Many people may need more time or culinary skills to prepare an elaborate Thanksgiving feast from scratch. Fortunately, numerous national restaurants and grocery stores provide convenient options for pre-made Thanksgiving dinners or meal packages.

Costco offers a pre-made Thanksgiving meal that serves eight to 10 guests and requires almost no work. The meal includes a ready to roast turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing, Brussels sprouts, green beans, gravy, cranberry relish and two pies.

The Superbowl of the turkey industry has arrived. Although turkey farmers are busy year-round raising birds for deli meats or turkey legs, Thanksgiving is undeniably the holiday with the highest demand for the lean meat.

According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, while frozen, a turkey is safe indefinitely. As soon as it begins to thaw, bacteria that may have been present before freezing will begin to grow again.