Where to Find Free & Cheap Thanksgiving Turkeys in 2024

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 SNAP-eligible users. This year’s bundle is valued between $25 and $27 in cash-back rewards when all eligible items are purchased. Existing Ibotta users will score $20 or more for redeeming a select number of offers. The dollar amount and offer will vary by account. The lowest tier is $20 cash back when redeeming any 25 offers. Once you’ve completed that Thanksgiving bonus, you’ll unlock some bonus freebies!

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 2023

• ACME – Spend $300 or more on groceries before 11/23 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!
• BJ’s Wholesale – Through 11/14, you could 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 11/16 and 11/27.
• Butcherbox – Score a free 10-14lb turkey ($39 value) or ham in your first box when you start a new subscription! You can also score $20 off and switch the free turkey for a free ham or 5lb of turkey breast.
• Foodtown – Spend $400 or more on groceries before 11/28 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!
• Giant Foods – 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 frozen Shady Brook Farms Turkey (max. 20 lbs.) or $1.00/lb. off the price of any other turkey (max. 20 lbs.).
• H-E-B – Score a free RiverSide Grade A Turkey with purchase of Riverside ham. Limit 1. This ends 11/12 and we’re not sure yet if it will be in next week’s ad.
• Randall’s – Just4U Rewards members can clip a digital coupon to score a free Signature Farms 12lb+ Whole Frozen Turkey when they spend more than $75 in any transaction. They also have full prepared meals available from $69.99!
• Rouse’s Market – Purchase a Hormel Cure 81 Ham, get a free Butterball Grade A Turkey (up to 14lbs)
• Safeway – Just4U Rewards members can clip a digital coupon to score a free Signature Farms 20-24lb Whole Frozen Turkey when they spend more than $150 in any transaction.
• ShopRite – Spend $400 or more on groceries before 11/28 and score a free turkey, chicken, ham, or Gardein plant-based roast! 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 $350 spend amount, you’ll score the free item of your choice!
• Tom Thumb – Last year, Just4U Rewards members could clip a digital coupon to score a free Signature Farms 20-24lb Whole Frozen Turkey when they spent more than $75 in any transaction. We’re not seeing a current offer from them, but we’ll be on the lookout.
• 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 Monday, November 18th, score a Free Turkey with $125 purchase! Grab a frozen Grade A turkey (marked displays only, of Honeysuckle White or Jennie-O) turkey when you’re shopping November 18th – November 27th, spend $125 on groceries (price of turkey not included in $125 total) & get the turkey FREE!

Grocery Stores Offering Cheap Thanksgiving Turkeys in 2023

• Albertson’s – Currently, Albertson’s is offering their Signature Farms or Jennie O Turkeys for $1.29/lb
• ALDI – This holiday season, ALDI is offering its lowest-priced Thanksgiving basket in five years – a full meal for 10 people at less than $47. You can even order their Thanksgiving Feast for 10 right from Instacart!
• Harris Teeter – Currently, you can score a turkey for as low as $0.29/lb.
• HEB – Score turkeys for as low as 88¢/lb!
• Kroger – Kroger currently has turkeys as low as $0.99/lb. Make sure to watch for their weekend freebies too! You can also score an entire Thanksgiving meal from Home Chef via Kroger for as low as $75. Just order at the deli.
• LIDL – LIDL has a Thanksgiving bundle of 21 items for just $45! This bundle will feed up to 10 people and is available through November 27th. You can also score turkeys for as low as 39¢/lb.
• Meijer – Meijer currently has turkeys as low as $0.49/lb.
• Publix – Publix has entire Thanksgiving meals priced as low as $49.99.
• Safeway Stores – Currently, Safeway has turkeys as low as $0.87/lb!
• Sam’s Club – Like Costco, Sam’s Club offers a whole Thanksgiving feast that serves 10 for just $100! It’s all fully prepared too; you just heat and eat!
• Shaw’s – Score turkey for as low as $1.49/lb currently. They are also matching competitor’s prices on turkeys. Just present the current competitor’s ad at the time of purchase, and they’ll give you the lower price.
• 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!
• Walmart – As of November 1st, Walmart dropped prices on tons of customers’ Thanksgiving favorites to pre-2022 prices! These savings include turkey (just 88¢/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 $7 per person too! 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. One local barbecue restaurant here in North Texas is giving away full dinners to 150 families in need.

Skip the shopping and get a feast delivered to your door! 

Right now, you can get one of the most affordable meal delivery kits delivered to you for 50% off your first box! This EveryPlate deal is hot so make sure and take advantage of it today.

Just use our link to see the price drop! Everyplate is one that everyone loves because the meals are pretty simple to make and the prices are great.

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