Walmart’s 2026 Holiday Meal Basket Serves 10 People for Just $3.50 Each

Walmart is offering an affordable and convenient basket of goods this holiday season.

Earlier this week, the chain retailer announced in a news release that it is bringing back its Holiday Meal Basket, which will serve a full holiday meal for 10 people for just $35, or $3.50 per person. Despite the high cost of living in 2026, Walmart lowered the basket price by about $4 from last year and is offering 18 percent more food items.

The basket — available now until December 24 — is “offering the best value in the program’s history with 17 unique products and 26 total items,” with the star of the dinner table being a butterball turkey at just 97 cents per pound, the same price as last year.

Shoppers can also whip up side dishes from the goods, including mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce, green bean casserole, stuffing, sweet potato casserole with marshmallows and pumpkin pie for dessert.

“The Holiday Meal Basket has become one of our favorite traditions at Walmart,” David Guggina, who became the President and CEO of Walmart U.S. in February, said in the news release. “It brings our purpose to life in such a meaningful way by helping families make the holidays special without stretching their budgets.”

“I would say that the American consumer right now is resilient, but they’re being very intentional with their money, and they’re looking for value,” Guggina told Today‘s Savannah Sellers in his first sit-down interview as CEO this week.

In the Today segment, Sellers, 35, pointed out that “more than half of the items” in the basket are from Walmart’s own brand, called Great Value, which could be one way they keep costs low.