Turkey "sale" prices

**NicJean** · 11-10-2011, 08:25 AM

I missed the flier for Shaws this week - looked up turkey 'sale' price online and was alarmed, so I blearily (not a word, but it WAS early) piled myself into the car to take advantage of .49 cent a pound whole turkey. Butterball was 1.39 a pound. I got a Shaws brand 22 pounder for .49 a pound, and with a check/coupon from DH's work, they paid me just over 9.00 to take it - NICE! (did buy cream, butter, kisses, though - so no cash.)

Is it my faulty memory, or are these prices significantly higher than last year? I thought I remembered .29 or .39 cents a pound. . .

**OOwl** · 11-10-2011, 08:28 AM

Our local market has Honeysuckle White brand for .39 pound with $20 purchase. I get a free turkey at work, so I'll get a couple of extra sale ones for the freezer and to donate.

**nuisance26** · 11-10-2011, 09:05 AM

~Uh, I'm struggling to remember turkey being under $.99lb around here. The cheapest this year might be $1.29lb since that's the price I see associated with the free turkey deal they usually run.
And for the second year in a row, no turkey check from DH's work.

~

**Judi Dial** · 11-10-2011, 09:06 AM

I remember the .25/lb sales from last year too. Price chopper had the lowest, if I remember correctly. I was surprised that the turkey wars didn't seem to have started last week. My memory was that they ran all month last year.

This week's Stop & Shop ad has turkey @ .58/lb and there's a deal where they'll give you 200 of their gas points too.

Shaw's here has frozen turkeys for .49/lb.

Price Chopper says they'll beat anyone's price, but I couldn't find a price.

IHTH!

Judi

**imagine** · 11-10-2011, 09:29 AM

I haven't seen any turkey deals. It is almost like the grocery store adds do not realize Thanksgiving is coming up. Turkey isn't even mentioned in the ads.

**Ceashels** · 11-10-2011, 09:34 AM

Safeway is offering .59 cents per pound when you buy $35 dollars of other things. They are offering "lowest price on frozen turkeys guaranteed" so they will price match.

So a 20 pound turkey would cost $11.80 for the bird with a total of $46.80 paid for the bird, potatoes, sweet potatoes, carrots, celery, bread/stuffing mix, pumpkin pie, side veggies, etc. I can get the produce and other things much cheaper at Aldi's still. So unless I can find $35 worth of items at Safeway that I can't get cheaper elsewhere, it isn't a great deal.

The other turkeys I've seen are $.99 to $1.29 per pound.

**frugalfoster** · 11-10-2011, 09:35 AM

.29 cents a pound here with a $25 purchase. You can believe I'm getting a couple!

**mh3rdwheel** · 11-10-2011, 09:56 AM

Krogers their brand last week .69 a lb , Riesbecks .69 for Honeysuckle White for with $10 purchase of our family brand. Will be buying several turkeys over the next few days.

**Contrary Housewife** · 11-10-2011, 10:18 AM

I was wondering how close to thanksgiving it would be before the sales started. So far here all we've had is the "buy a ham at regular price get a turkey "free" deal, which didn't seem like one IMO.

Turkey is "on sale" at one store for $1.69/lb. Even if the price does go lower next week we will probably end up getting a breast or a boneless breast and paying around 2.50 per pound for it.

I have never seen .29 or .39 turkeys here.

**Sara Noel** · 11-21-2011, 12:53 PM

Kroger here has $.39/lb Riverside turkey with $10 purchase. Limit one.

**moasmom** · 11-21-2011, 12:58 PM

I haven't bought a turkey yet. I can wait because I'm not hosting Thanksgiving, but I would like an inexpensive one for all the meals it provides.

The cheapest I have seen here so far is $.49 a pound, but that is with a $25.00 minimum purchase at that store. There wasn't enough other items that I needed to justify that (this store is higher priced over all, so I only buy sale items there). So, I'm waiting.

Kara

**freebs** · 11-21-2011, 01:00 PM

super 1 foods has them for .50¢ a lb limit 2 no other purchase required. turkey prices are way up this year, i think they were saying on the news they were up about 25-30%