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Hmmm? National Turkey Shortage??

MOMMAVik — Mon, 09 Nov 2020 23:07:41 GMT

Just received my Piggly Wiggly grocery ad flyer in the mail. This usually arrives on Tues. as the sale starts on Wed. Selling Jennie-O Frozen turkey 39¢ lb. or Butterball 97¢ lb. Both require your store card & $25 purchase, limit one & no rainchecks. Sounds ok so far; however, right under the ad reads, "Buy your turkey early-Nationwide Shortage." Has anyone heard about this? LOL - should I be there at opening time on Wed. Or line up overnight?!!! Here we go again. Grocery shortages? I hope not.

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Boomernichols — Mon, 09 Nov 2020 23:17:18 GMT

@MOMMAVik I heard a news report on "small" turkeys or a turkey breast being in short supply. News is that with small groups due to covid, small is selling quick, big birds are plentiful as large gatherings are discouraged.

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MOMMAVik — Mon, 09 Nov 2020 23:21:45 GMT

Yes, I heard that too. The ad says 10 - 23 lbs. I prefer a smaller bird too but whatever I can find I'll take. Even turkey parts if I can find them. Happy holidays!

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candys mine — Tue, 10 Nov 2020 00:21:38 GMT

I heard Small turkeys as well. Higher dmand for small birds. Also heard it explained as there weren't enough people to process the young birds due to covid so the birds grew bigger before processing.

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deeva — Tue, 10 Nov 2020 00:26:25 GMT

Our Fry's grocery stores have Butterball turkeys for .98 a pound, no additional purchase required. I was able to find several in the 11 pound range, so I bought one.
Their Kroger brand is .68 a pound.

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ScrapHappy — Tue, 10 Nov 2020 00:32:36 GMT

I was at Walmart on Saturday specifically to get a turkey breast (bone in). They had plenty whole Butterball turkeys and a few whole Jennie ) turkeys but few turkey breasts (Honeysuckle). I'd say about 7 or 8. I wanted a Butterball but since they didn't have it, I got the Honeysuckle turkey breast. I never had that brand before, I hope it's good.

Instead of my husband's work Christmas party, they are having Honey Baked Ham deliver a choice of ham, turkey or dessert to your house. We opted for the whole smoked turkey (they only had whole) but my husband said he got an email today that it's sold out. In our new choices were a smoked turkey breast, which we picked.

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Lisa now in AZ — Tue, 10 Nov 2020 01:04:45 GMT

Last year I just made a breast, but this year I decided that I want dark meat. I saw an ad for Walmart small Butterball turkeys, so I went to get one. They had about 6 left. I got the smallest of the smalls and it is about 10 pounds. Not cheap though. It was about $1.98 a pound, but I got it anyway.

A couple years ago I got a little one and took it out of the freezer too early and it was defrosted almost overnight. I ended up making my Thanksgiving dinner that year on a Tuesday!

Good luck on your tukey hunts!

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ECBG — Tue, 10 Nov 2020 01:14:37 GMT

@MOMMAVik

I figured there would be an issue, why wouldn't there be? It's always something. I'm shopping Thursday.

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SharkE — Tue, 10 Nov 2020 01:41:46 GMT

no shortage in amarillo, tx. Freezers full. I just always buy the off brand small ones at 7-8.00. all that dark stuff, thighs, legs, etc. I'd pitch out to the dogs. LOL

Big birds, Honeysuckle is the best. Just ask my sister LOL All she will allow

in the house. Butterball is 2nd.

We just buy store brands.

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Toppers3 — Tue, 10 Nov 2020 04:20:29 GMT

@ScrapHappy wrote:
I was at Walmart on Saturday specifically to get a turkey breast (bone in). They had plenty whole Butterball turkeys and a few whole Jennie ) turkeys but few turkey breasts (Honeysuckle). I'd say about 7 or 8. I wanted a Butterball but since they didn't have it, I got the Honeysuckle turkey breast. I never had that brand before, I hope it's good.
Instead of my husband's work Christmas party, they are having Honey Baked Ham deliver a choice of ham, turkey or dessert to your house. We opted for the whole smoked turkey (they only had whole) but my husband said he got an email today that it's sold out. In our new choices were a smoked turkey breast, which we picked.

I hope that I can ease your mind @ScrapHappy and tell you that Honeysuckle turkey is a very good turkey brand.

I've bought their brand and Butterball and Jenni-O plus the store-brand turkeys over the years, and I don't think that you can really go wrong no matter what you do, in my own opinion...

Honeysuckle turkey has their own website that has cooking tips, recipes, and instructions if you'd like some ideas on cooking your turkey.

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catter70 — Tue, 10 Nov 2020 09:58:33 GMT

My Walmart has plenty of large whole turkeys but no turkey breasts.That's what I roast and was able to snag the last one a couple weeks ago, though it was smaller than I would have liked, but better than nothing. I haven't seen any since.

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ID2 — Tue, 10 Nov 2020 10:26:06 GMT

No food shortages ever affect me. I only buy my turkey (among everything else) from my local farmers. I prefer to help and support my locals. Look around ladies, find a local turkey farm! It's so much better and you are helping support the small farmers.

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jackthebear — Tue, 10 Nov 2020 10:28:58 GMT

think more people with smaller gatherings = more demand for smaller turkeys

we usually get a smaller one every year and I have to dig thru the 20 pounders

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beckyb1012 — Tue, 10 Nov 2020 14:34:52 GMT

Our local 81 year old smoked turkey factory had three explosions and a fire this past Sunday night. No one was hurt but the turkey's already smoked were even more smoked.

All orders have been canceled until next Thanksgiving and next Christmas. I went on my lunch hour last week and bought mine. It is in my freezer here at the office.

I bet I could auction that Greenberg's off quite nicely but my family would disown me.

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RespectLife — Tue, 10 Nov 2020 15:12:48 GMT

Aldi's has had Butterballs for .87/lb for two weeks now and PLENTY of them (limit 2)

They had mostly SMALL ones though...under 15 lbs. Couldn't find a big one in the bins at all.

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sueeich — Wed, 11 Nov 2020 22:05:42 GMT

I was actually at my local Walmart yesterday and I saw the freezer case full of turkeys. I bought one because they didn't seem like they had that many. I wouldn't be surprised if there was a shortage. I also bought a couple cans of Libby canned Pumpkin. The cans were on a pallet in the middle of the aisle and there didn't seem to be as many cans as there usually are this time of year. I am not going to wait too long to purchase my Thanksgiving food ingredients this year especially the non-perishable ingredients.

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homedecor1 — Thu, 12 Nov 2020 03:28:28 GMT

Well our WM had 5 freezer cases of every brand & size. Then a end cap freezer had nothing but turkey breasts.

Maybe it depends on the area. For me, I buy a big turkey because I enjoy it after the fact -- I cook and freeze for later.

But, gotta have that late night turkey sandwich with stuffing, on white bread & Hellman's mayo. ( I'd rather this than this hot meal)

Oh and tried the WaWa gobbler bowl today ...yummm🦃🦃🦃🦃

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Emmie1165 — Thu, 12 Nov 2020 04:40:08 GMT

Perfect time to consider Veganism....for your health and for the planet..live a cruelty free compassionate life...

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CelticCrafter — Thu, 12 Nov 2020 12:59:59 GMT

It's okay by me that there's a shortage.

I'd be happier with a Costco rotisserie chicken.

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LisaMofSLC — Sun, 15 Nov 2020 02:39:10 GMT

Got my store ad from Smith's. 67 cent a pound with a $25 purchase. Limit one. I can do that. What is to keep someone from going to another store though?