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You won't find much that's open on Thanksgiving these days, especially if you need a pharmacy.

The big picture: Expect limited hours and some stores to be closed, so the sooner might be the better if you're running behind.

Many restaurants also are closed Thursday but you can still pick up a holiday drink at Dunkin' and Starbucks.

State of play: Thanksgiving is not the start of Black Friday in-person shopping like it was before COVID-19, but some stores like Costco and Kohl's are adding additional deals online Thursday. 

COVID is also a factor in why some retailers stopped having traditional Black Friday ads.

The following retailers will open most of their stores but hours vary.

Yes, but: Not all locations are open and not all retailers' holiday hours are easily found on websites and apps. 

Acme Market: Most stores open 7am to 4pm.

Albertsons: Hours vary, but most have shorter hours.

Food Lion: Varies, but many open until 3pm.

Giant Food: 6am to 5pm with pharmacy hours 9am to 1pm.

Gas stations and discount stores open Thanksgiving

Here are chains in which most locations should be open, but check ahead. Additional stores, smaller chains and convenience stores will also be open, many with reduced hours.

ARKO Corp convenience stores (E-Z Mart, fas mart, Scotchman, Admiral, Roadrunner and Village Pantry).

CVS: Hours vary, but most stores will close at 5pm Thursday.

Rite Aid: Hours vary but many open 8am to 7pm.

Walgreens: Hours vary but many stores open 9am to 6pm.

Not all locations of the following restaurants will be open Thursday and hours will vary. In some cases, just select locations are open, so it's best to check with your closest location before heading out.

Websites and apps do not always reflect holiday hours.

Being open on a holiday is often a franchise decision.

Between the lines: Restaurant locations inside mall food courts or stores like Target and Walmart will be closed.

Red Lobster (see website for select locations that are open)

Restaurants are open for dining in and takeout and Cracker Barrel, Bob Evans and Boston Market are among the restaurants offering turkey dinners.

Ordering deadlines for large meals vary and many of them passed earlier in the week, but it's still possible to pick up a meal, those supplies are limited.

Wawa convenience stores also have a hoagie and bowl with hot turkey, potatoes, stuffing and cranberry sauce called The Gobbler. 

By the numbers: 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.

Set your alarm early Friday for in-store Black Friday. Here's the list of when stores are open for Black Friday deals.

Amazon's Black Friday sale started at 12:01am PST Thursday and runs for 48 hours, the company said.

Editor's note: This story has been updated with additional information.

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Black Friday is once again expected to be one of the busiest shopping days of the year, according to holiday season predictions and consumer surveys.

Why it matters: With the lure of saving money, more consumers are expected to shop Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales than last year to push back against inflationary pressure, a new survey from Deloitte found.

Eight in 10 consumers plan to shop during the five-day holiday period (Thanksgiving through Monday), up from 71% last year, per Deloitte.

Retailers have extended the holiday shopping season with weeks of early sales to help consumers spread out their spending.

Context: The National Retail Federation estimates 166.3 million people are planning to shop between Thanksgiving and Cyber Monday.

That's almost 8 million more people than last year and the highest estimate since the federation started tracking this data in 2017.

Meanwhile, more consumers are expected to return to in-store shopping this year, a Samba TV and HarrisX report found.

By the numbers: While hours vary by retailer and sometimes by location, 5am is the earliest opening hour with Best Buy, Kohl's and JCPenney opening.

Walmart, Home Depot, Lowe's and Macy's open at 6am.

Target, Marshalls, T.J. Maxx and HomeGoods open at 7am.

Black Friday coupon giveaways at JCPenney and Kohl's

What we're watching: When JCPenney and Kohl's open at 5am, they will treat early shoppers to coupon giveaways, according to their Black Friday ads.

JCPenney shoppers who get the mystery coupons will get $10, $100, or $500 off select purchases.

The first 200 shoppers at every Kohl’s store nationwide will win a prize ranging from Kohl’s Cash to a family trip to Legoland.

What they’re saying: Matt Voda, a marketing expert and CEO of OptiMine, told Axios that the coupon giveaways are an "exciting promotion" and a "way to stand out in a crowded Black Friday market."

"Never underestimate the power of giveaways — they work, especially if the promise of savings are material for consumers who would benefit the most from them," Colleen McCreary, consumer financial advocate at Credit Karma, told Axios.

Store hours can vary but here are when the nation's largest retailers will open Friday. In some cases, hours vary greatly so check with your closest stores.

Bath & Body Works: Hours vary but many open at 6am

Bed Bath & Beyond: Varies with many open 6am to 10pm. Note, Axios found many of the retailer's closing stores have reduced hours.

buybuy Baby: Vary, but most open earlier than a normal Friday

Costco Wholesale Club: Varies, but most 9am to 8:30pm

Old Navy: Hours vary with some locations opening at 5am

Expect more stores and grocery stores to be closed on Thanksgiving than are open.

Walmart, Target, Best Buy, and department stores are among the stores closed. Check out the full list of open and closed stores.

Many restaurants will also be closed Thursday. But some Starbucks and McDonald's will be open. Here's the list of restaurants open.

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The easiest shortcut to spotting Black Friday deals is vanishing before our eyes: the sales circulars that once stuffed Thanksgiving Day papers are becoming a relic.

The big picture: The circulars were a mainstay for holiday shoppers but retailers have been phasing them out, so discounts can shift with inventory.

COVID has transformed Black Friday sales from a few short days to weeks of discounts with more offers pushed online.

Why it matters: It's harder to find out what's on sale and make your shopping plans.  

🗞️ In the past, we could flip through paper or digital ads. 

Now they're gone from Best Buy and Walmart. So customers have to wade through websites and categories and products.

🛍️ Where they're left: Target, Kohl's and JCPenney have large circulars posted online. Lowe's, The Home Depot and Macy's have circulars in some newspapers.

Yes, but: With retailers rolling out more holiday deals online than in-store, the push to digital makes sense.

It's also not just happening around Black Friday. Stores including CVS, Walgreens, Target and Dick's Sporting Goods have trimmed weekly print advertisements, RetailWire reported in March. 

Quick take: For decades, sales circulars have been how retailers promoted their discounts but had to be planned out weeks and more than a month in advance.

“The tools we have to surgically adjust pricing are so much more sophisticated than they were several years ago," Dick's Sporting Goods CEO Lauren Hobart said during a March investor conference where she spoke of previously having "blunt instruments in the newspaper."

 🗞️ Zoom out: Coupons in general are dying so it's not a shock that there were fewer Black Friday coupons in Thanksgiving papers.

Retailers do have coupons to scan in apps and codes to use online.

Thanksgiving Day newspapers were also in short supply as media companies stopped the presses for holiday editions in some parts of the country.

The Washington Post that arrived in Arlington, Va., Thursday morning included Kohl's, Macy's, Home Depot and Lowe's ads, Axios' Mike Allen reports. 

The (Raleigh) News & Observer had all of those plus Belk, Dollar General and a few others. 

The Sun Sentinel in South Florida had Home Depot, Lowe's, Rooms To Go, Macy's, Bealls and Bealls Outlet plus a Publix grocery circular for the sale starting Friday.

Some newspapers even charge more for the Thanksgiving paper that used to be known as the "biggest paper of the year" — aka a boatload of Black Friday ads they were paid to bring you. (Today's Post is $5; the N&O is $5.99.)

Flashback: In 2014, the Orlando Sentinel touted that its Thanksgiving edition weighed nearly five pounds.

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Best Buy and Walmart don't have traditional Black Friday ads this year.

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Cyber Monday — expected to be the biggest online shopping day of the year — is getting off to an early start after Black Friday sales end.

Why it matters: Online holiday shopping is growing at a slower pace than in past years but it continues to break records, according to Adobe Analytics.

Many Black Friday sales continue through Saturday, which also is Small Business Saturday.

By the numbers: Consumers spent $5.29 billion on Thanksgiving Day, a 2.9% increase over last year, per Adobe.

Black Friday is expected to bring in $9 billion in online sales, up just 1% from last year. 

Cyber Monday is projected to grow 5.1% over last year with $11.2 billion in sales, Adobe said.

Meanwhile, Cyber Week, the five days from Thanksgiving through Cyber Monday, is expected to generate $34.8 billion in online spending and represent 16.3% of the November to December holiday season, Adobe projects.

Computers and furniture are expected to have the biggest discounts this Cyber Monday, Adobe said.

Here are some of the details about some of the biggest Cyber Monday sales:

Amazon Cyber Monday deals 2022 start Saturday

What's happening: Amazon has one of the earliest starts to its Cyber Monday sale, which will run Saturday through Monday, Nov. 28.

The weekend sale will feature "deep discounts across top categories," the company said in a news release.

Amazon said it will have "surprise deals dropping every 30 minutes during select periods of the three-day event."

Target Cyber Monday 2022 deals start Sunday

Target unveiled details Friday for its two-day Cyber Monday sale that starts Sunday morning online and on the retailer's app.

There will be "deep savings on hundreds of thousands of items" on "everything from TVs and laptops to apparel and toys," Target said.

Target said it will continue to offer weeklong deals similar to the weekly Black Friday deals it started in October. 

Walmart's Cyber Monday sale starts 7pm ET Sunday on the retailer's website and app.

A toy sale continues through Cyber Monday with up to 50% hundreds of toys.

Black Friday sale also continues through the weekend, Walmart told Axios.

Walmart Cyber Monday deals include toys, electronics and small kitchen appliances like coffee makers.

State of play: There is no early start for the Cyber Monday sale for Walmart+ members like with the company's three Black Friday sales, Walmart confirmed to Axios.

Kohl's Cyber Monday deals 2022 kicks off Saturday

Kohl's announced in a news release that its "Cyber Kickoff event" will begin Saturday with "deals on hundreds of top gifts" and a 20% discount.

Free shipping on online orders of $25 or more continues through Monday.

On Cyber Monday, online Kohl’s Rewards shoppers can use a $10 off $50 coupon and earn $15 for every $50 spent. Coupon exclusions apply.

The sale will also kick off a month of Kohl's Cash earn opportunities, the company said with a chance to earn Kohl's Cash every day through Christmas Eve.

Best Buy said on its website that it will hold a Cyber Monday sale Sunday and Monday online and in stores.

Some Cyber deals will be available after Monday, too, the company said.

What they're saying: "Even though Cyber Monday technically falls on a Monday, we like to offer our customers a little more time to shop those hot offers by starting the sale a little earlier," Best Buy said.

What's next: While not a part of Target’s Cyber Monday sale, the retailer will offer a rare gift card discount Dec. 3-4, according to the upcoming sales circular that was posted online Friday.

Details: Get 10% off store gift card purchases up to $500 through its Target Circle loyalty program — for a maximum savings of $50.

Exclusions apply and the offer is available on in-store and online Target gift card purchases.

Flashback: Being a member of the loyalty program has been required to get the annual gift card discount since 2020.

In late September, Target had a two-day gift card discount in late September but it was only for RedCard holders.

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After weeks of early Black Friday sales, Black Friday proper is officially here with extended store hours and new deals.

Why it matters: Nov. 25 is expected to be one of the busiest shopping days of the year, according to holiday predictions from the National Retail Federation and  Sensormatic Solutions.

By the numbers: The federation estimates 166.3 million people are planning to shop between Thanksgiving and Cyber Monday, which is nearly 8 million more people than last year.

Eight in 10 consumers plan to shop during the five-day holiday period (Thanksgiving through Monday), up from 71% last year, a survey from Deloitte found.

The big picture: More consumers are expected to return to in-store shopping this year, a Samba TV and HarrisX report found.

What's happening: While hours vary by retailer and sometimes by location, 5am is the earliest opening hour with Best Buy, Kohl's and JCPenney opening then.

Black Friday hours: What time stores are open

Editor's note: This story has been updated with additional information and a new photo.

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Best Buy is open 5am to 10pm for Black Friday 2022. Photo: Kelly Tyko/Axios

After weeks of <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="early Black Friday sales" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/2022/11/19/black-friday-deals-2022-sales" data-vars-content-id="bb293ed8-3789-4d0d-be2a-f7d0e051a40a" data-vars-headline="Black Friday deals are here with extended store hours" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/2022/11/19/black-friday-deals-2022-sales" target="_self">early Black Friday sales</a>, Black Friday proper is officially here with <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="extended store hours" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/2022/11/23/black-friday-2022-deals-store-hours" data-vars-content-id="bb293ed8-3789-4d0d-be2a-f7d0e051a40a" data-vars-headline="Black Friday deals are here with extended store hours" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/2022/11/23/black-friday-2022-deals-store-hours" target="_self">extended store hours</a> and new deals.Why it matters: Nov. 25 is expected to be one of the busiest shopping days of the year, according to holiday predictions from the <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="National Retail Federation" data-vars-click-url="https://nrf.com/media-center/press-releases/record-1663-million-shoppers-expected-during-thanksgiving-weekend" data-vars-content-id="bb293ed8-3789-4d0d-be2a-f7d0e051a40a" data-vars-headline="Black Friday deals are here with extended store hours" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://nrf.com/media-center/press-releases/record-1663-million-shoppers-expected-during-thanksgiving-weekend" target="_blank">National Retail Federation</a> and <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Sensormatic Solutions" data-vars-click-url="https://www.sensormatic.com/en_ca/resources/pr/2022/2022-global-top-busiest-days" data-vars-content-id="bb293ed8-3789-4d0d-be2a-f7d0e051a40a" data-vars-headline="Black Friday deals are here with extended store hours" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.sensormatic.com/en_ca/resources/pr/2022/2022-global-top-busiest-days" target="_blank">Sensormatic Solutions</a>.

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