The grocery sales that are in effect for the week of Nov. 16 are when you can expect to find really good promotions on anything you might want for a Thanksgiving dinner.

I haven’t seen all the sales fliers yet, but the timing is easy to predict. The week of Nov. 16 is the last full week before Thanksgiving. Besides, the grocery sales have been pretty good in recent months during the third and fourth weeks of the month.

Some of the items I’ve seen so far in the sales fliers have been featured in grocery coupons this month, so be sure to clip and sort your coupons, and take that coupon box or coupon binder with you to the store.

Now the really smart shoppers know to take advantage of the seasonal specials to stock up on products that can carry over into the Christmas holiday season or for everyday use. If you are running out of room in your freezer, do not panic. A lot of the sale items are boxed or canned goods that go on a pantry shelf.

Here are the grocery and drugstore fliers that were in my home-delivery edition of The Monroe Evening News today (I live in the 48162 zip code):

• Busch’s Fresh Food Market (sale starts Monday Nov. 16) will have turkey at 39 cents a pound with additional $25 purchase. Freshlike vegetables 88 cents. Campbell’s cream of chicken or cream of mushroom soup 69 cents. Busch’s spiral sliced ham $2.49 a pound. Fresh Amish turkey is $1.49 a pound but you are asked to reserve a turkey at the meat department. Pillsbury crescent rolls three for $5. Cool Whip 99 cents. Buy any four General Mills cereal at four for $10 or Betty Crocker fruit shapes at four for $10, get $4 off at checkout.
• Wal-Mart (sale starts Sunday Nov. 15) has embossed stoneware four-packs or a serving platter on sale for $5. Better Homes and Gardens damask tablecloths are $9 each and the colors shown would work just as well for Christmas. Paula Dean roasting pan for $29. Frozen cooked shrimp cocktail ring for $5. Nestle Toll House morsels at $2. Kraft mini marshmallows for $1. Cheesecake sampler for $12.
• Rite Aid (sale starts Sunday Nov. 15) will have Campbell’s cream soup, Del Monte corn and College Inn broth at 99 cents each. There will also be buy one get one free on Andes and Mrs. Fields creme sticks. Russel Stover and Whitman’s Sampler candies also on buy one get one free. A variety of mini light sets, gift wrap and Christmas cards are in the flier. Other specials include buy one get second one free Revlon (coupon match in Sunday’s paper). Vo5 shampoo or conditioner 79 cents. Kotex on Single Check Rebate.