Food/Groceries

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Walmart Thanksgiving Prices Way Down???

To hear Walmart tell it, food prices for Thanksgiving are way down.

Every year Walmart posts a shopping list of common groceries that one would buy to prepare a full Thanksgiving meal for a large family. For 2025, they are touting a dinner for 10 will cost less than $4 a person, for turkey, cranberry sauce, and all the fixings.

Last year, the price was close to $7 a person. Wow, are we living in a world of grocery prices crashing all of a sudden?

Not quite.

*MOUSE PRINT:

Here is Walmart’s grocery list for their 2024 and 2025 Thanksgiving dinner side by side.

Walmart Thanksgiving Dinner
Shopping List

Walmart Thanksgiving price chart

For 2025, Walmart dropped a net total of six items from their shopping list, including a number of fresh vegetables, and a large southern pecan pie. In their press release FAQ section, they clue you in to the little trick they pulled.

*MOUSE PRINT:

Walmart Thanksgiving FAQ

Of course, most people don’t design their Thanksgiving dinner around Walmart’s suggested menu, so your costs are likely to be much higher.

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Florida’s Natural Sued Over Made in USA Claims

Florida's Natural containerA New York consumer recently sued Florida’s Natural, the maker of their namesake orange juice, after she learned that some of the juice was not actually from Florida. [See complaint.]

*MOUSE PRINT:

Florida's Natural juice sources

In fact, some of it was from Mexico and Brazil, but the cartons give the impression that it is a made in America product.

Made in America?

The company explains on their website (but not on the package) that the crop of Florida oranges has been declining so they had to seek out other sources, including foreign concentrates. The front of containers discloses that the juice not only comes from Florida, but also from “the world’s premier citrus-growing regions.” Oddly, the container pictured in the lawsuit is missing that disclosure.

Florida's natural front labels

When we covered this change back in 2022, the front of the carton explicitly mentioned Mexico.

The consumer’s lawyer claims that shoppers are being misled, that the company engaged in deceptive practices, and thus the plaintiffs are entitled to monetary damages.

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Thanks for Nothing – Fall 2025

Every few months we spotlight offers from companies that are real head-scratchers, are actually less generous than they appear, are just plain outrageous, or may simply elicit a chuckle. Here’s the latest crop.

T-Mobile Free iPhone 17 Offer

Those of us of a certain age remember the FEDEX commercials where John Moshitta rapid-talked his way to stardom. It seems that T-Mobile found their own new rapid-talker to disclose all the catches involved in their offer for a free iPhone Pro 17.

Listen to the last 17 seconds of this commercial — mostly unintelligible for the average person.

*MOUSE PRINT:

Thanks for nothing, T-Mobile.

High Beef Prices

MrConsumer did a double-take a few weeks ago when he saw this $38 price tag on a three-pound chuck steak at his local supermarket.

*MOUSE PRINT:

Chuck Steak $11.99 /lb

When I was a kid, chuck steak was 39-cents a pound on sale! Now it’s $11.99. High demand and shrinking supplies they say is to blame. With prices like that for the cheapest type of steak, demand is sure to fall.

But perhaps we should be thankful for the relative bargain that chuck steak is compared to three pounds of Wagyu steak at Costco at ten times the price:

Wagyu steak

Thanks for nothing, Stop & Shop, Costco, and all the other grocery stories charging outrageous prices for beef.

Home Depot Free Tool Offer

An email from Home Depot made a tempting offer right in the subject line promising a free Milwaukee expansion tool (whatever that is). When you open the email, the recipient is probably surprised to learn there is a $3,000 minimum purchase necessary!

*MOUSE PRINT:

Free tool

Thanks to David B. for this submission, but thanks for nothing, Home Depot.

Gizmodo Charger Offer

On Gizmodo’s deal page recently they promoted a three-port phone charger as “almost free.”

Almost free charger

However, when you scroll down, you learn the charger isn’t anywhere near “almost free.”

*MOUSE PRINT:

Not almost free

Thanks for nothing, Gizmodo.

Walmart Mayonnaise Price Rollback

Everyone knows when you see a rollback sign at Walmart, that signals a price drop.

*MOUSE PRINT:

Walmart rollback

This must be the new math. Thanks for nothing, Walmart.

Groupon Deal at AMC Theatres

It looked like quite a deal at AMC to get a movie ticket and a snack for only $5.03 with a Groupon discount.

Groupon AMC deal

*MOUSE PRINT:

It turns out that only the drink was $5.03. The movie was an additional $12.

Groupon discounted drink

Groupon discounted movie ticket

Thanks for nothing, Groupon.

If you find an offer suitable to be called out here, please send a copy of it to Edgar(at symbol)MousePrint.org . Thanks.