Target’s Thanksgiving Meal Offers A Lot For A Little

As Thanksgiving draws closer with each passing day, retailers left, right, and center are dropping their deals – and this year, the emphasis from a lot of supermarkets is very much on affordability. Last week, both Aldi and Sam’s Club announced their Thanksgiving dinner offers, which respectively promised a full meal (albeit with varying amounts of food per head) for $3.90 and under $10 for each person.

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Now, it’s Target’s turn. The retailer has just revealed its own Thanksgiving meal, and there’s similar attention to the per-head cost that those on a budget will be pleased to see. Let’s break it down. 

Target’s Thanksgiving Meal Offer

This year, Target is promising its customers a full Thanksgiving meal for $30, designed to feed six people. Target’s put together a bundle of entrées, sides, and trimmings here, and you get a fair amount for your money.

But what do you get, you ask? Well, for 30 big ones, you’ll take home (deep breath for all this) a Butterball Premium Whole Young Turkey, a 3-pound bag of Good & Gather Russet Potatoes, Ocean Spray Jellied Cranberry Sauce, two cans of Del Monte French Style Green Beans, a can of Campbell’s Condensed Cream of Mushroom Soup, Good & Gather French Fries Onions, Stove Top Stuffing Mix for Gravy, Heinz Homestyle Turkey Gravy, and two Favorite Day Take & Bake Baguettes. 

Beyond this, Target’s also offering a host of sides, appetizers, and desserts to beef out your meal, like Parmesan Cheese Topped Roasted Vegetables and Favorite Day pies, which you can purchase separately at around the $5 mark. With some canny purchasing combinations here, you could keep things both abundant and reasonable. Pick up some fall snacks on the way out, and you’ve got yourself a nice selection.

How Does This Compare To Other Thanksgiving Meals?

For my money, this sits closer to Aldi’s offer than Sam’s Club, and its more affordable price also means that it’s very much covering the basics. $5 a head for a very reasonable plate of food and some bread to see it all off with is a good deal, but we did love that Aldi’s offer has pumpkin pie ingredients too. Sam’s Club, meanwhile, has two types of meat as well as some delicious extras like mac and cheese and a charcuterie plate – but, crucially, that one’s clearly designed for entertaining. Target’s seems to be, if you’ll excuse the pun, targeted at smaller groups who just want to eat well without breaking the bank — and you know what? There’s absolutely nothing wrong with that.