Last minute Thanksgiving shopping? Here’s how prices compare at North Texas stores

Last minute shopping for Thanksgiving can be hectic, between navigating crowds and finding a good price.

Most grocery stores across Fort Worth will operate at normal hours Wednesday ahead of turkey day. Stores such as Walmart and Target, however, will be closed on Thanksgiving Day.

The Star-Telegram has compared the prices of certain Thanksgiving items across three local grocers: Walmart, Target and Albertsons. Here’s what a basic Thanksgiving Day meal might cost.

Walmart

Here’s a few items that make up a basic Thanksgiving meal:

• Butterball frozen turkey 10-16 pounds: $18.34 or $1.28 a pound.
• Stove Top stuffing mix 6 ounce box: $1.98

• Del Monte cut green beans 14.5 ounce can: $1.00

• Sweet potatoes 3-pound bag: $2.98

• Velveeta shells and cheese 12 ounce box: $2.98

• Ocean Spray jellied cranberry sauce: $1.76

• King’s Hawaiian 12-count sweet dinner rolls: $4.68

• Pumpkin pie 10-inch: $6.42

• Pecan pie 8-inch: $5.82

• Total: $45.96

Target

Here’s a few items that make up a basic Thanksgiving meal:

• Butterball frozen turkey 10-16 pounds: $23.84 or $1.49 a pound

• Stove Top stuffing mix 6 ounce box: $2.69

• Del Monte cut green beans 14.5 ounce can: $1.59

• Sweet potatoes 3-pound bag: $2.49

• Velveeta shells and cheese 12 ounce box: $3.69

• Ocean Spray jellied cranberry sauce: $2.19

• King’s Hawaiian 12-count sweet dinner rolls: $4.99

• Rubicon Bakers pumpkin pie 8-inch: $7.99

• Heartland by Tippin’s pecan pie 8-inch: $7.99

• Total: $57.46

Albertsons

Here’s a few items that make up a basic Thanksgiving meal:

• Butterball frozen turkey 14-16 pounds: $29.85 or $1.99 a pound.

• Stove Top stuffing mix 6 ounce box: $1.99

• Del Monte cut green beans 14.5 ounce can: $1.49

• Sweet potato: $0.49 a pound or $1.47 for 3 pounds

• Velveeta shells and cheese 12 ounce box: $3.29

• Ocean Spray jellied cranberry sauce: $1.99

• King’s Hawaiian 12-count sweet dinner rolls: $4.49

• Pumpkin pie 9-inch: $11.99

• Pecan pie 8-inch: $8.99

• Total: $65.55

Brayden Garcia

Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Brayden Garcia is a service journalism reporter at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. He is part of a team of local journalists who answer reader questions and write about life in North Texas. Brayden mainly writes about weather and all things Taylor Sheridan-related.