What’s Open Thanksgiving? Hours; Walgreens, Rite Aid, CVS Pharmacies, Starbucks, McDonald’s, Walmart, Target, Costco, and Closing Times

A number of stores and retailers Thanksgiving are closed, but stores like Rite Aid, Walgreens, and CVS are open. Starbucks and McDonald’s are also open.
What’s Open Thanksgiving? Hours; Walgreens, Rite Aid, CVS Pharmacies, Starbucks, McDonald’s, Walmart, Target, Costco, and Closing Times
A number of stores and retailers Thanksgiving are closed, but stores like Rite Aid, Walgreens, and CVS are open. Starbucks and McDonald's are also open. FILE - In this Dec. 15, 2009 file photo, a customer enters a Rite Aid store in Detroit. Rite Aid reports quarterly financial results on Thursday, June 19, 2014. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)
Jack Phillips
11/26/2014
Updated:
6/24/2015

A number of stores and retailers Thanksgiving are closed, but stores like Rite Aid, Walgreens, and CVS are open.

Walgreens - Usually open 8 a.m. - 10 p.m. on Thanksgiving. Pharmacy hours and availability vary; some are closed.

CVS - Usually open 7 a.m. - 10 p.m. on Thanksgiving. Pharmacy hours vary.

Rite Aid - Most stores open 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. Most pharmacies are open 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Walmart - Most stores open regular hours, but some open at 6 p.m.

Target - Most stores open 6 p.m. on Thanksgiving.

Kroger - Open starting from 5 p.m. on Thanksgiving.

Kmart - Open from 6 a.m. Thanksgiving. See hours.

McDonalds - Open Thanksgiving. Hours vary.

Starbucks - Open Thanksgiving. Hours vary.

Costco - Closed on Thanksgiving. Friday hours vary by location.

Staples - Open at 6 p.m. on Thanksgiving.

Sears - Open at 6 p.m. Thanksgiving.

Best Buy - Opens at 5 p.m. Thanksgiving

RadioShack - Open at 8 a.m. Thanksgiving.

Macy’s - Open at 6 p.m. Thanksgiving.

Kohl’s - Open at 6 p.m. Thanksgiving.

Gamestop - Closed Thanksgiving; open 12:01 a.m. Friday.

JCPenney - Open 5 p.m. on Thanksgiving.

For a list of more store that are closed on Thanksgiving, go here.

Regarding Starbucks being open, a spokesperson said,  “Starbucks stores are a gathering place for the entire community and customers use our stores to connect over coffee in different ways every day,” reported The Huffington Post. “We are very happy to welcome customers on Thanksgiving in select store locations.”

 According to ThinkProgress, Kmart workers have said they will risk being fired if they don’t show up to work on Thanksgiving Day.

Kmart will open at 6 a.m. Thanksgiving.

“In a survey of 66 self-identified Kmart employees shared exclusively with ThinkProgress, two-thirds said there would be repercussions if they refused to work on Thanksgiving Day, including half who said they could be fired and others who said they risked getting written up or having their hours reduced in the future,” the website said.

One employee told the site: “A minor (under 18 years of age) was told if he obeyed his parents and went out of town with them it would result in his termination.”

Another person said, “No choice was ever given to us, we have to work. I ended up giving my notice with Kmart because of this. My last day is Wednesday, November 26th. My husband has cancer and I refuse to work Thanksgiving. I may never have another Thanksgiving with him. I quit.”

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AP: Obama defends legal authority _ to pardon turkeys  

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama has issued an executive action that some of his Republican opponents may be hard-pressed to disagree with — sparing Thanksgiving turkeys from the dinner table.

In the spirit of the holiday, Obama on Wednesday took “action fully within my legal authority, the same kind of action taken by Democrats and Republican presidents before me,” to pardon the National ThanksgivingTurkey, a 49-pound bird named Cheese. He also spared an alternate turkey, a 47-pounder named Mac. Both came from Cooper Farms in Oakwood, Ohio.

“If you’re a turkey, and you’re named after a side dish, your chances of escaping Thanksgiving dinner are pretty low,” Obama said at the annual event, which drew international media coverage. He was accompanied by his daughters, Malia and Sasha, who declined his invitation to pet the birds. “No,” Malia said.

The ceremony was moved indoors because of cold, wet weather that blanketed Washington.

“So these guys are well ahead of the curve. They really beat the odds,” he said of Mac and Cheese.

Obama last week announced a series of highly anticipated executive actions immigration that have left Republicans crying “fowl.”

Joking about his poultry action, Obama said: “I know some will call this amnesty. But don’t worry. There’s plenty of turkey to go around.” Later Wednesday, Obama took his family to a neighborhood food pantry to donate a pair of turkeys “that didn’t make the cut.”

While there, Obama and his family handed out canned and fresh vegetables and bread to clients of Bread for the City, a center in southeast Washington that provides food, clothing and other services to the poor.

Jack Phillips is a breaking news reporter with 15 years experience who started as a local New York City reporter. Having joined The Epoch Times' news team in 2009, Jack was born and raised near Modesto in California's Central Valley. Follow him on X: https://twitter.com/jackphillips5
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