The 10 Thanksgiving Grocery Items Shoppers Most Often Forget - Tasting Table

"Whether you start preparing for Thanksgiving a month in advance, or decide to host or attend a celebration on the spur of the moment, you may end up realizing you need a certain last-minute item from the store. But when you're facing a time crunch, grocery shopping takes up precious minutes, which is why many people turn to DoorDash to fulfill urgent holiday orders of crucial ingredients, baking and cooking tools, and even dining chairs."

"The company released its report of the most-ordered items on Thanksgiving Eve. We used this data to make a list of the 10 Thanksgiving grocery items that shoppers most often forget. Use it to plan ahead to ensure you have what you need for all of those Thanksgiving recipes you bookmarked so you don't end up having to place a DoorDash order at the eleventh-hour."

Nearly every Thanksgiving hosts a surge in last-minute grocery needs, prompting many people to use delivery services for urgent orders of crucial ingredients, baking and cooking tools, and even dining chairs. The day before Thanksgiving is the delivery service's busiest of the year, with an almost 90% increase in orders. Commonly forgotten items include holiday alcoholic drinks (wine, beer, vodka, whiskey, and premade cocktails), last-minute turkey prep supplies, disposable tableware and serving tools, and ingredients for sweet potato dishes. Planning beverage quantities and stocking disposable plates, utensils, and recipe-specific ingredients can prevent eleventh-hour panic orders.

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