Best Turkey Prices at the Grocery Store (2026)
Updated November 3, 2026. Stores are still releasing their Thanksgiving prices, so check back often.
The best turkey prices so far for Thanksgiving 2026 are Target's Good & Gather turkey at $0.79 per pound and Walmart's Shady Brook Farms turkey at $0.84 per pound, with no extra purchase required. Walmart also has Butterball for $0.97 per pound. If you spend enough at BJ's, Giant Eagle or ShopRite, you can get a turkey free. And Lidl, Aldi and Walmart are selling complete Thanksgiving dinners for 10 for under $40.
Here are the best 2026 turkey prices we've found by store, plus last year's prices for stores that haven't announced their 2026 deals yet.
Best Turkey Prices for 2026 at a Glance
Prices and offers vary by region and change often. Check your store's weekly ad or app before you go.
| Store | 2026 turkey price | Requirements |
|---|---|---|
| Target | $0.79/lb (Good & Gather) | None |
| Walmart | $0.84/lb (Shady Brook Farms); $0.97/lb (Butterball) | None |
| Kroger | $1.28/lb (Butterball) | Kroger card, limit 2 |
| Meijer | $1.29/lb (Butterball) | Limit 2 |
Free Turkey Deals for 2026
| Store | How to get a free turkey | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| BJ's Wholesale Club | Spend $150 in one transaction for a free Butterball (up to $25) | Spend Oct 31–Nov 9; claim by Nov 25 |
| Giant Eagle | Spend $350 with myPerks | Earn Oct 15–Nov 8; redeem by Nov 30 |
| ShopRite | Spend $400 on your Price Plus card for a free Bowl & Basket turkey | Oct 25–Nov 26 |
| Ibotta | 100% cash back on any brand of turkey after completing your app bonus | Oct 15–Nov 26 |
More stores, like WinCo, Weis and H-E-B, usually announce free turkey offers in November. See all the options in our guide to getting a free Thanksgiving turkey.
Cheapest Thanksgiving Meal Deals for 2026
| Store | Price | Serves |
|---|---|---|
| Target | $30 | 6 |
| Walmart | About $35 | 10 |
| Lidl | $35.86 (Lidl Plus, Nov 11–25) | Up to 10 |
| Aldi | Under $39 | 10 |
| Wegmans | Under $5 per person (about $40) | 8 |
| Sam's Club | $160 | 16 |
| Costco | $199.99 | About 8 |
Not sure if a price is a deal? Check our guide to what's a good price for a turkey.
Turkey Prices by Store
Stores are listed alphabetically. Prices marked 2026 are this year's; the rest are last year's deals until the store announces its 2026 price.
Acme Turkey Price
2026 price not announced yet. Last year (2025): Acme had frozen turkeys for $0.99 per pound while supplies last. Check weekly fliers for updates.
Albertsons Turkey Price
2026 price not announced yet. Last year (2025): Safeway and Albertsons offered $0.39 per pound Butterball using the digital coupon.
Holiday meals: In 2025, Albertsons is offering a turkey dinner for $85.99.
Here’s what’s included: Fully Cooked Turkey, Cornbread Dressing, Mashed Potatoes, Cranberry Relish, Giblet Gravy, serves 8-10.
If you live in another region, do take a peek at your ad first! You might find your store is running another deal.
Aldi Turkey Price
2026: Aldi's Thanksgiving meal deal is back, feeding 10 people for under $39, including a 16-pound whole turkey, stuffing ingredients and dinner rolls, according to Scary Mommy. Aldi hasn't posted a separate per-pound turkey price for 2026 yet.
Last year (2025): Aldi sold Jennie-O turkeys for $0.77 per pound with no extra purchase required.
Amazon Fresh Turkey Price
2026 price not announced yet. Last year (2025): Running out of time? Amazon Fresh will help you stock up on everything you need for your Thanksgiving dinner at reasonable prices, too!
If you want to pick up your frozen turkey now, you can get a Butterball frozen turkey for $6.90 (10-12 lbs.) *Price listed as of November 11th. . That works out to as low as $0.69 per pound. *Make sure to check regularly due to price fluctuation by location.
BJ’s Wholesale Club Turkey Price
2026: Spend $150 or more in one transaction from October 31 to November 9 and BJ's will send you a coupon on November 14 for a free fresh or frozen Butterball turkey (worth up to $25). Claim it by November 25. BJ's membership required.
Costco Turkey Price
2026: Costco hasn't posted its 2026 fresh turkey price yet. For years it has held steady at about $0.99 per pound for fresh whole turkeys with no additional purchase, so expect something close.
Costco's Complete Gourmet Thanksgiving Turkey Dinner is $199.99 this year (down from $269.99) and serves about 8 adults. It includes turkey breast, mashed potatoes, gravy, mac and cheese, stuffing, cranberry relish, rolls, apple cobbler and pumpkin pie. Members pre-order.
Cub Foods Turkey Price
2026 price not announced yet. Last year (2025): Cub Foods had its Essential Everyday frozen turkey for $0.77 per pound, limit 2.
Last year (2025): And if you want Cub Foods to do the cooking for you, they’ll do that, too: their Traditional Turkey Dinner dinner that serves up to 10 and is priced at $159.99
It includes a 10-12 lb turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, gravy, sweet potatoes, dinner rolls, cranberry orange relish, and an apple or pumpkin pie. Make sure to also check out the weekly circular with amazing recipes.
Fareway Turkey Price
2026 price not announced yet. Last year (2025): Get a FREE Fareway Basted Young Turkey (up to 14 lb) when you purchase $75 or more from Fareway’s fresh meat counter.
If you need a larger turkey, the discount will automatically be applied at the register. Find a store near you.
Food Lion Turkey Price
2026 price not announced yet. Last year (2025): Turkey starting at $0.39 with $35 purchase. Same as last year. See terms and conditions.
Fred Meyer
2026 price not announced yet. Last year (2025): Fred Meyer had Kroger turkeys for $0.59 per pound.
The Jennie O Turkey is $1.27 with digital coupon.
Fresh Thyme Turkey Price
2026 price not announced yet. Last year (2025): Fresh Thyme had its fresh (not frozen) antibiotic-free whole turkey for $2.49 per pound while supplies last.
This price is up from last year, yet does not require other purchases.
Fresh Thyme also offers full turkey-prepared meals. Check your local store for options.
Giant Eagle Turkey Price
2026: Earn a free frozen Giant Eagle turkey when you spend $350 with myPerks from October 15 to November 8. Redeem it by November 30, or donate it to a local food bank.
Giant Turkey Price
2026 price not announced yet.
Last year (2025): Giant offered turkeys for $0.27 a pound with a $40 purchase.
Grocery Outlet Turkey Price
2026 price not announced yet. Last year (2025): Grocery Outlet gave a free turkey when you spent $125, or $9.99 when you spent $50.
You can get this coupon from their ad, which is also available on their website. Also, sign up for their email newsletter and you can get a $3 off coupon.
H-E-B Turkey Price
2026 price not announced yet. Last year (2025): H-E-B offered a free Riverside Grade A turkey (up to 12 lb) when you buy a select ham and use the in-store coupon. Limit 1 per customer. Make sure to check out HEB additional savings on sides.
It also ran a $0.98 per pound special on their Riverside Grade A Young Turkey.
Hy-Vee Turkey Price
2026 price not announced yet. Last year (2025): Hy-Vee offered a FREE Honeysuckle White Frozen Turkey (10-14 lb) with the purchase of a Hormel Cure 81 Boneless Ham (priced at $4.99 per pound). Get your meat for Thanksgiving and Christmas in one trip! Offer good through November 30th.
And of course, you can order your turkey dinner online and have Hy-Vee do the cooking for you! For 2 people or up to 12. Their Turkey Party Pleaser serves 12 and is priced at $169.99.
Kroger Turkey Price
2026: Kroger has Butterball frozen whole turkeys for $1.28 per pound with your Kroger card, limit 2.
Kroger often drops prices further closer to Thanksgiving, sometimes with a digital coupon and a minimum purchase. Last year its Kroger-brand turkey hit $0.59 per pound with a $25 purchase, so keep checking the weekly ad.
Lidl Turkey Price
2026: Lidl's Thanksgiving dinner for up to 10 people is $35.86, including a 14-pound Shady Brook Farms frozen whole turkey plus ingredients for stuffing, gravy, mashed and sweet potatoes, green beans, mac and cheese, rolls and pumpkin pie. It runs November 11–25 and requires a free Lidl Plus membership scanned at checkout.
Last year (2025): Lidl sold turkeys for $0.25 per pound with a myLidl app coupon. Watch the app for a similar 2026 coupon.
Meijer Turkey Price
2026: So far Meijer has Butterball Frozen Whole Young Turkeys for $1.29 per pound (limit 2), Meijer brand frozen whole turkeys for $2.29 per pound and Shady Brook Farms whole turkeys for $2.99 per pound.
Last year, Meijer dropped its store-brand turkey to as low as $0.32 per pound with an mPerks coupon closer to Thanksgiving, so check the mPerks app.
Pick N Save Turkey Price
2026 price not announced yet.
Last year (2025): Jennie-O (10–14 lb) turkeys were $0.99 a pound.
Make sure to check their weekly ad for weekly specials.
Pick N Save's holiday dinner was $79.99 and served 6–8.
Publix Turkey Price
2026 price not announced yet. Last year (2025): Publix offers Frozen-Breasted Young Turkey for .49 cents per pound. Same as last year.
In 2025, Publix Deli Fully Cooked Turkey Dinner starts at $10.00 per person and serves about 8. It includes a 10 lb. turkey with dressing, mashed potatoes, gravy, etc.
QFC Turkey Price
2026 price not announced yet. Last year (2025): QFC had frozen Jennie-O turkeys for $0.59 per pound with QFC card,
Safeway Turkey Price
2026 price not announced yet. Last year (2025): Safeway had turkeys for $0.39 per pound.
Plan for your feast and choose from Homestyle Turkey, Spiral Ham or Prime Rib with all the traditional sides for as little as $69.99, depending upon meat selection.
Sam’s Club Turkey Price
2026: Sam's Club hasn't posted its 2026 per-pound turkey price yet. Last year, Member's Mark frozen whole turkeys were $1.19 per pound.
Sam's Club's Thanksgiving meal is $160 for 16 people this year, with a hickory smoked turkey, boneless ham, mashed potatoes, gravy, green beans, mac and cheese, corn, rolls, a charcuterie tray and two pumpkin pies. It's available starting October 28, and members can drop some sides to lower the price.
Save A Lot Turkey Price
2026 price not announced yet. Last year (2025): Save A Lot had Honeysuckle turkeys for $0.65 per pound, limit 1. Requires $25 purchase.
Last year’s price was $1.29 per pound, but it required an additional $30 purchase.
Check for a Save A Lot store near you for current prices.
ShopRite Turkey Price
2026: Spend $400 on one Price Plus card from October 25 to November 26 to get a free Bowl & Basket frozen turkey (up to 21 pounds), or money off a Butterball or Empire turkey instead. Registers track your spending automatically, so check the bottom of your receipt to see if you've qualified.
Target Turkey Price
2026: Target has Good & Gather turkeys for $0.79 per pound.
Target's Thanksgiving meal for 6 is $30 this year, with a Butterball premium whole young turkey (up to 10 pounds), potatoes, cranberry sauce, green beans, stuffing, gravy and a baguette.
Target also tends to run grocery coupons, like $10 off $50, in November. Check your local Target weekly ad and the Target Circle app.
Trader Joe’s Turkey Price
2026 price not announced yet. Last year (2025): Trader Joe’s prices have held fairly steady from year to year.
You can buy All Natural Brined Fresh Young Turkeys (12-22 lbs) for $2.49 per pound and All Natural Glatt Kosher Fresh Young Turkeys (12-16 lbs) for $3.49 per pound. These are available starting November 14.
The price for the brined young turkeys is up $0.50 from previous years.
For more information, please visit Trader Joe’s. I consider these prices decent given that they are specialty turkeys.
Walmart Turkey Price
2026: Walmart has Shady Brook Farms frozen turkeys for $0.84 per pound and Butterball whole frozen turkeys for $0.97 per pound, two of the best no-strings prices so far this year. Shady Brook Farms No Antibiotics Ever turkeys are $2.24 per pound, and Jennie-O Oven Ready turkeys are $2.97 per pound.
Walmart's 2026 Holiday Meal Basket feeds 10 for about $35 (roughly $3.50 per person). It has 26 items, including a 10–16 pound Butterball frozen turkey and classic sides, with free Express Delivery on the online basket through November 30.
Wegmans Turkey Price
2026: Wegmans' Thanksgiving meal deal feeds 8 for under $5 per person (about $40), including a 13-pound Shady Brook Farms frozen turkey plus gravy, stuffing, vegetables, potatoes, yams, mac and cheese and a frozen pumpkin pie. Special prices run November 8–28, and turkey promotions run November 8–22.
Weis Turkey Price
2026 price not announced yet. Last year (2025): Earn 400 Weis Rewards Points for a FREE Weis Quality Frozen Turkey (Limit one per household) or a discount on other holiday favorites.
If you only earn 200 Rewards Points, you can still get a deal and pay $0.29 per pound for the same frozen turkey. Last year’s offer was $0.10 more.
Whole Foods Turkey Price
2026 price not announced yet. Last year (2025): The 365 turkey was $1.49 per pound. Whole Foods also offered Organic Frozen Whole Turkeys for $2.49 per pound.
If you want Whole Foods to do the cooking for you, they have a Classic Roast Turkey Dinner for 4 priced at $99.99, among other meal deals.
WinCo Turkey Price
2026 price not announced yet. Last year (2025): WinCo offered a free turkey with a $125 purchase from Nov 18–26. This is a Jennie-O Grade A frozen turkey (excludes premium, fresh, and Butterball). There is a limit of one per family.
Please note that brands may vary from store to store and limited to stock on hand. This is identical to their deal from the past several years. You can read more about this HERE.
And…it’s back! WinCo is once again offering their holiday dinner for $59.98 + tax! Up $10 from last year.
Here’s what’s included (serves 4 – 6):
- Butterball Whole Cooked Turkey (10-12 lb)
- Homestyle Stuffing (22 oz)
- Green Bean Casserole (22 oz)
- Creamy Mashed Potatoes (32 oz)
- Homestyle Gravy (24 oz)
- Cranberry Orange Relish (12 oz)
- 8 inch Pumpkin Pie
- 12 ct King’s Hawaiian Rolls
- Reusable WinCo Foods Bag
Winn-Dixie Turkey Price
2026 price not announced yet. Last year (2025): Winn-Dixie had Honeysuckle Grade A frozen whole turkeys for $1.49 per pound. Last year, they ran a $0.40 per pound. Keep checking their circular for specials.
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Tips for Getting the Cheapest Turkey
- Buy frozen. Frozen turkeys are almost always cheaper per pound than fresh, and most stores' loss-leader deals are on frozen birds.
- Watch the fine print. The lowest prices often require a loyalty card, a digital coupon or a minimum purchase. Factor in what you'd buy anyway.
- Shop early for the best selection, late for clearance. The best sizes sell out the week before Thanksgiving, but some stores mark turkeys down further in the final days.
- Stock up. At under $1 per pound, it's worth buying a second turkey for Christmas or to cook and freeze for meals later.
- Allow time to thaw. Plan about one day in the refrigerator for every 4 to 5 pounds of turkey.
- Stack your savings. Use a cash-back app like Ibotta on top of store deals, and see our tips on how to stack coupons.
Once your turkey's cooked, here's how to carve a turkey.
Frequently Asked Questions
Where is the cheapest turkey in 2026?
So far, Target has the lowest no-strings price at $0.79 per pound for its Good & Gather turkey, followed by Walmart at $0.84 per pound for Shady Brook Farms. More stores will announce prices through mid-November.
How much is a Butterball turkey at Walmart in 2026?
Walmart has Butterball whole frozen turkeys for $0.97 per pound.
Which stores have free turkeys for Thanksgiving 2026?
BJ's (spend $150), Giant Eagle (spend $350 with myPerks) and ShopRite (spend $400) have announced free turkey offers for 2026. Ibotta also offers 100% cash back on a turkey. WinCo, Weis, H-E-B and others usually announce their offers in November.
What's a good price for a turkey per pound?
Under $1 per pound is a good price for a frozen whole turkey, and anything under $0.50 per pound is a great deal. Fresh, organic or heritage turkeys cost more.
Is it cheaper to buy a Thanksgiving meal deal?
Often, yes. Several 2026 meal deals feed 10 people for under $40, including Walmart, Lidl and Aldi, which is hard to beat if you'd buy all those sides anyway.
Sources
- Best Turkey Prices for 2026, Passionate Penny Pincher
- 2026 Grocery Store Thanksgiving Meal Deals, Scary Mommy
- Free Thanksgiving Turkey 2026, Kickass Deal Finder
If you find a better turkey price near you, let us know!