Feast without Fuss: Find Free/Cheap Thanksgiving Turkeys!
Grocery prices have taken a detour to the stratosphere so the big question for this Thanksgiving is how can we feast without financial ‘fowl’ 🦃 play?
Fear not, savvy feast organizers – we’ve compiled several lists below to help you gobble up those savings and make this Thanksgiving feast one for the wallet-friendly history books!
Ibotta offers a Thanksgiving bonus!
Ibotta is offering FREE Thanksgiving dinners to new Ibotta members and members who refer new sign-ups. This year’s bundle is valued at $23 in cash-back rewards when all eligible items are purchased. Freebies will include a turkey roast, mashed potatoes, brown gravy, Edward’s Pie, and more!
We’ve got the full details here on how to score this dinner completely free after Ibotta cashback!
Grocery Stores Offering a Free Thanksgiving Turkey in 2025
- ACME – Spend $300 or more on groceries before 11/27 and score a free turkey! Just clip the free turkey digital coupon in your account, then make sure to enter your account/phone number every time you shop and it will track your spending. Once you’ve reached the $300 spend amount, you’ll score that free turkey!
- Albertson’s – Score a free Signature Select Whole turkey when you spend $100 or more in one transaction.
- BJ’s Wholesale – Through November 10th, spend $150 or more in one transaction and get a digital coupon for a free Butterball whole turkey (fresh or frozen) with a value of up to $25. Redeem your free turkey coupon between 11/15 and 11/26.
- Foodtown – Spend $400 or more on groceries before 11/27 and score a free turkey or a $10 Foodtown gift card! Just make sure to enter your account/phone number every time you shop and it will track your spending. Once you’ve reached the $400 spend amount, you’ll score the freebie of your choice! Limit one freebie per family.
- Giant Eagle – Spend $350 or more on groceries before 11/9 and earn a free Small GE Frozen Turkey (8-15.99 lbs) OR Large GE Frozen Turkey (16 lbs+)! Redeem your reward by 11/30.
- Giant Foods – Spend $400 or more on groceries to earn at least 400 points on your Rewards card. Redeem offer for your free turkey in store or online, 11/14–11/27.
- H-E-B – Score a free RiverSide Grade A Turkey with purchase of Riverside ham. Limit 1. This offer ends 11/11 and may continue into the next week’s ad.
- HyVee – Score a free HoneySuckle White Turkey when you purchase a Hormel Cure 81 Classic Boneless Ham. Hyvee is also offering Thanksgiving meal packages for as low as $30! They even have a gluten-free option for $50!
- Price Chopper – Score a free Best Choice Frozen Turkey or Price Chopper’s Smoked Ham worth up to $25 with redemption of 1200 points. If your ham or turkey is over $25, you’ll get the full $25 off your total.
- Rouse’s Market – Purchase a Hormel Cure 81 Ham, get a free Butterball Grade A Turkey (up to 14lbs)
- ShopRite – Spend $400 or more on groceries before 11/27 and score a free turkey, chicken, ham, Gardein plant-based roast, or Stouffer’s Vegetarian Lasagna! Just clip the digital coupon in your account, then make sure to enter your account/phone number every time you shop and it will track your spending. Once you’ve reached the $400 spend amount, you’ll score the free item of your choice!
- Weis – Spend $400 or more on groceries to earn at least 400 points on your Rewards card. You can then redeem that 400 points for a free turkey, ham, Tofurkey Roast, or salmon!
- Winco – Starting Wednesday, November 19th, score a Free Turkey with $125 purchase! Grab a Frozen Honeysuckle White, Northern Pride, or Jennie-O Grade A turkeys only. Excludes Butterball. Limited to stock on hand, while supplies last. Limit 1 per family.
Grocery Stores Offering Cheap Thanksgiving Turkeys in 2024
- Albertson’s – Currently, Albertson’s is offering their Signature Farms Turkeys for $0.59/lb w/ $50 additional purchase
- ALDI – Turkeys start at 77¢/lb. Plus, ALDI is offering its lowest-priced Thanksgiving basket in five years – a full meal for 10 people for $40. You can even order their Thanksgiving Feast for 10 right from Instacart!
- Harris Teeter – Currently, you can score a turkey for as low as $0.99/lb.
- HEB – Score turkeys for as low as 84¢/lb!
- HyVee – Score complete Thanksgiving family meals for as low as $39! They also have turkey for as low as $1.39/lb.
- Kroger – Kroger currently has turkeys as low as $0.89/lb. You can also score an entire Thanksgiving meal from Home Chef via Kroger for as low as $75.
- LIDL – LIDL has all the Thanksgiving essentials you need to feed 10 people for just $36! You can also score turkeys for as low as 25¢/lb with the digital coupon.
- Meijer – Meijer currently has turkeys as low as $1/lb.
- Publix – Publix has entire Thanksgiving meals priced as low as $49.99. You can also score turkey for just 49¢/lb!
- Randalls – Turkeys start at 55¢/lb right now. You can also save $30 off your first $75 grocery pick-up order with code: SAVE30. Randalls also has complete homestyle turkey dinners for as low as $69.99!
- Safeway Stores – Currently, Safeway has turkeys as low as $0.39/lb! Save $30 off your first $75 grocery pick-up order with code: SAVE30. You can also order fully prepared meals for as low as $79.99.
- Sam’s Club – Sam’s Club offers a whole Thanksgiving feast that serves 10 for under $100! It’s all fully prepared too; you just heat and eat!
- Score a Turkey for as little as $2.xx now through 11/26 at participating locations.
- Shaw’s – Score turkey for as low as $0.47/lb with any $25 purchase. You can also save $30 off your first $75 grocery pick-up order with code: SAVE30.
- Target – You can score a whole Thanksgiving dinner for $20 at Target. Last year, they even offered a $10 off $50 grocery offer to sweeten the deal so keep an eye out for that!
- Tom Thumb – Turkeys start at 55¢/lb right now. Plus, they have complete homestyle turkey dinners for as low as $69.99!
- Walmart – Walmart has made it easy to score all you need for a Thanksgiving meal for 10 people for $40! These savings include turkey (just 97¢/lb!), ham, stuffing, pumpkin pie, and tons of nationally branded items. They’ve made it easy to order a meal that will feed everyone for less than $4 per person! Add all to cart with just one button here!
FREE Thanksgiving Meals to Families in Need
For those who need a little extra help this year, there are resources that provide the entire family meal for free. Your best bet is to start here at FeedingAmerica.org and enter your zip code. That will pull up a list of local resources.
If you’re not having luck with food banks, check with local churches. While they may not have anything available at their facility, they usually can point you in the right direction to resources.
Make sure to check local Facebook pages too! You might be surprised how generous local restaurants are!
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