Walmart and other commercial chains are already discounting their turkeys to Thanksgiving.
But what regarding there was no shortage of turkeys? And the inflation?
Although an outbreak of bird flu reduced turkey supplies this year, supermarkets braced to receive their shipments so you might make your traditional family dinner.
Walmart announced Thursday that it will have all the ingredients for the Thanksgiving dinner at the same prices as last year, with turkey for less than $1 a pound.
This week the national average prices for whole turkey, fresh and frozen, were $1.47 and $1.30 a pound, according to the USDA.
Aldi has frozen whole Butterball turkeys for $1.07 a pound, according to its Wednesday catalog, with a limit of two.
H-E-B is giving away free Riverside turkeys up to 12 pounds with the purchase of a HEB spiral-sliced ham. Limit is one per person.
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Supermarkets usually release their weekly specials on Wednesdays.
Kroger, Albertson, Tom Thumb, and other stores have turkey specials every year, but it’s a little early to start selling turkeys that will be eaten until November 24.
Albertsons and Tom Thumb spokeswoman Christy Lara said the stores have “sufficient assortment to meet anticipated demand.”
“A shortage is not expected at this time,” Kroger spokesman John Votava said.
“However, people are advised not to wait until the last minute to buy their turkey.”
Fears of shortages have caused some consumers to ask regarding them earlier this year, said Juan-Carlos Rück, HEB’s executive vice president for the northwest food and medicine retail division.
Rück was at the grand opening of the company’s Plano store on Wednesday.
John Laney, Walmart US executive vice president for food, said the company has been working with its suppliers for months to make sure it has all the essential Thanksgiving dinner ingredients such as turkey and ham.
Walmart said its Great Value chicken broth, Heinz jarred gravy, Jiffy corn muffin mix, Ocean Spray cranberry sauce and Stove Top turkey dressing are some of the ingredients it will sell at last year’s prices.
Although inflation is hitting grocery prices hard, large supermarket chains may “price invest,” that is, choose to earn less for some items, in order to lower prices for consumers.
Grocery prices in Dallas-Fort Worth increased 13.5% in September from a year ago, according to the latest inflation report from the Southwest Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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