Best Places to Buy Pre-Made Thanksgiving Dinner To-Go

Stress less and enjoy more family time with a premade Thanksgiving dinner to go!

Thanksgiving 2023 is Thursday, November 23! 🦃🙏🍗

If cooking Thanksgiving dinner isn’t your idea of a good time, skip the stress and consider buying a fully prepared meal instead! We’re sharing restaurants and retailers that offer delicious options for a premade Thanksgiving dinner to go so you can let someone else do the cooking this year.

All you have to do is turn your oven on (required in most cases to heat up the food), set the table, light a few candles, and spend all that time you saved relaxing with your loved ones. It doesn’t get any easier than that!

Here are the restaurants & retailers that will be serving up premade Thanksgiving dinners to go in 2023:

Albertsons Market offers premade Thanksgiving dinners to go.

Albertson’s has three different turkey dinners for Thanksgiving 2023, starting at just $85.99! Customers can choose from a whole smoked or baked turkey (serving 8-10), or opt for a fully-cooked turkey breast (serving 6-8).

No matter which meal you choose, it comes cold, fully cooked, and ready to heat.

Bob Evans’ heat & serve dinners are an affordable choice for Thanksgiving 2023.

Bob Evans’ signature Farmhouse Thanksgiving Feast always makes for an easy and delicious Thanksgiving Day meal! All you have to do is heat it up, and they even provide step-by-step directions so everything is done perfectly at the same time.

Bob Evans’ Turkey Farmhouse Feast feeds 4 people for just $89.99. You have the option to add additional bakery treats and extra sides if needed, too.

Buca di Beppo is serving up a piping hot Thanksgiving celebration to go.

At Buca di Beppo, their delicious Thanksgiving feasts are available to pre-order now. You can choose to pick up your meal cold in advance, or piping hot on the day of your celebration.

Buca di Beppo’s prepared dinners are priced at $90 (serves 3) and $145 (serves 6). You also have the option to add any of their delicious Italian side dishes to round out your holiday dinner.

Chart House is selling hot Thanksgiving meals to go.

Chart House is selling family meal packs to go, and they will be available to pick up hot between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day! Choices include their famous Slow Roasted Prime Rib ($130) or Turkey Dinner ($105).

Each pack serves 3-4 people and comes with a seasonal salad, entrée, signature sides, and dessert for the whole family.

Costco’s easy and affordable Thanksgiving meals are back for one week only.

Every year, Costco sells its popular Kirkland Turkey Dinners. Hip readers always love this affordable option because these meals require minimal work to get them ready to eat!

Costco also has prepared sides such as Loaded Mashed Potatoes, Mashed Sweet Potatoes w/ Brown Sugar, and their famous 58-oz. Pumpkin Pie. Costco’s sides and desserts can be another great time-saving option for anyone preparing their own turkey but wanting a little help with the extras.

Cracker Barrel is selling a premade Thanksgiving dinner fit for a crowd.

Cracker Barrel’s Thanksgiving Heat & Serve Feast feeds 8-10 people for $154.99. For anyone keeping their celebration small, the restaurant’s Thanksgiving Heat & Serve Family Meal serves 4-6 for $104.99.

Cracker Barrel’s holiday meals are available between November 18 and November 25, 2023.

Dickey’s has several heat-and-eat options for Thanksgiving, including a Complete Feast (serves 10-12 starting at $128), à la carte holiday meats & sides, and other non-turkey options.

They also have a Holiday Big Yellow Box, which feeds up to 12 and can be ordered hot and ready-to-eat for $185.

The Fresh Market has a Thanksgiving meal option for every gathering.

The Fresh Market offers a variety of fully cooked holiday meals featuring everything from prime rib to ham, to turkey breast, to whole turkeys.

The Fresh Market’s Traditional Holiday meal serves 8-10 with turkey and all the sides for $99.

Golden Corral has turkey dinner available for pre-order.

Golden Corral has a complete family meal for 6-8 that you can preorder up until the day before Thanksgiving. Main entrées include Holiday Glazed Ham, Holiday Beef Roast, and Whole Roasted Turkey. All options are priced at $129.99.

Harry & David lets you create your own gourmet turkey feast, but it’s one of the pricier options!

Harry & David offers an impressive Thanksgiving dinner that you can have shipped directly to your doorstep. But at $269.99 plus shipping, this meal could end up costing over $316! 😬

Harry & David’s Create Your Own Gourmet Turkey Feast is a totally customizable heat-and-serve meal that feeds 8-10. A roasted turkey is the mouthwatering main course, and the rest of the meal is yours to customize!

Thanksgiving meal kits from Home Chef will be available during the week of November 20.

During the week of Thanksgiving, Home Chef will offer all your favorite Thanksgiving essentials delivered straight to your door!

This year, Home Chef’s Thanksgiving meal kits will be available to order through noon CT on November 19, 2023.

Honey Baked Ham is serving up a turkey feast for pick-up or home delivery.

Honey Baked Ham can ship a premade Thanksgiving dinner to go right to your home, including a fully-cooked turkey that will be ready to heat and eat upon thawing! This year, you can order just the turkey or the entire Thanksgiving meal with all the sides and desserts.

Honey Baked’s Oven-Roasted Whole Turkey Feast feeds 10-12 for $134.99. It requires 48-96 hours to thaw in the refrigerator and then about 2 hours in the oven before serving.

iGourmet has frozen turkey dinners available to order.

iGourmet sells fully-cooked Holiday Turkey Dinners that ship frozen to your door for $18.75 – $21.99 per person. All you have to do is heat and eat!

With iGourmet, you can order enough meals to feed a crowd or order a single serving if you’re dining alone.

Note that additional shipping charges apply, as detailed in this chart.

Kroger has complete heat & eat holiday meals.

The Kroger deli is partnering with Home Chef to offer a variety of heat-and-eat holiday meals, each one with your choice of protein and all the holiday sides! Choose from Butterball bone-in turkey, Boar’s Head Carve and Serve Boneless Turkey, Home Chef Boneless Ham, and more!

There are three ways to order your holiday meal from Kroger: online at Kroger.com, by phone, or in person at your local Kroger deli.

This Thanksgiving, Maggiano’s will have hot and cold prepared carryout bundles that serve 4-5 people. Cold-prepared bundles are $210 and available for pick-up Tuesday, November 21st and Wednesday, November 22nd. Hot-prepared bundles are $220 and available for pick-up Thursday, November 23rd. Orders must be placed by 8 pm the night prior to pick-up.

Maggiano’s will also be open for dine-in guests on Thanksgiving. Reservations can be made via phone, online through Maggianos.com and in the Maggiano’s app.

Marie Callender’s has a Thanksgiving dinner for every celebration.

Marie Callender’s is selling several different types of holiday feasts, with one to fit every family’s needs. Whether you need a traditional turkey dinner or want to splurge on a ham too, they have you covered!

Marie Callender’s holiday feasts come pre-cooked and require 2-3 hours of reheating time. Marie Callender’s dinner feasts serve either 4-6 or 6-8 people and range in price from $159.99 up to $229.99 with additional à la carte options and legendary holiday treats available at an extra cost.

Omaha Steaks lets you build your own premade Thanksgiving dinner.

That’s right – the company famous for its juicy mail-order steaks can deliver Thanksgiving dinner directly to your doorstep too! This year, you can select 6 of your favorites from a menu of main dishes, sides, and desserts, and have dinner for four people delivered to your home for $199.94 shipped.

You can grab a premade Thanksgiving dinner from the Publix deli.

Once again this year, you can take home a quick and easy Thanksgiving dinner from Publix for just $69.99!

Publix’s Fully Cooked Turkey Dinner serves 7-10 and includes a whole, fully-cooked Butterball Turkey along with some of the store’s holiday favorites!

Shoprite sells a complete Friendsgiving dinner fit for a crowd.

Shoprite’s deli department offers a heat-and-eat Friendsgiving Bundle for $199.99. It serves a whopping 15 people for just $13.33 per person!

The store requires 72 hours’ notice to prepare your order, and you must allow about 48 hours to defrost your meal in the refrigerator.

You can order a premade Thanksgiving dinner from Whole Foods.

Whole Foods has a classic Thanksgiving dinner available online for easy pickup, but it costs a pretty penny! Whole Foods’ Thanksgiving Feast for 12 includes two entrées, loads of classic sides, and two iconic desserts for $399.99.

In addition to Whole Foods’ Holiday Meal packages, the store also offers the option to order additional sides and desserts à la carte.

All holiday orders must be placed a minimum of 48 hours ahead of your desired pickup date and time.

Now that you have a little more free time, plan your Black Friday shopping accordingly!