Some people love to use Thanksgiving as an excuse to cosplay as Martha Stewart, with homemade stuffing, mashed potatoes, roasted turkey, and everything else. But not everyone wants to spend the day over the stove. There’s football to watch, after all.
Fortunately, stores like Target, Walmart, Aldi, Lidl, Sam’s Club, and more have a solution: Thanksgiving meal kits that simplify the entire cooking process. But which store has the best deal this year? Let’s unpack all the major Thanksgiving meal deals together, shall we?
Target
Target’s Thanksgiving meal is arguably the best deal you’ll find this holiday season. And while it’s always been affordable, it’s $5 cheaper this year for the same quality and quantity. Here’s everything you get in the kit, which feeds four people for just $20:
- Good & Gather Frozen Premium Basted Young Turkey—up to 10 lbs
- Good & Gather Russet Potatoes—5 lbs
- Del Monte Cut Green Beans—14.5 oz.
- Campbell’s Cream of Mushroom Soup—10.5 oz.
- Ocean Spray Jellied Cranberry Sauce—14 oz.
- Stove Top Turkey Stuffing Mix—6 oz.
- Heinz Home Style Roasted Turkey Gravy—12 oz.
Walmart
When you break down the cost of Walmart’s $52 Thanksgiving meal kit, it’s less than $7 a person. The retailer’s “inflation-free” dinner features 29 items and serves up to eight people.
You’ll get a 16-pound frozen turkey, Hawaiian rolls, sweet corn, cranberry sauce, a corn muffin mix, potatoes, and the ingredients for green bean casserole, mashed potatoes, sweet potato casserole, and pumpkin pie.
Aldi
Aldi’s take on Thanksgiving dinner is also the cheapest it’s been in years. However, it will require a bit more work than other options—meaning, yes, you have to mix some ingredients.
The $47 meal feeds 10 people, and you’ll get a turkey, cranberry sauce, stuffing mix, rolls, mac and cheese, gravy mix, and the ingredients to make mashed potatoes, sweet potato casserole, green bean casserole, and pumpkin pie. This option is for the amateur chef that wants to do some cooking, but without too much pressure of from-scratch recipes.
Sam’s Club
The Thanksgiving meal from Sam’s Club is a little pricier than its competitors’, and it serves up to 10 people. If you’re planning a big holiday get-together, this just might be the best pick. For $100, you’ll get a smoked turkey, dinner rolls, Mac and cheese, mashed potatoes, a pumpkin pie, Brussel sprouts, a cranberry crunch salad, and sweet potato mash. It definitely has more variety than the other options, too!
Costco
Costco’s Fortune Gourmet Thanksgiving Turkey Dinner serves eight people and costs $180 with a $50 manufacturer’s coupon. It’s available for pre-order and includes 5-pound all-natural, ABF, free range, Amish-raised turkey breast, two pounds of mashed potatoes, two pounds of mac & cheese, two pounds of green bean casserole, two pounds of sweet corn, two pounds of stuffing, and gourmet dinner rolls. It even includes dessert: Apple Cobbler and Cranberry Pie.
Lidl
Lidl’s 10-person $45 kit—which comes out to just $4.50 a person—has turkey, stuffing, gravy, rolls, mac and cheese, and the ingredients for mashed potatoes, sweet potato casserole, green bean casserole, and pumpkin pie.
Megan Schaltegger is an NYC-based writer. She loves strong coffee, eating her way through the Manhattan food scene, and her dog, Murray. She promises not to talk about herself in third person IRL.
