Our Bi-Lo has the "with $30 purchase" deal for $.39 a lb. Publix has their store brand turkey for $.69. I'm about to rearrange my freezer so I can store at least one for later. I agree, I don't like Butterballs.

Marilyn, here Meijer also has turkey for 49 cents a pound if you spend $30, and Aldi has the Butterball turkeys for 99 cents a pound. I did buy a Meijer turkey last year when they were so cheap and cooked it after the holidays. I was very disappointed because the darned thing seemed like it was more bone than meat, I've never gotten such a small amount of meat from a 20 pound bird. Now I know that the Broad Breasted White has bigger/thicker bones than the heritage birds, but this one seemed abnormally "bony", even the breast wasn't very big.

I can get a fresh bird from the local Amish farm for a little bit over $1 a pound, they try to be competetive with the local stores or no one would travel out to buy them. They sell the same Broad Breasted White that commercial growers raise but if you ask them in the spring, they'll raise a heritage bird for you. For quite a lot more money, of course. I did raise Gray Slate turkeys one year, never again. They cost me $45 per bird to raise and none of them got over 18 pounds. That cost doesn't factor in the labor in feeding and caring for them, then slaughtering, cleaning and plucking either. I'll let the Amish raise mine for me from now on, but I need to get my order in now. Their idea of a small turkey is 25 pounds, LOL, and if I'm not on the list for a small one, I'll get a 35 pounder!

Annie

I would not want to try and raise turkeys either! I did have chickens until last year but that is not really profitable to do. We did have plenty of fresh eggs. Now I get my fresh eggs from my daughter's hens! I wish I could still take care of my own chickens. I miss having them.

Sue

Here they’re about $10 per kilo, so about $4.50 per pound.

One of the stores has them for 69 cents but neither my husband nor I like turkeys, so no turkey for us. We try to like it but we just don't, we usually either eat chicken or we have ham.

Here a turkey is free with the purchase of a ham....

Our stores usually offer a cheap (.69 - .79/lb) or free turkey with a $50 purchase.There's only a couple of grocery stores without driving 30+ miles, so I'm sure they take full advantage of that.

We bought Costco fresh turkeys for a couple of years...I think those were under $3/lb, but now I pay $4/lb to a friend who raises us two turkeys a year. I don't know what kind they are, but I'll never go back.

Marilyln, you're right, keeping chickens is not profitable, at least in our area. There isn't enough hours of sunlight without provided supplemental light, which would cost more than the eggs are worth, I think, plus I worry about burning the coop down. So I'm feeding 21 chickens and getting 1 egg per day from my one little faithful Barnevelder, the rest have all given up entirely. I won't get a lot of eggs until spring now.

LOL, Seagrass. I keep getting those "senior citizen" mailings too, and I keep thinking I'm not old enough. Of course, senior citizen tickets at the local ballpark are available if you're over 50, so.....

You are just what my mother needs. I told her she needed a hearing aid. She told me that everyone just needs to talk louder!

Oh, and to keep this on topic, she loves turkey, no matter the brand. She particularly loves the crusty edges of stuffing left in the pan too, those really unhealthy and greasy bits.

Annie

Annie - I remember fitting a very reluctant woman with a hearing aid. She came alone to a follow up appointment, I asked her what had changed since she started wearing the hearing aid. She said "Well, my daughter doesn't mumble anymore". She was deadpan serious.

Seagrass, that would be my Mother, having a telephone conversation with her is nearly impossible, but my brother and I have both talked to her about hearing aids and she is NOT going to have any of that. Any more "nagging" and there will be he!! to pay. So we just talk louder....

You know, she's 82 years old, 4'9", weighs less than 100 pounds, but she can sure make a lot of noise when you tick her off, LOL.

Annie

I could get a free turkey or ham at my local ShopRite if I committed to spending $300 within a certain short time frame. Which would be possible if I wanted to stock up on my zombie apocalypse canned goods pantry shelter, but otherwise, I am indeed just one person.

Were I to buy a turkey for this Thanksgiving, however, I'd much prefer a heritage bird. Whole Foods sells them for mucho moolah, but for once a year and getting a small (12-15 lb) bird, is worth it to me. Heritage birds focus on the dark meat over the breast, which I appreciate, too.

I've done this twice, brining one year and roasting last year. Very tasty either way. As it is, I am going in for surgery sometime later this month, and so I am not purchasing a turkey (or a ham - I do have a ham in my freezer from a local meat share, however...). I will be joining others for their feast!

Artemis, Happy Thanksgiving and good luck on your surgery. I have always said that I'd rather eat peanut butter with people I love and who love me, than filet mignon with people I don't know or care about. Good friends and family are the real things to be thankful for, good food is simply a happy by-product.

The very best turkey I've ever had or made was a brined heritage bird that I raised myself. It was delicious, but not enough to make me raise them again, LOL. There's a local farm that raises them, but they are small and I never to remember to pay my deposit this year to get a turkey next year.

Annie

Minimal grocery store competition in my town. Best deal that I've seen is Jennie-O turkey for 57 cents a # with $25 purchase.