FRISCO, Texas — Nov. 13, 2026 — HomeBase Paper Co., a Frisco-based maker of printable planners and budgeting tools for families, has published store-by-store Thanksgiving dinner prices for metro Detroit. On Nov. 13, the same 18-item basket for 10 people cost $48.14 regular or $42.55 on sale at the Walmart Supercenter in Warren, and $79.66 regular or $49.97 with displayed sale prices at Meijer’s Detroit store on West Eight Mile Road. Walmart was lower at both price levels. The regular-price gap is $31.52; the sale-price gap is $7.42. The prices are listed at homebasepaperco.com/articles/cost-of-thanksgiving-dinner/#metro-detroit and were updated Nov. 13.
Most of the regular-price gap is the turkey. Meijer listed a 16-pound bird at $2.29 a pound ($36.64) against Walmart’s $0.84 a pound ($13.44), a $23.20 difference. Meijer’s turkey was on sale at $0.79 a pound through Nov. 17, or $12.64 for 16 pounds, a little under Walmart’s $13.44, which brings Meijer’s sale total to $49.97. Without the turkey, the other 17 items were $43.02 regular and $37.33 on sale at Meijer, against $34.70 and $29.11 at Walmart. That is $4.26 to $4.81 per person at Walmart and $5.00 to $7.97 at Meijer. Prices available only to members through Meijer mPerks were not counted.
What the study found
- Metro Detroit (ZIP 48030), Nov. 13: Walmart, Warren Supercenter, $48.14 regular, $42.55 sale; Meijer, Detroit #268, $79.66 regular, $49.97 sale
- Regular-price gap: $31.52. Sale-price gap: $7.42 (or $8.41 if Meijer’s Ocean Spray cranberry sauce requires two cans; see caveat below)
- Totals exclude tax and fees. The prices are online pickup listings, not receipts, and nothing was purchased. Kroger was not included in the metro Detroit comparison.
How it was priced. Online pickup listings for ZIP 48030 were captured Nov. 13, 2026 (Walmart about 11:56 a.m. ET, Meijer about 12:20 p.m. ET), without signing in, adding anything to a cart or clipping coupons. Walmart was the Warren Supercenter, 29176 Van Dyke Ave., Warren, MI 48093, the nearest Supercenter the site returned for the ZIP (4.6 miles as displayed). Meijer was Detroit #268, 1301 W. Eight Mile Road, Detroit, MI 48203, the first store returned for the ZIP; Meijer did not display a distance. Both turkeys are priced at 16 pounds.
Caveats. Walmart’s Jennie-O turkey and 12-count eggs showed out of stock for pickup at the Warren store; their listed prices were still counted, so Walmart’s 18-item total is a listed-price basket, not a fully available pickup order. At Meijer, the store-brand turkey gravy mix and jellied cranberry sauce were out of stock, so HomeBase used McCormick gravy mix ($1.59) and Ocean Spray cranberry sauce, and used Marie Callender’s frozen pie shells ($4.09 regular, $3.09 on sale) because no Meijer frozen pastry shells were found. Meijer’s Ocean Spray jellied cranberry sauce showed $2.00 with a “buy 2 for $4.00” offer; HomeBase could not confirm that a single can qualifies without using a cart. If two cans are required, one can costs its $2.99 regular price and the Meijer sale total is $50.96 instead of $49.97. Brands and package sizes differ between stores, and prices change.
The study is a local planning cart, not the American Farm Bureau Federation’s national survey, and HomeBase draws no year-over-year conclusion. Store addresses, capture times and a downloadable CSV are on the page.
“A regular-price gap of $31.52 is real money when you’re feeding ten people, and few families ever see it because the two stores are rarely laid side by side,” said Malaysia Binnie, co-owner of HomeBase Paper Co. “We priced the same basket, wrote down every caveat and put the spreadsheet online so anyone can check our math or run the same basket at their own store.”
For the full tables and the CSV, visit HomeBase’s metro Detroit Thanksgiving price study.
About HomeBase Paper Co.
HomeBase Paper Co. is a family-run business in Frisco, Texas. It makes printable planners, budgeting and meal-plan printables, the Meal Plan Club, games packs and merchandise, alongside free printables, guides and calculators. Malaysia Binnie, co-owner, grew up in Detroit as the oldest of three and started the business to give the person who keeps a household running one calm place to see the whole picture. Learn more at homebasepaperco.com and Our Story.
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Malaysia Binnie, Co-owner
HomeBase Paper Co.
malaysia@homebasepaperco.com
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