals
Channel 3000 News/CNN ^ | November 19, 2024 | CNN Staff

Posted on 11/19/2024 6:45:54 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin

With Thanksgiving less than two weeks away, Walmart, Target, Aldi and other grocers are competing for a place on holiday tables with turkey dinner deals and other promotions to tempt Americans who haven't recovered from recent food price inflation.

Walmart, the nation's largest food retailer, first bundled the makings of a traditional turkey feast into a meal deal three years ago. This year, the 29-item offer, which includes a frozen turkey and ingredients for side dishes, costs less than $55 and is intended to serve eight. That calculates to less than $7 per person.

Target's version for four people costs $20, $5 less than the company's 2023 Thanksgiving meal, and includes a frozen turkey, stuffing mix and canned green beans and canned jellied cranberry sauce. Aldi's offers a frozen Butterball turkey with gravy mix as well as pumpkin ingredients for pumpkin pie and ingredients for side dishes like sweet potato casserole. The German-owned supermarket chain priced it for $47 and said that was less than it charged for the same items in 2019.

Target's version for four people costs $20, $5 less than the company's 2023 Thanksgiving meal, and includes a frozen turkey, stuffing mix and canned green beans and canned jellied cranberry sauce. Aldi's offers a frozen Butterball turkey with gravy mix as well as pumpkin ingredients for pumpkin pie and ingredients for side dishes like sweet potato casserole. The German-owned supermarket chain priced it for $47 and said that was less than it charged for the same items in 2019.

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TOPICS: Agriculture; Business/Economy; Food
KEYWORDS: business; food; groceries; thanksgiving
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NOTE: A 15-item Thanksgiving meal costs an average of $65.51 this year, down nearly 3% from last year but 42% higher overall than in 2019, market research firm Datasembly said. For example, a 12-ounce can of jellied cranberry sauce averaged $2.89, which is 1% lower than a year ago but still 90% higher compared with 2019.

Inflation? WHAT inflation? Right, Kamala? LOL! And you thought we were dolts.

1 posted on 11/19/2024 6:45:54 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Kroger is offering a prime rib dinner that feeds 6-8 for $100, about what it costs to get one Thanksgiving buffet meal at a high end restaurant.


2 posted on 11/19/2024 6:50:11 AM PST by be-baw
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Now that we are empty nesters, Golden Corral here we come!.........


3 posted on 11/19/2024 6:52:44 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: Red Badger

Golden Corral? Lol.


4 posted on 11/19/2024 7:02:31 AM PST by Tommy Revolts (,,)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin
A Turkey dinner goes a loooooong way...

over the next couple day, there's Turkey sandwiches and sliced Turkey with gravy and a side of mashed potatoes for snacks....and then you take the carcass and make soup....Alas....there is never left over stuffing...ao I buy a boxed one...in case the desire becomes overwhelming.

5 posted on 11/19/2024 7:03:16 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: Red Badger

The only time we went out to dinner for Thanksgiving was when I was very pregnant with our third child, just days away from delivering our baby. It wasn’t Golden Corral, but it was nice not to cook that time. The other two kids (2-1/2 and 4-1/2) behaved so well that they were complimented by other patrons and the wait staff. We had no family around, though Mom and Dad came to help after the youngest was delivered. Those were the days!


6 posted on 11/19/2024 7:06:51 AM PST by FamiliarFace (I got my own way of livin' But everything gets done With a southern accent Where I come from. TPetty)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

I wait for Kroger to put out the fresh turkeys a couple of days before Thanksgiving. Then I buy the smallest one maybe 12-13 lbs. It gets eaten up on the day and I don’t have to fool with leftovers.


7 posted on 11/19/2024 7:09:10 AM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: Sacajaweau

I never throw away the Turkey carcass. I like to make a stock from it that I use for one hec of a Turkey noodle soup.


8 posted on 11/19/2024 7:12:10 AM PST by Tommy Revolts (,,)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Don’t forget to send the leftover, leftovers to your liberal family members who didn’t want to partake in the American Family Thanksgiving Day celebration because they got their embarrassed asses whooped in the recent election.


9 posted on 11/19/2024 7:18:55 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (Let's Go Brandon! FCS (Schumer))
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To: Sacajaweau; Red Badger; FRiends

I like Thanksgiving Leftovers even better than the original meal!

I am hosting Thanksgiving this year for 10-12 of us. This is going to be the CHEAPEST Thanksgiving on record.

Roast Turkey Breast - $6 on sale at Piggly Wiggly (It looks like one HUGE turkey when frozen, but it’s two whole breasts. Oven-roasted ahead of time, sliced and into a crock pot with gravy (2 packs for 49-cents, each)

Appetizers - $ 0 Mom and 1 guest is bringing this

Roasted Butternut Squash - $0 - grew it myself

Garlic Mashers - $0 - neighbor gave me two 5 gallon buckets of Red Norland potatoes

Stuffing - Boxed, ‘The Fam’ demands it (3 boxes, 98-cents each)

Cranberry Sauce - Mom is making this

Jello Salad - Mom is making this

Green Vegetable - a guest is bringing this - no idea which veg she’ll bring, but she’s a good cook!

Relish Plate - Sis is in charge of this

Sweet Potato Pie - FREE! Our Food Pantry is connected to our Thrift Shop, so if you’re shopping there, they have a huge spread of extra foodstuffs they’re trying to unload, too. It’s in the freezer - got it two weeks ago. It’s HUGE!

Whipped Cream for the pie - guest is bringing this

Skipping the Dinner Rolls in lieu of Stuffing

Milk - $3.09 for a gallon

Wine - 2 boxes (red or white) leftover from a summer family party at the lake ($5.00)

Ice Water - FREE

Looks like I can bring it in for under $20.00 for a dozen of us. Beat THAT, Walmart! ;)


10 posted on 11/19/2024 7:20:12 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
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To: FamiliarFace

On Thanksgiving Day about 30 years ago, I had to drive from my home in Tucson back to my job in southern Sonora, about an eight-hour trip. I got a turkey sandwich at the gas station before I left, and somewhere south of Hermosillo I put Alice’s Restaurant in the cassette deck, unwrapped the sandwich, and had Thanksgiving dinner on the road. That covered the minimum requirements for Thanksgiving, without having to socialize.


11 posted on 11/19/2024 7:31:59 AM PST by HartleyMBaldwin
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Can you handle one more? I’ll bring the $20.


12 posted on 11/19/2024 7:34:03 AM PST by BlackbirdSST (Trump or Bust! Long live the Republic.)
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To: Tommy Revolts

I have a bad memory of turkey noodle soup so I make chicken noodle soup using turkey and it’s great.


13 posted on 11/19/2024 7:36:21 AM PST by bigbob (Yes. We ARE going back!)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

THanksgiving is a mugs game. It serves only to give the retailers something to be Thankful for.

Celebrate Thanksgiving with a bologna sandwich and a moon pie.


14 posted on 11/19/2024 7:40:25 AM PST by Rich21IE
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To: HartleyMBaldwin

You can have anything you want at Alice’s restaurant!

Great story!


15 posted on 11/19/2024 7:41:09 AM PST by FamiliarFace (I got my own way of livin' But everything gets done With a southern accent Where I come from. TPetty)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

We will be going to my MIL’s house for most of the week of Thanksgiving. It will be just the three of us this year. She’s 96 and in decent shape though she has macular degeneration. Feisty lady and pleasant to be with.

I’ll be making a sweet potato dish with apples, pecans, and cranberries. We will roast a turkey breast also. Green beans almondine, homemade stuffing, homemade gravy, and a salad will round things out. Maybe I’ll make focaccia but I haven’t decided on the bread yet.

MIL still has a great appetite. She still eats 3 meals a day (we don’t) and a glass of whole milk. She may live to be 100 at this rate.


16 posted on 11/19/2024 7:51:55 AM PST by FamiliarFace (I got my own way of livin' But everything gets done With a southern accent Where I come from. TPetty)
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To: Georgia Girl 2

Sliced turkey sandwich out of the fridge with mayo the next day is even better than the turkey on Thanksgiving....


17 posted on 11/19/2024 7:54:54 AM PST by JBW1949 (I'm really PC.....Patriotically Correct)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Awesome!!


18 posted on 11/19/2024 9:24:41 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: BlackbirdSST

All FReepers are welcome at my table. :)


19 posted on 11/19/2024 9:41:51 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

FWIW, Publix has whole frozen turkeys on sale here in Southwest Florida at $1.19/lb.


20 posted on 11/19/2024 9:47:15 AM PST by Lizavetta
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