Here’s How to Get a FREE or Cheap Turkey for Thanksgiving
Gobble up the savings thanks to these grocers offering free or cheap turkeys for Thanksgiving!
Don’t pay too much for your Thanksgiving turkey… you may even be able to score one for FREE!
If you’re looking to get a head start on your 2024 Thanksgiving dinner preparations, we’ve got ya 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 offered cheap or free turkeys for Thanksgiving in 2023…
Frozen turkeys just 69¢ at Acme, or FREE with a $400 cumulative purchase
Acme gave away free turkeys to Acme for U members in 2023. To redeem this offer, you could just clip the coupon in your U account prior to shopping. Then, you had until November 23 to activate the coupon by spending $400 or more at Acme.
Acme for U members could also save $1.60/lb. on turkeys with their club card, bringing the price of Frozen Grade A turkeys down to just 69¢/lb. (regularly $2.29/lb.)!
Butterball turkeys $1.49/lb. at Albertsons
At Albertsons, you could get a whole frozen Butterball turkey with an additional purchase of $25 or more. Just load the digital coupon to your account before shopping to claim this offer!
Turkeys just $1.27/lb. at ALDI
Aldi sold whole frozen Butterball turkeys for just $1.27/lb. (regularly $1.59/lb.). Note that there was a limit of two turkeys at this price.
BJ’s Wholesale Club members got a FREE turkey with a $150 purchase in 2023.
BJ’s Wholesale Club offered a free Butterball Turkey (valued at up to $25) when you purchased qualifying items totaling $150 in one transaction between November 1st and November 9th, 2023.
To buy a turkey without hitting the minimum spend, you could purchase a frozen Butterball turkey at BJ’s for just 99¢/lb.!
New Butcher Box members got a FREE Turkey in their first box!
Butcher Box is a meat delivery subscription service that conveniently delivers high-quality organic meat and fish straight to your doorstep.
Last November, new Butcher Box members received one antibiotic-free 10-14 lb. turkey for FREE in their first delivery!
Free turkey with a $50 purchase from Fareway Meat & Grocery
In 2023, you could score a free Fareway Broth-Basted Young Turkey (up to 14 lbs.) when you purchased $50 or more from Fareway’s Famous Fresh Meat Counter (limit one per order). This discount could also be applied toward the purchase of a larger turkey at the register.
Food Lion had turkeys for just 29¢/lb
For a limited time, you could use your Food Lion MVP Card to save $2.50/lb. on Grade A frozen turkeys (10 lbs. and up). They were regularly priced at $2.79/lb., so the final cost was just 29¢/lb. with your MVP Card! Note that this offer was only valid with a $35 minimum purchase.
Free turkey at Foodtown
At Foodtown, you could get a FREE turkey with your Club Card and a cumulative purchase totaling $400 between 10/23/23 and 11/23/23.
Giant shoppers could redeem their points for a FREE turkey in 2024.
In 2023, Giant shoppers could redeem 400 Giant Choice Points for a free store brand Grade A Shady Brook Farms Frozen Turkey (up to 20 pounds). Alternatively, shoppers could choose one of the following rewards when redeeming their Choice Points:
- Free Stouffer’s Party Size Entrée
- Free Tofurkey Roast
- $1 off per pound on premium turkeys, up to 20 lbs.
Turkeys just 39¢ per pound at Harris Teeter
In 2023, Harris Teeter’s frozen premium turkeys were just 39¢/lb. with an additional purchase of $40. That’s a savings of $1.60/lb. when you use your VIC card!
H-E-B gave customers a FREE turkey with the purchase of select hams.
In 2023, you could 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 was valid with the yellow in-store coupon found in the weekly ad or with instant savings online (limit one per customer).
FREE turkey with the purchase of a Hormel Cure 81 ham from Hy-Vee
At Hy-Vee, you could 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.
Ibotta users could score free turkey and sides for Thanksgiving 2023!
IIbotta offered 100% cash back on select Thanksgiving essentials! This helpful post contains all the details on how you could claim this HOT offer.
To get started, just open your Ibotta app and you’ll see a pop-up to begin the Thanksgiving offer. You could choose between starting with the Turkey bonus (requires 16 redemptions) or the sides bonus (requires 4 redemptions). Once you completed your first bonus offer, the second was unlocked so you had the opportunity to earn BOTH bonus offers!
Jennie-O turkeys just 59¢ per pound at Jewel Osco
At Jewel Osco, Jennie-O frozen whole turkeys were just 59¢/lb. with a $25 purchase. Note that there was a limit of one turkey per customer at this price.
Turkeys just 59¢/lb. at Kroger
Through November 14th, Kroger sold its store-brand frozen turkeys for just 59¢ per pound when you loaded the digital coupon to your account (regularly 99¢/lb.). Note that this offer was only valid with a qualifying purchase of $25 or more, and there was a limit of two turkeys at this price.
Meijer customers could pay as low as 49¢ per pound for turkeys in 2023.
In 2023, mPerks members could buy Meijer Grade A frozen turkeys for just 49¢ per pound. This is roughly the same price the store had on turkeys in the 1930s! Here are some other turkey offers that were available at Meijer:
- Honeysuckle White brand frozen turkey for $1.09 per pound
- Meijer brand fresh turkey for $1.19 per pound
- Butterball brand frozen turkey for $1.29 per pound
- Butterball fresh turkey for $1.99 per pound
- True Goodness by Meijer brand frozen antibiotic-free turkey for $2.19 per pound
Whole frozen turkeys were just 59¢/lb. at Pick ‘n Save.
In November 2023, Pick ‘n Save sold its store-brand frozen turkeys for just 59¢ per pound when you loaded the digital coupon to your account (regularly 69¢/lb.). Note that this offer was only valid with an additional purchase of $25 or more, and there was a limit of two turkeys at this price.
Publix had turkeys for 69¢/lb.
In November 2023, you could purchase up to two Publix Grade A Young Turkeys for just 69¢/lb (regularly $2.39/lb).
Free turkey with your $75 purchase at Randalls
Randalls For U members got a free Signature Farms frozen turkey with their $75 purchase in 2023. Note that this digital-only offer had to be loaded to your account in advance.
Turkey for just 47¢/lb. at Save Mart and Lucky Stores
Save Mart and Lucky stores sold frozen Jennie-O turkeys for just 47¢ per pound with a $25 purchase.
FREE turkey with a minimum purchase at ShopRite
ShopRite customers who spent $400 between October 15 and November 23, 2023 could qualify for a free Turkey (any size up to 21 lbs.) OR the equivalent savings per pound toward the purchase of any other fresh or frozen turkey with your Price Plus Club card.
If you served something other than turkey last Thanksgiving, a cumulative purchase of $400+ also qualified you for a number of other rewards. See the complete selection here.
Weis shoppers could redeem their Weis Rewards Points for a FREE turkey in 2023.
Weis Rewards members could score a free Weis Quality Frozen Turkey when they earned 400 Weis Rewards Points between October 15 and Thanksgiving. If you weren’t able to earn 400 points, you could redeem 200 points and pay just 69¢/lb for your turkey!
Free turkey with a $125 purchase at Winco
Beginning Novmber 15th, Winco shoppers could get a FREE frozen Honeysuckle White turkey or a Jennie-O Grade A turkey with one single qualifying purchase of $125 (before the cost of the turkey). There was a limit of one offer per family while supplies last. This Facebook post had all the details!
Winn-Dixie had turkeys for 49¢ a pound.
In 2023, Winn-Dixie shoppers could get a Grade A Frozen Turkey (10 lbs. and up) for just 49¢ per pound. Butterball frozen turkeys were just 99¢ per pound!
Do YOU know of any other FREE Turkey promos to watch for this year? Let us know!
Pick N Save, a Kroger affiliate, has Kroger brand and Jennie-O turkeys for 69 cents a pound this week with an additional $25 purchase. Also Veterans can save an additional 10% on their purchase on Veterans Day.
Awesome deals! Thanks for sharing the savings you’ve found! 🙌
Safeway is giving out free turkey with purchase of $100
None of my stores in my area are listed so either I will do the ibotta deal or buy one to bring home when we go to visit my brother in Tennessee at his Aldi. They are building an Aldi in Little Rock but it won’t be open until next year. I also need to stock up on German items at Aldi while I am there. My grand kids love the German calendars and now that my mother died in September they won’t be getting anymore from Germany. LOL.
SO sorry for your loss. ❤️ Hoping you score a great deal on a Turkey this year. 🤗
Thank you Amber.
You’re welcome! 💞
cost plus has great German cookies if you are kooking.
Kentucky and Ohio area Krogers have turkeys for .49/lb with a $25 order. It’s a digital coupon this week.
Thanks, Tracy! Good to know the savings you can snag! ❤️🙌
Kroger in MS has turkeys for $0.99/lb this week
Awesome! Thank you, mackyjane! Great deal! 🥰
I just bought a 11.48 lb Shady Brook Farms turkey from Wegmans and got it for $3.33! Their promotion is $.29/lb, any size over 10 lbs with a purchase of $25.
Great deal, Chris! Thanks for letting us know! We’ll check this out! 🤗💖
Winch is giving out free turkey with purchase of $125
Sweet! Thanks for the heads up on the offer near you, Trikisha. 🦃