Preparation for a traditional Thanksgiving dinner typically goes hand in hand with some sort of chaos. Let’s face it, we’ve all had to experience the bustling grocery store aisles, the high-maintenance family members with specific rules concerning their contributions to the meal and that inevitable last-minute trip to pick up an ingredient you could’ve sworn you placed into your cart at checkout.
This year, forego the hassle and treat your family (and yourself!) to a stress-free Thanksgiving meal to-go. Now, we aren’t quite saying swap out a gathering at your home for a dine-in restaurant experience, but it is worth noting that purchasing a fully-cooked turkey and pre-made side dishes will save you tons of time and effort this holiday season.
During the time you would’ve spent in a hot kitchen making sure an incredible meal comes together, you can instead watch football with your family or enjoy festive games. We call that a win, win.
Here are the best places to order a Thanksgiving dinner for your family:
The company known for its wine-and-cheese baskets will also express ship a whole or sliced turkey (fully cooked!) right to your doorstep, plus plenty of sides like gruyère and garlic red mashed potatoes and sun-dried tomato truffle mac and cheese.
Obviously, this retailer is known for its juicy honey-baked hams, but they also offer honey-baked turkey, as well as full Thanksgiving meals that you can order online for delivery or store pick-up.
This holiday, Bob Evans is offering different to-go meal options for you to choose from, which can include a pot roast, turkey, ham, sides and even dessert. Meals can serve up to six guests.
If you’re craving some classic American comfort food, Cracker Barrel offers its Heat n’ Serve family meals to-go that can serve up to 10 people. The Heat n’ Serve Feast includes two oven-roasted turkey breasts, turkey gravy, cranberry relish, two sides and pie for dessert.
Choose their Thanksgiving Feast that comes with turkey, creamy mashed potatoes, traditional herb stuffing and more. Or, if you don’t want turkey on the menu this year, you can also order their Prime Rib Meal, complete with a salt and pepper prime rib roast, truffled parmesan mashed potatoes and more mouth-watering sides.
The diner prides itself in being open 24/7, all year round, so it works out if you want to dine out, too! This year, you can pre-order Denny’s Turkey & Dressing Dinner Bundle from November 17 – 22. This heat-and-serve bundle comes with roasted turkey, stuffing, gravy, cranberry sauce, sides and more. Select regions offer online ordering and delivery on Thanksgiving, just check with your local Denny’s to make sure they’re participating.
Our experts were wowed in the past by Blue Apron’s Holiday Ham Box, which serves 8 to 10 and includes a delectable menu of baked ham with brown sugar-honey glaze, a three-cheese cascatelli pasta bake, roasted Brussels sprouts, arugula and orange salad, smoky delicata squash and chocolate mousse pie. Their Classic Thanksgiving Box was also a hit with our testers and featured favorites like savory butter roasted turkey breast and brown butter and white cheddar mashed potatoes. Plant-based eaters will appreciate their Vegetarian Holiday Box offering, which felt hearty and left people full despite being meat-free. You can also add on sweet and savory sides like truffle and parmesan knots, pancetta stuffing and even a charcuterie board.
If you love a nice, smoky turkey, this store specializes in smoked meats. They’ll send you some mouthwatering honey-glazed turkey breast or applewood-smoked boneless turkey breast for your Thanksgiving feast.
This iconic mail-order steak company sends far more than just steak. They run a special promotion every year where they’ll mail a juicy whole-basted turkey to you for the big day.
William Sonoma’s kitchen is selling complete Thanksgiving dinners, with turkey and all the fixings, online. If you already have the sides and just want the turkey, you can pick from various birds or even choose from an assortment of desserts.
Wherever you’re located, you can have your Thanksgiving dinner shipped to you from Goldbelly. Select your region and get a wide selection of Thanksgiving mains and side dishes. From classics like sweet potato pie to modern options like turduckens, there is plenty to choose from.
Have your Thanksgiving dinner meal Italian-style this year. Brio Italian Grille is open for dining in and to-go orders for all your Turkey Day needs. From roasted white turkey meat to Italian sausage stuffing to roasted garlic mashed potatoes and more, they have all the classics that you’ve been craving. Order ahead and feed up to 20 people.
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Customers can enjoy a fresh full Thanksgiving dinner at just $9.99 a plate. Dinner includes turkey breast with cornbread-sausage stuffing, green beans, mashed potatoes and gravy.
Every year, the Italian-American restaurant lets customers enjoy a four-course family-style meal right at home. Enjoy everything from smoked ham to four-cheese ravioli to pumpkin praline cheesecake and more!
Customers can pre-order their holiday meal and get everything from turkey and ham to mashed potatoes and more. And don’t forget to leave room for a sweet slice of pie!
This family-style restaurant is serving up Thanksgiving dinner once again. Buca di Beppo has a selection of Thanksgiving classics, including sliced turkey, gravy, roasted garlic mashed potatoes, seasoned vegetables, cranberry sauce, pumpkin pie and more.
Brioche stuffing, apple crisp and peppercorn-crusted beef tenderloin – leave it to HelloFresh to deliver an amazing Thanksgiving meal! You can either select their Turkey + Sides Box that serves 8-10 people or the Beef Tenderloin Sides Box serving 4-6 people — you can’t go wrong with either one! Just make sure to order with plenty of time in advance before they sell out.
Although Trader Joe’s doesn’t offer a fully prepared Thanksgiving meal, they do a pretty good job with their Brined Bone-In Half Turkey Breast – yum! You can also grab their Turkey Gravy, Scallopini Potatoes, Nantucket Style Cranberry Pie, Cornbread Stuffing Mix and much more to complete your meal!
Preorder your Thanksgiving meal now at Albertsons! Their menu includes a variety of turkey options, from smoked to baked, plus a spiral cut ham. And of course, they also have all the classic sides dishes like mashed potatoes, giblet gravy, cranberry relish and more to complete your holiday meal.
Have your Thanksgiving dinner at Bravo! Italian Kitchen or order your meal to-go. Their menu is complete with roasted turkey breast, roasted garlic mashed potatoes, spicy Italian sausage stuffing, pumpkin pie and more classics. Prices range from $105 to $560, with options that feed anywhere from three to 20 people.
Whether you’re craving the traditional turkey or have a hankering for chicken, Popeyes has you covered. Order Popeye’s juicy Cajun-style turkey in addition to the chain’s iconic chicken and other delicious sides like biscuits, mashed potatoes, mac and cheese and even cinnamon apple pie.
Getting Thanksgiving dinner from Publix is as easy as 1, 2, 3! Order your meal online by individually selecting your meal choices, add a few sides and dessert and then pick up at the deli and bakery when it’s finally time to host your family and friends.
Prepare for a complete meal in a box where all you have to do is heat and serve. Costco is offering a turkey dinner plus sides and pies that serve between eight and 10 people.
Cameron (she/her) is a staff writer for Good Housekeeping, where she covers everything from holidays to food. She is a graduate of Syracuse University, where she received a B.A. in magazine journalism. In her spare-time she can be found scrolling TikTok for the latest cleaning hacks and restaurant openings, binge-watching seasons of Project Runway or online shopping.
Katarina Avendaño (she/her) is the senior SEO editor for Good Housekeeping, where she writes and edits lifestyle content and contributes to SEO strategy. Before joining GH in 2021, she was the digital editor at New York Family, where she was responsible for the website’s content and strategy. Katarina received her bachelor’s degree in communications and Spanish from the University of Washington.
