Walmart & Aldi Return To Trump-Era Prices, “INFLATION-FREE THANKSGIVING”

Sometimes the obvious is so obvious you can’t say what you want to say without stating the obvious — know what I mean?

Let me explain.  Walmart and Aldi have both dropped Thanksgiving promos highlighting “INFLATION-FREE THANKSGIVING”, dropping food prices to Trump-era levels.

In other words… things will cost what they cost during President Trump’s administration, before the “Biden-omics” and “Kamala-flation” made it far tougher for families just to keep the fridge stocked.

BREAKING: Walmart and Aldi just announced that they will be returning to Trump-era prices for a special holiday promo.

'Inflation-Free Thanksgiving'

Both stores will be cutting the costs for Thanksgiving spread items.

This is HUGE. Everyone remembers the prices when Trump was…

— Ryan Fournier (@RyanAFournier) October 23, 2024

Popular grocery store chain, Aldi, will now be offering Trump-era prices to counteract Kamalanomics this Thanksgiving.

Even the grocery stores are getting tired of the cost-of-living crisis!https://t.co/j1gAUopG9v

— Congresswoman Debbie Lesko (@RepDLesko) October 22, 2024

According to CBS reporting, Aldi unveiled it’s “inflation-busting holiday meal” promo in a Wednesday announcement which included a citation that put 25% of U.S. households now doing their grocery shopping at Aldi’s.

Aldi on Wednesday announced its “inflation-busting holiday meal” for 10 at a cost of $47.00, or $4.70 a person. Aldi’s Turkey Day fare runs about two bucks less than an offer by its bigger rival, Walmart.

Aldi is unveiling its lowest-priced Thanksgiving spread in five years, with the discount grocery chain possibly taking a page from the recent playbook of fast-food chains offering $5 value meals to entice price-sensitive Americans.

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Many consumers have responded to higher food prices by shifting from brand-name items to private label, a trend in Aldi’s favor given that more than 90% of the products it sells are its own private labels.

Aldi’s Thanksgiving meal follows a traditional menu and includes a Butterball turkey with spices, gravy, rolls, macaroni and cheese, stuffing and ingredients for cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes, sweet potato casserole, green bean casserole and pumpkin pie.

In 2023, a 16-pound frozen turkey averaged $27.35 and accounted for 45% of the cost of a Thanksgiving feast for 10, which cost $61.17, or about $6.12 a person, according to an annual survey by American Farm Bureau Federation. The group is expected to release its 2024 findings next month.

SHOULD WALMART AND ALDI BE CONCERNED???

Considering the news coming out about democrats attacking McDonalds after a pro-Trump even was held at a franchise location (and even some slightly suspicious food poisonings the very next day?), the internet was quick to warn Walmart and Aldi’s to be alert after their unintentional nod to Trump-era pricing (and a slap in the face to the Biden-Harris economy):

Gotta stay alert –

will they do to Walmart and Aldi's what they did to McDonald's? pic.twitter.com/vDEikG7chJ

— Kat (@DeathbatBunny) October 23, 2024

While neither company mentioned President Trump’s obvious connection to their pre-inflation promos, both (inadvertently?) highlighted with the clarity that only MONEY can do, by detailing the difference between food prices during the Biden-Harris term vs during President Trump’s term, as pointed out by The Western Journal:

On Oct. 16 and 17, Aldi and Walmart, respectively, announced that they would be turning back the clocks when it comes to their Thanksgiving spread pricing.

“Now through Dec. 24 Walmart’s inflation-free Thanksgiving meal is available to shop, with options for customers to ‘give or gift’ a meal,” the mega-retailer boasted, taking an unintentionally hilarious shot at all things Bidenomics/Kamalanomics.

Walmart may not have specifically called back to former President Donald Trump’s economy, but the company did boast about its 88 cents per pound turkey deal — a figure that actually tracks remarkably close to Trump-era prices.

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Aldi was a bit more explicit when waxing nostalgic for the halcyon days of an economy pre-President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris — the Democratic nominee for president, no less.

“This holiday season, ALDI is offering its lowest-priced Thanksgiving basket in five years — a full meal for 10 people at less than $47,” Aldi said. “With reports showing grocery prices are up 50 percent across the industry on hundreds of items compared to 2019, shoppers will get welcome relief at ALDI on their favorite Thanksgiving fixings.”

“Compared to 2019”? Gee, who was overseeing the economy then?

The guy with mean tweets and insults — but apparently a banging economy that customers and companies alike are publicly yearning for.

Our Thanksgiving meal basket is available now at an even lower price than last year! With classic fare, inflation free, you’ll be ready to rock Thanksgiving for less than $7 per person. https://t.co/vaNGH4YX0V

— Walmart Inc. (@WalmartInc) October 17, 2024

We knew we loved that place! https://t.co/rXPrCvnets

— Southern Living (@Southern_Living) October 17, 2024

See what I mean?  Sometimes the obvious is so obvious… even when you’re not trying to be obvious about it, you’ll obviously highlight the obvious, when it’s that obvious.

Obviously.