What stores are open on Thanksgiving — and their holiday hours
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The majority of the nation's largest retailers will keep their doors closed this Thanksgiving.
Why it matters: Last-minute turkey shopping will be tough. Walmart, Target, Aldi, Trader Joe's and many regional grocers will be closed on Thursday, limiting options for holiday fixings.
- Walgreens will close most of its stores for the third year in a row — a major shift for a chain that once stayed open nearly every day of the year.
The big picture: Black Friday is already underway online and in many stores. Retailers pushed out deals as early as late October to pull spending forward and shift more traffic online.
- Walmart launched its official online Black Friday sale on Tuesday, but in-store doorbusters don't start until Friday morning.
Stores open on Thanksgiving 2025
More stores are closed on Thanksgiving than open. The following retailers will open most of their stores, but hours vary.
- Not all locations are open and not all retailers' holiday hours are easily found on websites and apps.
Between the lines: Most Maine, Massachusetts and Rhode Island stores will be closed on Thanksgiving because of state laws.
- County or municipal laws also can mean stores in some areas have shorter hours.
Grocery stores open Thanksgiving 2025
Store hours can vary but here are the nation's largest grocery store chains are open Thursday.
- Acme Market: Stores close at 4pm.
- Albertsons: Hours vary, but most have shorter hours.
- Food Lion: Most stores open until 3pm.
- Fresh Market: 7am to 3pm
- Giant Eagle: 7am to 3pm
- Giant Food: 6am to 2pm
- Grocery Outlet: Varies, but many open 8am to 3pm.
- Harris Teeter: Stores open until 2pm.
- H-E-B: 6am to noon
- Ingles: All stores close at 4pm Thanksgiving.
- Jewel-Osco: 6am to 4pm
- Kroger: Most stores close at 5pm.
- Meijer: 6am to 5pm
- Piggly Wiggly: Varies.
- Ralphs Stores open on Thanksgiving will close at 10pm, the retailer said.
- Safeway: Hours vary.
- Save A Lot: Varying hours.
- ShopRite: Hours vary, some locations closed.
- Smart & Final: 6am to 5pm
- Sprouts Farmers Market: 7am to 2pm
- Stop & Shop: 7am to 3pm
- Vons: Various, but stores have reduced hours.
- Wegmans: Most open until 4pm.
- Whole Foods Market: 7am to 1pm
CVS, Bass Pro and dollar stores open Thanksgiving
These national chains will keep most locations open Thursday, but with reduced hours.
- Bass Pro Shops/Cabela's: 9am to 6pm
- CVS: Most stores open with reduced hours; 24-hour stores keep regular hours.
- Dollar General: Hours vary.
- Dollar Tree: 8am to 5pm
- Family Dollar: 8am to 6pm
- Gap Inc.: The company, which includes Gap, Athleta, Old Navy and Banana Republic, tells Axios "many of our stores are open on Thanksgiving."
- Walgreens: Only 24-hour stores are open.
Stores closed Thanksgiving 🚫
The following retailers are keeping stores closed on Thanksgiving.
- Academy Sports + Outdoors
- Aldi
- Apple
- Barnes & Noble
- Bath & Body Works
- Belk
- Best Buy
- BJ's Wholesale Club
- Burlington
- Costco
- Dick's Sporting Goods
- Five Below
- Hobby Lobby
- Home Depot
- HomeGoods
- JCPenney
- Kohl's
- Lidl
- Lowe's
- Macy's
- Marshalls
- Michaels
- Natural Grocers
- Nordstrom and Nordstrom Rack
- Office Depot/Office Max
- Publix
- Ross
- Sam's Club
- Sephora
- Staples
- Target
- TJ Maxx
- Tractor Supply Co.
- Trader Joe's
- Ulta Beauty
- Walmart
