How to Get a Full Thanksgiving Feast for $40 This Year

(Mix 93-1) Thinking about Thanksgiving, I can smell Thanksgiving lunch being cooked in my grandparents' home as I write this up. Every year, we’d travel to their house near Corsicana, Texas, to meet my aunts, uncles, and countless cousins for a Thanksgiving feast. My grandfather always carved up the biggest turkey the store had, while my grandmother made the dressing, whipped up the mashed potatoes, green bean casserole, and countless desserts, while other family members brought the other sides to complete the meal.

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The food was always excellent, and there was plenty left over for snacking while watching the Dallas Cowboys game on TV later that afternoon. For a number of reasons, some of them obvious, I miss those days. We all have fond memories of Thanksgiving, and I hope yours are just as memorable.

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Rising Food Costs Challenge Holiday Meals

Today, inflation and food costs are on everyone's mind, and many people are wondering if they'll be able to afford to prepare and serve a traditional Thanksgiving meal. Local grocery stores have stepped up in years past to offer some kind of bundle deal, making serving a Thanksgiving meal possible and affordable for all families.

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Aldi’s $40 Meal Deal Returns for 2025

Aldi is bringing back their family Thanksgiving meal that serves 10 people for only $40. That's a 14-pound turkey and all the ingredients for nine side dishes, including dessert, for $4 per person. Rolls, cranberry sauce, macaroni and cheese, stuffing, mashed potatoes and gravy, sweet potato casserole, green bean casserole, and pumpkin pie will adorn your table along with that lean turkey as the centerpiece with this Thanksgiving meal.

Other local stores like Super 1 Foods, Walmart Neighborhood Market, Kroger, Brookshire's, and others could have their own Thanksgiving bundle meal available soon.