Sam's Club has expanded its Thanksgiving offering with an 11-item meal designed to serve 16 people for approximately $160.
The warehouse retailer announced the package on Thursday, October 15, 2026, with online ordering set to open on October 28.
The meal features Member's Mark products and is positioned to cut preparation time significantly.
Sam's Club estimates that cooking, heating and preparing the entire spread will take less than two hours, compared with seven to nine hours for making all the dishes from scratch.
The retailer described the expanded offering as its largest Thanksgiving meal yet, shaped by holiday trends and member feedback.
"It includes a charcuterie tray for pre-meal grazing, offers more protein and now has a gravy meticulously developed over multiple rounds of testing," Sam's Club said.
What's in the 11-Item Meal
The selection includes boneless carver ham, hickory smoked turkey, Yukon Gold mashed potatoes, turkey gravy, two orders of green beans with dried cranberries and almonds, two orders of macaroni and cheese, sweet corn with garlic butter, cranberry crunch salad, yeast dinner rolls, a charcuterie entertainment tray and two 12-inch pumpkin pies.
Beginning Wednesday, October 28, members can add the complete meal to their online shopping carts with one click and adjust the selection by adding or removing items.
The meal will also be available for purchase in Sam's Club stores.
Sam's Club cautioned that the final price, per-person cost, serving quantities and product availability may vary.
The approximately $160 price therefore serves as a guide rather than a guaranteed total for every purchase.
The expanded selection marks a substantial change from the retailer's 2025 Thanksgiving offering, which featured nine dishes intended to serve 10 people for less than $100.
The previous meal included sweet potato mash, which does not appear on the new list.
New additions to the 2026 package include ham, turkey gravy and a charcuterie tray.
Sam's Club has also increased the quantities of macaroni and cheese, green beans and pumpkin pie compared with last year's selection.
The announcement follows Aldi's October 14 unveiling of a separate Thanksgiving meal deal intended to serve 10 people for under $39.
The competing grocery offers differ in price, serving capacity and the number of included items.
Other major retailers have also promoted budget-focused holiday meals in previous years.
Walmart offered a Thanksgiving Meal Basket with more than 20 items for 10 people for less than $40, while Target advertised a meal for four priced below $20 before tax.
Amazon also promoted a $25 Thanksgiving dinner for five.
Meanwhile, inflation data from the U. S.
Bureau of Labor Statistics showed that food prices continued to rise ahead of the holiday season.
The Consumer Price Index update released Wednesday indicated that food prices increased 2.5 percent in September 2026 compared with September 2025, while food-at-home prices rose approximately 1.8 percent over the same period.
