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With prices for everyday essentials like groceries still stubbornly high, major retail stores are aiming to meet consumers’ needs this holiday season with Thanksgiving meal deals.
For families who are on a budget this year, here are some options for meal deals that offer a veritable feast for $40 or less.
Thanksgiving meal deals
Walmart meal basket (Feeds eight)
Price: $35
What’s included:
- Butterball turkey
- Stove Tops stuffing
- Cranberry sauce
- Mashed potatoes
- Gravy
- Green bean casserole
- Dinner rolls
- Sweet potato casserole
- Pumpkin pie
Lidl’s Thanksgiving basket (Feeds up to 10)
Price: $34.40
What’s included:
- Shady Brook Farms Frozen Whole Turkey — 14 lb.
- Lidl 100% Pure Pumpkin
- Fresh Yellow Onions — 3 lbs.
- Fresh Pure Harvest Russet Potatoes — 5 lbs.
- Fresh Celery
- Lidl Chicken Broth
- Lidl Cream of Mushroom Condensed Soup — 2 cans
- Lidl Cut Green Beans — 2 cans
- Lidl Evaporated Milk
- Fresh Sweet Potatoes — 3 lbs.
- French’s French Fried Onions
- Lidl Original Whipped Topping
- Lidl Brown Gravy Mix — 2 packets
- Lidl Jellied Cranberry Sauce — 2 cans
- Lidl Mini Marshmallows
- Lidl Pie Crust Dough
- Lidl Hawaiian Sweet Rolls
- Lidl Poultry Seasoning
- Lidl Turkey Stuffing Mix — 2 boxes
- Fresh Peak Harvest Baby Carrots — 2 lbs.
- Lidl Macaroni & Cheese — 2 boxes
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Aldi’s Thanksgiving meal deal (Feds 10)
Price: Under $39
What’s included:
- 16-pound turkey
- Stuffing
- Sweet potatoes
- Dinner rolls
- Cranberries
- Peas
- Carrots
- Celery
- Pumpkin pie ingredients
- Milk
- Whipping cream
Target’s Thanksgiving meal deal (Feeds six)
Price: $30
What’s included:
- Butterball Premium Whole Young Turkey, up to 10 lb.
- Good & Gather Russet Potatoes, 3 lb. bag
- Ocean Spray Jellied Cranberry Sauce, 14 oz.
- Del Monte French Style Green Beans, two 14.5 oz cans
- Campbell's Condensed Cream of Mushroom Soup, 10.5 oz
- Good & Gather French Fried Onions, 6 oz
- Stove Top Stuffing Mix for Turkey, 6 oz.
- Heinz Homestyle Turkey Gravy, 12 oz.
- Favorite Day Take & Bake Baguette, two count
Wegman’s Thanksgiving meal (Feeds eight)
Price: Less than $5 per person
What’s included:
- Shady Brook Farms Frozen Turkey, 13 lbs.**
- McCormick Brown Gravy Mix, 2 count
- Stove Top Stuffing Mix Twin Pack, 12 oz.
- Wegmans Yellow Onions, 2 lb. bag
- Jiffy Corn Muffin Mix, 2 count
- Wegmans Chicken Stock, 1 count
- Wegmans Dinner Rolls, 1 count
- Wegmans Canned Corn, 2 count
- Wegmans Jellied Cranberry Sauce, 1 count
- Wegmans Cut Green Beans, 2 count
- Wegmans French Fried Onions, 1 count
- Wegmans Cream of Mushroom Soup, 2 count
- Wegmans Russet Potatoes, 5 lb. bag
- Yams, 3 lbs.
- Wegmans Macaroni & Cheese, 2 count
- Sara Lee Frozen Pumpkin Pie, 1 count
Price Chopper and Market 32 Thanksgiving feast (Feeds 10)
Price: Under $40
What’s included:
- One Grade A turkey, approximately 13.5 lbs.
- One bag Market 32 white potatoes, 5 lbs.
- One bag Market 32 sweet potatoes, 3 lbs.
- One package PICS mini marshmallows
- Two packages PICS stuffing
- Two containers PICS gravy
- Three cans PICS green beans
- One can PICS cream of mushroom soup, 10.5 oz.
- One container PICS fried onions, 4.5 oz.
- One can PICS cranberry sauce
- One package King’s Hawaiian rolls
- One package PICS pie crust
- One can PICS evaporated milk, 12 fl. oz.
- One can PICS 100% pure pumpkin, 15 oz.
The Source: Information for this article was taken from Wegman’s, Walmart, Target, Price Chopper, Aldi, and Lidl websites. This story was reported from San Jose.