If the thought of spending your Thanksgiving in the kitchen instead of watching holiday movies or football fills you with dread, don’t despair. Grocery stores and restaurants are happy to take care of most, if not all, the work. We did the math and found that most of these dinners work out to $7.50 to $10 per person.
Some of the more basic dinners don’t include dessert, but a few hours of baking something scrumptious might be just the recipe for getting into the holiday spirit.
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Remember, dinners typically come precooked and cold, so allow two to three hours at home for heating. Most outlets will take your orders online or by phone.
But, don’t delay. You’ll want to order sooner rather than later. Here are some options from meals for two to a full house (or to ensure plenty of leftovers).
If you know of any grocery stores or restaurants planning to offer Thanksgiving “to-go”, please drop an email to info@milehighonthecheap.com and we’ll add to the list.
King Soopers
Bone-In Roasted Turkey Meal serves 4 to 6 and costs $90. Meal includes:
- Fully cooked 10- to 12-lb. Butterball turkey
- Home Chef Green Bean Casserole
- Home Chef Maple Pecan Mashed Sweet Potatoes
- Home Chef Mashed Potatoes
- Home Chef Homestyle Stuffing
- Home Chef Turkey Gravy
- Home Chef Cranberry Sauce
Also offering a Boneless Turkey meal (serves 4-6) for $75 and a Bone-In Ham meal for $85. Order online here and choose Holiday Bundles, at the Deli Counter or call: 877-894-3707.
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Safeway
Traditional whole turkey dinner serves 6 to 8 people and costs $79.99. Includes:
- Fully cooked 10- to 12-lb. turkey
- Home-style stuffing
- Mashed potatoes
- Gravy
- Cranberry sauce
- King’s Hawaiian Rolls
Also available are a spiral ham dinner for $79.99 (serves 8 to 10) and a prime rib dinner for $99.99 (serves up to 6). Additional sides are also available.
To order: Visit the deli counter, call the order line: 888-358-7328 or order online at order-ahead.safeway.com.
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Target
Traditional whole turkey dinner (uncooked) serves 4 people. Available online and in-store for $20. True, you have to do the cooking, but this is a great deal. Meals includes:
- Good & Gather premium basted young turkey (frozen) – up to 10 lb.
- Good & Gather Russet potatoes – 5 lb.
- Good & Gather cut green beans – 14.5 oz.
- Campbell’s cream of mushroom soup – 10.5 oz.
- Ocean Spray jellied cranberry sauce – 14 oz.
- Stove Top turkey stuffing mix – 6 oz.
- Heinz HomeStyle roasted turkey gravy – 12 oz.
If you are hosting a larger gathering, simply double the list to serve 8 guests.
Order online here for easy pickup.
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Sprouts Farmers Market
Fully-cooked meal for 6 to 8 people is $69.99. Meal includes:
- Sprouts Natural, Fully Cooked Whole Turkey 11-13 lb.
- Red-skin Mashed Potatoes 28 oz.
- Homestyle Stuffing 24 oz.
- Homestyle Gravy 24 oz.
- Cranberry Sauce 14 oz.
There’s also a Boneless Turkey Breast Meal for 2 with turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing, gravy and cranberry sauce for $39.99. A Vegan Roast meal is $49.99. Order online, at any Sprouts store or call 888-5-SPROUT.
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Whole Foods Market
Classic Roasted Turkey dinner for four people starts at $99.99 and includes:
- Classic Roast Turkey
- Sea Salt & Cracked Pepper Green Beans (V)
- Creamy Mashed Potatoes
- Traditional Herb Stuffing
- Turkey Gravy
- Cranberry Orange Sauce (V)
Other options include turkey breast dinner for 4, $89.99; cider-brined smoked turkey breast dinner for 4 (with candied yams, green bean casserole, mac and cheese, cranberry-orange sauce and gravy), $119.99; vegan meal for 2, $39.99. Most of these meals can also be ordered for 8 or 12 people.
Order at your local Whole Foods or online from the website by selecting a nearby store and then go to “Meals and Catering” and select the Holiday Meals option or call 844-936-2428.
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Cracker Barrel
Source: Cracker Barrel
The Thanksgiving Heat N’ Serve Feast Comes chilled and ready to heat in 2 hours. Serves 8 to 10 and costs $184.99. Meal includes:
- 2 Oven-Roasted Turkey breasts
- Cornbread dressing
- Turkey gravy
- Cranberry relish
- Sweet Potato Casserole
- Green Beans
- Mashed Potatoes
- Sweet yeast rolls
- Pumpkin pie
- Pecan pie
The smaller Family Dinner at $119.99 serves up to 6 and includes one turkey breast, dressing, gravy, cranberry relish, sweet potato, casserole, green beans and rolls.
There are also meal options featuring sugar-cured ham, as well as several a la carte sides. All packages can be customized.
The single-portion Turkey n’ Dressing Meal will be available to order online closer to Thanksgiving.
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Dickey’s Barbecue Pit
The Complete Feast serves 10 to 12 and includes
Choice of Smoked Turkey, Cajun Fried Turkey, Spiral Cut Ham or Prime Rib
Cornbread dressing
Gravy
Baked potato casserole
Green beans with bacon
12 pieces of Texas Toast
Smoked Turkey Feast is $138, Cajun Fried is $145, Ham is $128 and Prime Rib is $176. Also sells smaller dinner feast and build your own feasts.
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Famous Dave’s
Source: Famous Dave’s
The Hickory Smoked Turkey Feast serves 10 to 12 people and costs $135. Must order at least 24 hours in advance for pick-up. Pick-up dates: November 26 to December 1. Feast includes:
Whole turkey, slow-smoked over hickory wood and rubbed with a blend of spices
- Garlic Red-Skin Mashed Potatoes
- Cornbread stuffing
- Cheesy Mac n Cheese
- Green beans
- Cornbread Muffins
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Golden Corral
Whole Roasted Turkey Meal serves 6 to 8 people and costs $109.99. Meal includes:
- Whole roasted turkey
- Mashed potatoes
- Gravy
- Stuffing
- Cranberry sauce
- One dozen yeast rolls with honey butter
- Choice of homestyle side
- Choice of whole pie (pecan, pumpkin or apple)
Ready-to-eat meals made for individuals and smaller holiday gatherings are also being offered with carved roasted turkey and glazed ham, along with all of the holiday fixings.
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Honey Baked Ham Co.
The Thanksgiving Dinner serves 14 to 18 people and costs $164.99. Dinner includes:
- Honey Baked Ham – Bone-In Half (9 lb)
- Whole Roasted Turkey (11-13 lbs.)
- Green Bean Casserole with mushrooms and red peppers, tossed in a cream sauce, topped with crispy fried onions
- Country Cornbread Stuffing
- Savory Turkey Gravy
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Steuben’s Uptown
Thanksgiving Dinner Package To-Go serves 5 to 7 and costs $135 + tax. Pre-order until November 25, 2024, for pick-up on November 27, 2024 starting at 11 a.m. Package includes:
- Applewood Smoked Turkey Breast (5 lbs)
- Mashed Potatoes and Chicken Gravy
- Stuffing
- Green Bean Casserole
- Cranberry Sauce.
Dinner packages come with reheat instructions.
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Village Inn
Source: Village Inn
Offering Thanksgiving Dinner in single “per person” portions to-go, as well as its famous and delicious pies. Price varies by location. Order online for pickup. Includes:
- Slow Roasted Turkey
- Cornbread stuffing
- Mashed potatoes
- Turkey gravy
- Cranberry sauce
- Buttermilk biscuit
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A heads up if you are ordering from Whole Foods. The catering order now goes through Amazon if you are trying to order online. I thought it was an glitch in their system so went to the store and had to wait 30 minutes for anyone from catering to get off the phone with other confused customers to place my order. Why couldn’t they put a notice on their website and save us some time?
Thanks for letting us know. — Laura