6 Thanksgiving Buys for Frugal Middle-Class Shoppers Before Walmart Hikes Prices
Looking for Thanksgiving grocery deals in this tough time of inflation? Don't get your hopes too high. While retailers do often put Thanksgiving items on sale, they also know their windows of opportunity and will often increase prices on key holiday supplies when demand is high.
Get ahead of that price gouging and the shopping rush by purchasing these Thanksgiving items at Walmart that will make you feel both prepared and frugal.
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1. Butter for Cooking and Baking
Price: $3.06
If you’re not drowning almost every food item in butter for Thanksgiving, are you even cooking? Butter your mashed potatoes, your dinner rolls, your green beans — heck, even the turkey itself can be generously buttered in heaps of fatty goodness. Don’t forget butter for baking, too. And if you’re worried about it going bad, butter freezes for up to a year! Great Value’s unsalted butter is just $3 for 16 ounces.
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2. Frozen Pie Crusts
Price: $1.24 (regularly $2.54)
If you’re not dedicated to making your own pie crust — and frankly, not everyone has the time or skill for that — frozen crusts can keep for several months and take a last-minute shopping item off your list. These can vary in price, but at Walmart two frozen, ready to bake 9-inch pie crusts are so affordable you could burn a couple pies and still not feel guilty. If you don’t use them at Thanksgiving, you can save them in the freezer for other holidays.
3. Meat Thermometer
Price range: $5.47 to $17.96
Unless you have supreme confidence cooking a turkey, most chefs know that the best and safest bird is only ready when the temperature is just right. Make sure you have a meat thermometer on hand. You can get a super affordable basic one, like the simple analog one from GoodCook or a slightly fancier digital ThermoPro.
4. Chicken or Vegetable Broth or Stock
Price: $1.50
Another Thanksgiving staple that any household can keep on hand year round for a variety of cooking purposes is a 32-ounce box of shelf-stable chicken stock or vegetable broth. These are essential ingredients in making gravy, but can also contribute to thick, creamy mashed potatoes, enrich a variety of sauces and even make your cranberry sauce a little more savory.
5. Aluminum Foil
Price: $1.92
Aluminum foil is an essential tool for wrapping leftovers, especially if you’re running low on Tupperware storage containers. You'll use far more than you think — for tenting the turkey, coverinsg dishes like stuffing and mashed potatoes and sending folks home with leftovers. You can get 25 feet of standard foil for a super low price.
6. Disposable Chafing Dish Buffet Set
Price: $38.99
If you're planning to feed a crowd but don’t have enough oven space to keep everything warm, here's an all-encompassing idea. Walmart simplifies the entertaining process with the whole shebang: disposable chafing dishes fit for buffet-style dining with food warmers and fuel cans.
Editor’s note: Prices and availability are subject to change.
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