5 Walmart Private Label Brands You Should Buy To Maximize Savings This Thanksgiving

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When preparing for Thanksgiving and possible overnight guests, time is of the essence. Let’s face it: Hosting Thanksgiving can be exhausting.

Shopping at Walmart can save time and money on items like food, decorations and even sheets and towels.

The key is to shop Walmart’s private label brands to maximize savings. 

Items for the Feast

Walmart has everything needed for a traditional Thanksgiving feast, and its private label brands — Marketside, Great Value and bettergoods — offer big savings. All prices are as follows when purchased online. 

Meats

Enjoy the savings while serving guests quality meat, like bone-in, spiral-sliced ham in brown sugar double-glazed, salted caramel or honey-cured double-glazed. Another option is colossal peeled, deveined tail-on shrimp, which is great on its own or for making shrimp cocktails.

• Marketside Bone-in Spiral-Cut Brown Sugar Double-Glazed Ham, Honey Cured Double-Glazed Ham, or Salted Caramel Ham, 8 to 14.6 pounds: Originally $27.70, now $24.80
• Great Value Frozen Raw Colossal Peeled Deveined Tail-On Shrimp, 16 to 22 count per pound: Originally $6.64, now $5.94

Bread, Crackers and Dips

Present guests with a choice of three-cheese garlic bread knots or white dinner rolls and one of five uniquely flavored butters from Walmart’s new private label — bettergoods.

For easy hors d’oeuvres, pair Great Value assorted crackers with heatable spinach artichoke dip and bacon cheddar ranch dip.

• bettergoods flavored butter in Cinnamon Honey; Garlic, Parmesan and Basil; Maple Brown Sugar; Black Truffle; or Lemon Pepper, 3 ounces: $2.56
• Marketside Three-Cheese Garlic Bread Knots, 8-count: $3.24 
• Great Value Brown and Serve White Dinner Rolls, 12-count: $1.38 
• Great Value Assorted Entertainment Crackers, 15 ounces: $4.28 
• Marketside Premium Heatable Spinach Artichoke Dip, 16 ounces: $5.48
• Marketside Premium Ready-to-Serve Bacon Cheddar Ranch Dip, 16 ounces: $5.48.

Sides

Any one or more of these sides will complement a meal. Choose already-cut sweet potatoes in a steamable bag, ready-to-heat homestyle mashed potatoes, a Caesar bacon chopped salad kit, classic macaroni and cheese, fresh green beans, and chicken, turkey or cornbread stuffing.

• Great Value Sweet Potatoes, 10 ounces (frozen): $1.74 
• Marketside Ready-to-Heat Side Homestyle Mashed Potatoes Tray, 24 ounces: $2.97 
• Marketside Caesar Bacon Chopped Salad Kit, 10.2 ounces: Originally $3.98, now $3.48.
• Marketside Ready-to-Heat Classic Macaroni & Cheese Tray, 20 ounces, (refrigerated): $2.97
• Marketside Fresh Green Beans, 12 ounces: $2.47
• Great Value Chicken, Turkey or Cornbread Flavored Stuffing Mix, 6 ounces: $0.97 to $1.48, depending on flavor.

Desserts

Last but not least, set out the desserts. To save time in the kitchen, pick up pumpkin or apple pie at the local Walmart store.

• Walmart Freshness Guaranteed 8-inch Pumpkin Pie, 22 ounces: Originally $5.07, now $4.57 with a savings of $1.30. 
• Walmart Freshness Guaranteed Apple Pie (baked), 24 ounces: Originally $5.87, now $5.23 with a savings of $0.64. 

Home Goods

Take advantage of Walmart’s private label savings on these decorations and linens from Way to Celebrate and Mainstays. 

Decorations

Don’t forget to add a few pumpkin-themed decorations to impress guests. A few throw pillows on the couch and some scented candles will make a home warm and inviting. 

• Way to Celebrate 18-inch-by-18-inch Orange Embroidered Pumpkins Decorative Pillow: Originally $11.94, now $5.97 when purchased online.
• Mainstays Creamy Vanilla Pumpkin 3-Wick Candle: $3.96 each when purchased online.

Sheets and Towels

Overnight guests will appreciate the hospitality when they experience the super softness of Mainstays’ ultra-soft microfiber sheets and the plush feel of Mainstays’ towel sets.

Sheet sets come in sizes twin-XL, full, queen and king and include one fitted sheet, one flat sheet and two pillowcases (except twin-XL comes with one pillowcase).

Colors include arctic white, cool water, lilac bloom, papyrus beige, pink blush, soft sea, soft silver, soothing grey, and washed indigo. 

Towel sets come in two color choices (gray and white) and are 100% cotton and fade-resistant. 

• Mainstays Washed Ultra Soft Microfiber Bed Sheet Set: $12.84 to $32.42, depending on size and color when purchased online. 
• Mainstays 10-Piece Towel Set with upgraded softness and durability: $13.97 when purchased online. 

Editor’s note: Prices are accurate as of Nov. 26, 2024. Prices and availability may vary by location.

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