Where to order Thanksgiving dinner to go in 2020

We’ve started updating this list from 2019, as of 10/17/2020. However, many of these venues won’t announce their Thanksgiving menu and price lists before November 1st.

Feel free to browse last year’s offerings for ideas, and we’ll mark each venue as updated as soon as we get the info.

Sweet Auburn Barbecue

Updated for 2020 — Orders can be placed now for pickup/delivery as early as November 1st.
Order by 3 p.m. on Sunday, November 22, 2020 if you want to pick up your meal on Wednesday, Nov. 25th.

A whole smoked turkey (feeds 12 – 14) is $115.
You can also get a sliced turkey package with all the fixin’s (serves 6 people) for $105. This option includes sliced smoked turkey and a choice of two sides, plus cornbread dressing, gravy, biscuits or cornbread, and cranberry sauce.

View the menu and price list here.

Place your order at catering@sweetauburnbbq.com

Sweet Auburn Barbecue is located at:
656 N. Highland Ave.
Atlanta, GA 30306.
Phone: (678) 515-3550 |

Get more details.

You may also be interested in:
If you like the idea of a smoked turkey (or maybe smoked brisket!) and fixin’s from one of Atlanta’s iconic barbecue joints, here are a few more options. Click for details — and remember, most will have an order deadline between November 23rd and 25th.
Fox Brothers Bar-B-Q — smoked turkeys, smoked hams, and side dishes to go
The Pig & The Pearl — whole smoked turkey, whole smoked brisket, meal packages, and plenty of sides
Loyal Q & Brew — for folks in North Fulton — whole smoked turkey, French cut turkey breast, whole smoked brisket, and sides

Alon’s Bakery & Market

Updated for 2020

If you don’t want to go the BBQ route, you can’t beat Alon’s for elegant and delicious take-out options.

Alon’s is offering a whole smoked turkey for $80. The bird is 12-14 lbs. and serves 10-12 people.

You can buy gourmet side dishes and Alon’s famous desserts separately — view the list of options here.

Don’t need a whole bird? You can opt for Alon’s Classic Turkey Feast with portions for either four people ($170) or eight people ($320). This meal includes a roasted turkey breast, plus a set of pre-determined gourmet sides.

There are two Alon’s locations:

Across from Perimeter Mall in Dunwoody
On N. Highland Ave. in Morningside

Place your order online for pickup.

Get more details.

The Fresh Market

Not yet updated for 2020 for Thanksgiving — but click here for the Halloween Party Spread.

So many options here, with choices for every wallet!

The Essential Holiday Meal package is just $60 and serves 3 to 5 people. This is truly a budget offering for small, informal gatherings. It includes reheatable, classic holiday dishes: a fully cooked turkey breast, whipped potatoes, herb stuffing, green beans, gravy, and cranberry relish.

The Traditional Holiday Meal package is $80 and serves 8 to 10 people. It includes a fully cooked turkey, whipped potatoes, stuffing, 12 dinner rolls, green beans, gravy, and cranberry relish.

The Deluxe Holiday Meal package is $150 and serves 12 to 14 people. It’s a feast! This package includes a 10-12 lb cooked turkey, a 3-lb boneless honey ham, whipped potatoes, herb stuffing, gravy, green beans, 24 dinner rolls, and cranberry relish.

**Note that prices may vary based on your pickup location.

You don’t have to buy a meal package, however. You don’t even have to have turkey! Check out all the offerings and put together your own meal.

Options include turkey, ham, turducken, beef tenderloin, rib roast, pork roast, leg of lamb, rack of lamb, lobster, oysters, plenty of sides and casseroles, and — of course — a selection of fresh pies and cakes.

There are 8 locations of The Fresh Market in the metro area — including Suwanee, Peachtree City, and everything in between. You order online and then choose a pickup location. Thanksgiving Day pickup is available.

Get more details and find a Fresh Market location near you.

Parish

Not yet updated for 2020

Get a packaged meal for $130 (feeds 4 to 6 people), or put together your own meal from a la carte options.
Prices are in the graphic, below. You can click on it for an enlarged version.

Order by Nov. 25th at noon, by calling 404-681-4434.
Pickup is Nov. 27th between 10 a.m. and 7 p.m.

Here’s a clickable link to the Parish website.

Parish is located at 240 N. Highland Ave.

Boston Market

UPDATED for 2020!

Meal packages range from $80 to $130 and include different options, depending on how many people you need to feed. Each is a set meal with side items listed on the 2020 menu.

Amazingly, these prices have not gone up since last year.

The Complete Turkey Meal for 12 includes:

Whole roasted turkey
Gravy
Dinner rolls
Cranberry walnut relish
Vegetable stuffing
Mashed potatoes
2 pies: apple and pumpkin
Spinach artichoke dip and crackers.

You can also order just the turkey or a ham, and you can order your favorite side dishes a la carte.

Note that prices may vary by location.

Boston Market has locations at:

Whole Foods

Not yet updated for 2020 — Whole Foods had not announced Thanksgiving menus and price lists, but that will likely happen any day now.

There are plenty of meal package options here — including a vegan meal for two, for just $40.

The Festive Feast for 12 people is $280.

The Classic Roast Turkey Dinner for 8 is $130. (You can also get the classic dinner for 4 people or 12 people.)

You can also choose ham or prime rib, and there are choices for a turkey breast rather than a whole turkey, as well as smoked turkey and brined turkey.

Check out all the other meal choices online — you’ll start by choosing your location by state, and then the store where you want to pickup. We used the Chamblee store location to get our reference prices.

Order your Whole Foods holiday meal by November 25th.

Publix Deli

Not yet updated for 2020 — Publix has not yet announced a holiday menu.

Note that prices can vary by Publix location. We used the Brookhaven store for the reference prices below.

A fully cooked turkey dinner for 7 to 10 people is $50.
A fully cooked turkey breast dinner for 7 to 10 people is $60.
A fully cooked turkey dinner for 14 to 18 people is $90.

You can also order additional side dishes from an assortment prepared by the Publix Deli.

And, if you just want the fully cooked bird without the fixings, that will be $2.99/lb.

The Publix Deli heat-and-serve meals include varying amounts of:

Either fully cooked turkey OR turkey breast
Dressing
Mashed potatoes
Gravy
Marshmallow Delight
Cranberry orange relish

You’ll need to order 48 hours advance. All the heating instructions are online, for easy reference.

Get more info and order online.

Cracker Barrel

Updated for 2020!
Cracker Barrel is accepting pre-orders now.

The Thanksgiving Heat ‘n’ Serve Feast is $140. It serves 6 to 10 people and is available either with ham or turkey.

The meal package includes:

Ham or 2 turkey breasts
Dressing
Gravy
Cranberry relish
Choice of 3 sides (each serves 10)
Yeast rolls
2 pies

A la carte side dishes and desserts range from $6 to 18.

Cracker Barrel has locations in Norcross, Kennesaw, Lithia Springs, and Morrow.

Get more info and order online

Golden Corral

Not yet updated for 2020

Build the perfect meal for one, four, or six people. Choose from beef, chicken, pork, and seafood entrées, as well as a wide array of sides, desserts, and beverages.

Get more info and order online

Costco

Not yet updated for 2020

Note that you must have a Costco membership to order this meal.

Also, unlike the other meals on this list, this package is shipped directly to you frozen. No thawing is necessary — you cook from the frozen state and all instructions are included.

Schwan’s 8-person Thanksgiving meal is $105. But through November 21st, you can get $15 off, bringing the total to just $90.

The meal includes:

2 2.5 lb. Ready-to-Roast turkey breast
Creamy mashed potatoes and gravy
Roasted sweet potatoes
Petite brussel sprouts
Corn
French baguettes
Pumpkin pie
Old-fashioned apple pie
Vanilla ice cream

Orders only ship on weekdays. More info.