If you're a last-minute shopper, be sure you have all the food you need for Thanksgiving early because many grocery stores are closed on Thursday. Meijer - 6 a.m. to 5 p.m.; delivery and pickup hours 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Orders must be picked up by 4 p.m. Metro Market - Open until 5 p.m. Sendik's - Open until 2 p.m.

Six stores with locations across Arizona will be open: Fry's, Bashas', Food City, AJ's Fine Foods, Whole Foods and WinCo Foods. Here's a guide to what their hours will be and which major retailers will be closed.

Thanksgiving Day falls on Thursday, Nov. 28, 2024, this year. The annual national holiday has roots in religious and secular traditions. It has taken on names such as the “harvest festival” and the “festival of family.

Many government institutions and banks will be closed Thursday, Nov. 28, for Thanksgiving, but some businesses, like grocery stores, may be open.

Several grocery chains will be open on Thanksgiving, the most food-centric of the all U.S. holidays. But major retailers will largely be closed, as the trend of luring people kicking off their Black Friday sales bonanzas before the table was cleared of Thanksgiving dinner dishes has slowed considerably.

It's also a day when many businesses will be closed so employees can spend time with family and friends. Thanksgiving is a government holiday. That means federal offices, courts, and post offices will be closed.

With Thanksgiving and the formal launch of the holiday shopping season, Americans will again be consumed with the annual trifecta of turkey, travel and transactions — lots of them. While most big U.S.