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Cheapest Thanksgiving Turkey Dinner: Target Beats Walmart, Sam's Club Lowest Of All

Thanksgiving Dinner

Those hoping to save a couple bucks on a last-minute Thanksgiving meal may want to shop at Target, which beat Walmart for the cheaper turkey dinner. Bloomberg Industries conducted a study of 15 retailers and determined that a Thanksgiving turkey dinner from Target is cheaper than one from retail competitor Walmart. An 18-item meal, including turkey, cranberries, onions, corn, pumpkin and heavy cream, from Target costs $45.48. The same dinner goes for $52.31 at Walmart, $70.18 at Whole Foods Market and $70.82 at Acme, owned by Supervalu Inc.

 

Travel on the cheap: 5 times to go

If your passport is gathering dust and your suitcase desperately needs a workout, don't throw away thoughts of a thrilling vacation just because your wallet doesn't match your wanderlust.

 

It's suddenly cool to be a cheap date

Cheap Date Night

A lackluster economy plus ubiquitous mobile technology are behind a surprising date-night trend: More than a quarter of people say they’ve used a coupon to pay for a first date. A survey conducted by Harris Interactive for CouponCabin.

 

Cheap book websites for students on a budget

As July melted into August, college towns around the country began to swell with incoming freshmen, returning students and faculty, and campus bookstores began to stock their shelves.

 

Short, cheap vacations the new norm

When Roger Bell takes a vacation, he normally flies to a national park or visits friends up north for two weeks. But like many Americans, Bell, a Woodstock, Georgia-based technical writer, lost his job in 2009.

 

Americans search for cheaper Thanksgiving trips

Americans search for cheaper Thanksgiving trips

Millions of Americans got an early jump on their Thanksgiving travel Wednesday, with many opting to drive or take trains and buses instead of shelling out more money for flights amid a sour economy still hitting household budgets hard....

 

5 cheap tech items for summer car trips

Dreading long car trips this summer? Here are five inexpensive things to can help keep the peace in the car and make the journey more interesting:

 

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