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.

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

Walmart Thanksgiving Dinner
Shopping List

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.

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