Delivering on its commitment to value, the Sam’s Club Thanksgiving meal holds the line on price even while adding items and feeding more people this year

Member feedback directly shaped new menu items with more protein, a charcuterie board, and meticulously developed gravy among 11 Member’s Mark™ items

Merchant, product development and culinary experts worked collaboratively with members over 12 months to shape a quality Thanksgiving meal designed to be prepared in about two hours**

Sam’s Club, a leading membership retail club, today unveiled its largest Thanksgiving holiday meal ever, designed to feed 16 people for less than $10 per person. Even while holding the per-person price to last year’s, the 2026 Thanksgiving meal adds more items and is curated to be prepared in about two hours.

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The 2026 Sam's Club Thanksgiving meal is displayed on a festive dining table, showcasing the many dishes included in the meal.

This year’s Thanksgiving meal is the result of 12 months of planning, research, testing, tasting, and close collaboration with the Member’s Mark Community, whose input, feedback, and tastebuds shaped new menu items. A 20+ person Thanksgiving meal team at Sam’s Club heard member feedback requesting more protein; something to snack on before, during and after the meal; a chance for more leftovers, and a gravy to be added to the menu even while giving the 2025 meal high praise.

The result is a Thanksgiving meal that includes a charcuterie board for pre-meal grazing, offers more protein with both ham and turkey, and a gravy meticulously developed over multiple rounds of testing:

Boneless carver ham
Hickory smoked turkey
Yukon Gold mashed potatoes
Turkey gravy
Green beans with dried cranberries and almonds (x2)
Macaroni and cheese (x2)
Sweet corn with garlic butter
Cranberry crunch salad
Yeast dinner rolls
Charcuterie entertainment tray
12" pumpkin pies (x2)

Beginning Oct. 28, members can add the entire meal to their carts with a single click, or add or remove items as they like. Members can shop the meal in club, order online for curbside pickup or get it delivered to their doorstep, often and in some markets in as soon as an hour with Express delivery.***

"Thanksgiving is about bringing people together, and great food is a big part of that," said Myron Frazier, Executive Vice President and Chief Merchant at Sam’s Club. "We listened to our members and made this year’s meal even better, with more great items, quality ingredients and less time in the kitchen. And we did it while keeping the price per person the same as last year. That’s the unmatched value Sam’s Club is known for."

Less Time in the Kitchen, More Time with Family

In addition to being a strong dollar value, Sam’s Club’s Thanksgiving meal adds value in the form of time, more time with family and friends, and less time in the kitchen. Sam’s Club considered an average household kitchen with one oven and two racks and worked to line up cooking temperatures of individual items. What could take upward of nine hours if a member purchased ingredients for all 11 items and prepared them from scratch is now ready and on the table in just about hours.

Great Taste Without Sacrificing Quality

With member feedback advocating for both great taste and a meal made with quality ingredients, each item meets Sam’s Club’s Made Without Commitment, which removes more than 40 unwanted ingredients and synthetic colors from thousands of Member’s Mark food and beverage items. At a special tasting event in Dallas this summer, select Member’s Mark Community members sampled and offered feedback on this year’s meal, including the new turkey gravy, which went through rounds of iteration to ensure its flavor, seasoning, and texture rivaled what members said was like the gravy that ‘grandma used to make.’

For more details on how the meal was researched, tested, and designed collaboratively with Member’s Mark Community, read the story here. The Thanksgiving meal will be available in club and online starting Oct. 28, 2026. You can download the full press kit here.

About Sam’s Club

Sam’s Club®, a division of Walmart Inc. (NASDAQ:WMT), one of the world’s leading retailers, is a membership retail club offering superior products, savings and services to millions of members in more than 600 clubs in the U.S. and Puerto Rico. Now in its 43rd year, Sam’s Club continues to redefine club membership shopping with its highly curated assortment of high-quality fresh food and Member’s Mark® items, in addition to market leading technologies and services like Scan & Go™️, Curbside Pickup and home delivery service in select markets. To learn more about Sam's Club, visit the Sam's Club Newsroom, shop at SamsClub.com and interact with Sam's Club on LinkedIn, X (formerly Twitter), Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and Pinterest.

*Feeds 16 for under $10 per person based on average weights of food items shown. See SamsClub.com/ThanksgivingMeal for details. Pricing shown is pre-tax and reflects the total price of the complete holiday assortment as shown, purchased in full, divided by 16 guests. Per-person cost is calculated by dividing the total assortment price by 16 and does not represent the price of items purchased individually or à la carte, which are priced separately. The per-person figure is based on average expected product weights and serving yields. Because several items are sold by weight, actual product weights and total price may vary. Actual cost per person, total price, product weights, availability, portion sizes, and serving yields may vary by club. Substitutions may apply where a listed item is unavailable. Suggested serving yields are estimates and do not imply that every individual will receive a full serving of every listed item. This offer assumes the complete assortment shown. Availability of all items is not guaranteed at every club.

** Individual oven times may vary.

*** Available at participating locations on eligible orders for an additional $10 for Plus members or $22 for Club members. No minimum order size. Delivery is dependent upon product eligibility, inventory availability, available delivery time slots, club hours, and delivery location. Order time limits, geographic restrictions, quantity limits, and other restrictions may apply. See SamsClub.com/TermsAndConditions for details.

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Media Contact:

Tyler Thomason, Director of External Communications, Sam’s Club

Tyler.Thomason@walmart.com