How to Get a FREE or Cheap Turkey for Thanksgiving

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Gobble up the savings thanks to these grocers offering free or cheap turkeys for Thanksgiving!

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If you’re looking to get a head start on your 2025 Thanksgiving dinner preparations, we’ve got you covered with lots of helpful tips, delicious recipes, and more!

And as a bonus, we’re sharing a list of stores that offer a cheap or even FREE Thanksgiving Turkey with a qualifying purchase!

Here’s a list of the stores that are offering cheap or free turkeys for Thanksgiving in 2025…

turkey plated with rosemary and side dishes

Frozen turkeys are free at Acme with a $300 cumulative purchase.

This year, Acme is giving away free Signature Select Frozen Turkeys to Acme for U members who spend $300 between October 17th and November 27th, 2025.

To redeem this offer, just clip the free turkey coupon in your ACME for U account prior to shopping. Then, you’ll have until November 27th to claim your free turkey!


Free turkey with your Albertson’s purchase

In 2024, you could get a free Signature Farms turkey (up to 24 lbs.) when you spent $100 or more in a single transaction. Alternatively, you could get a whole turkey for just 59¢/lb. with a minimum purchase of $50. Limit 1 per person per transaction.


Serve 10 people for $40 with groceries from ALDI.

ALDI isn’t giving away free turkeys this year, but their holiday meal essentials are priced so low that you may want to buy everything else for your Thanksgiving dinner at ALDI!

Even if you do buy a 14-pound Jennie-O Turkey at ALDI, you can still get that plus everything you need to feed 10 people a complete Thanksgiving dinner for just $40! 😱

Check out our post on ALDI’s Thanksgiving Price Rewind for all the details, including a $40 shopping list!


slicing turkey

BJ’s Wholesale Club members get a free turkey with a $150 purchase.

BJ’s Wholesale Club is offering its members a free Butterball Turkey (valued at up to $25) when they purchase qualifying items totaling $150 in one transaction between November 1st and November 10th, 2025.

Qualifying members will receive a coupon for a FREE turkey in their account (online or in the app) to be used November 15th – 26th.


MVP members got a turkey for 39¢/lb. at Food Lion.

Through Thanksgiving 2024, turkeys were just 39¢/lb. with your MVP card and a $35 minimum purchase (excluding the turkey) at Food Lion.


Free turkey at Foodtown

At Foodtown, shoppers could earn a FREE turkey with their Club Card and a cumulative purchase totaling $400 between 10/25/24 and 11/28/24.


Redeem your rewards for a free turkey from The Fresh Grocer.

Shoppers who spend $400 using the same The Fresh Grocer Rewards card at any participating location between 10/24/25 and 11/26/25 are eligible to redeem their rewards for ONE FREE or discounted participating Holiday item.

There are several different turkey choices available for redemption. See the complete list at TheFreshGrocer.com.


Earn a free turkey from Giant Eagle.

At Giant Eagle, myPerks members can earn a free turkey when they spend $350 between 10/16/25 and 11/6/25. Loyalty members who meet the $350 threshold by November 6th can claim their free turkey when they use their myPerks Loyalty Card on any transaction through 11/30/25.


Giant/Martin’s shoppers can redeem their points for a FREE turkey.

From November 1st through Thanksgiving 2025, Giant/Martin’s shoppers can redeem 400 Giant Choice Points or Martin’s Choice Points for a free frozen Shady Brook Farms Turkey (max. 20 lbs.) or $1.00/lb. off the price of any other turkey (max. 20 lbs.), store brand ham, or local boneless ham. Additional options include a free tofurkey roast or a Stouffer’s Party Size Entrée.


Turkeys were just 29¢/lb. with your VIC card at Harris Teeter.

Through Thanksgiving 2024, Harris Teeter Premium Frozen Turkeys were just 29¢/pound with your purchase of $40 (not including the turkey).


woman holding an HEB ad for a free turkey

H-E-B gave customers a free turkey with the purchase of select hams.

Through November 27th, H-E-B customers can get a free frozen RiverSide Grade A Turkey (up to 12 lbs.) with the purchase of a H-E-B Spiral Sliced Bone-In Half or Whole Ham or H-E-B Boneless Spiral Sliced Ham.

This offer is valid with the yellow in-store coupon or with instant savings online.


free turkey at HyVee when you buy a ham

Get a FREE turkey with the purchase of a ham from Hy-Vee

At Hy-Vee, you can get a free Honeysuckle White Frozen Turkey (10-14 lbs) with the purchase of a Hormel Cure 81 whole boneless ham. Just add this offer to your Hy-Vee account to claim your free turkey!


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Ibotta users can score a free turkey for Thanksgiving 2025.

Through November 26th, existing Ibotta users can score a cash back offer to redeem for a FREE Turkey by referring a friend to join Ibotta by November 23rd. Just make sure they use your unique referral code!

Even better, when your friend (a new Ibotta user) joins by November 23rd, and submits their receipts by November 26th, they can earn an entire FREE Thanksgiving dinner, including a turkey, sides, and dessert, with Ibotta offers in their account!

This helpful post contains all the details on this HOT offer.


Turkeys were just 59¢/lb. at Jewel-Osco.

Through Thanksgiving 2024, Jennie-O Frozen Whole Turkeys were just 59¢/lb. with an additional $25 purchase at Jewel-Osco. And if you found a better price elsewhere, Jewel-Osco matched the price of the same turkey at any competitor!


Kroger had a sale on whole frozen turkeys.

Through Thanksgiving 2024, Kroger Whole Frozen Turkeys were just 79¢/lb.


turkey dinner with sweet potatoes and pumpkin pie

Turkeys were just 49¢/lb. at Meijer.

Through Thanksgiving 2024, Meijer brand frozen turkeys were priced at just 49¢/lb. If you shopped with your mPerks card, your turkey rang up at just 32¢/lb. through November 23rd, 2024!


Chopper Shopper Rewards members can earn a free Turkey from Price Chopper.

At Price Chopper, Rewards members can redeem 1,200 points for a free Best Choice frozen turkey, up to a $25 value. If your chosen turkey costs more than $25, you will receive a $25 discount off the final cost. You can also choose to redeem your points for a Smithfield Hickory Smoked Spiral Half Ham instead!


Turkeys were just 49¢/lb. at Publix.

At Publix, you could buy up to two 10 to 24-lb., USDA Grade A Frozen turkeys for just 49¢/lb. No minimum purchase was required to get this price!


Free turkey with your $75 purchase at Randalls

Through Thanksgiving 2024, Randalls For U members got a free Signature Farms frozen turkey (up to 12 lbs.) with their $75 purchase. Note that this digital-only offer must be loaded to your account in advance.


Free turkey with the purchase of a ham at Rouses Markets

At Rouses Markets, you could get up to 14 lbs. free on a Butterball Grade A Frozen Turkey with the purchase of a Hormel Cure 81 at $2.99/lb. There was a limit of one free turkey per customer with a $25 in-store purchase.


Turkey from shoprite

Free turkey with your minimum purchase at ShopRite

ShopRite customers who spent $400 between October 20th and November 28th, 2024 could qualify for a free Turkey (any size up to 21 lbs.) OR $1.59 off per pound toward the purchase of another turkey with your Price Plus Club card.

A cumulative purchase of $400+ also qualified you for a number of other rewards. See the complete selection here.

Note that this offer was not valid in Maryland.


Weis shoppers can redeem their Rewards Points for a free turkey.

Through November 27th, Weis Rewards members can score a free Weis Quality Frozen Turkey when they redeem 400 Weis Rewards Points. If you aren’t able to earn 400 points, you can redeem 200 points and pay just 29¢/lb for your turkey!


Get a free turkey with your $125 purchase at Winco.

From November 19th through November 26th, Winco shoppers can get a FREE frozen Honeysuckle White, Northern Pride, or Jennie-O Grade A turkey with a qualifying purchase of $125 (before the cost of the turkey). There is a limit of one offer per family while supplies last.


Do YOU know of any other FREE Turkey promos to watch for this year? Let us know!


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About the writer:

Jenna has a Bachelor's Degree from Lycoming College and her Master's from Penn State, holding 4 years of writing experience between a variety of publications and Hip2Save.


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