NJ stores: What's open, closed on Thanksgiving, Christmas 2021

A year after stores struggled to balance holiday shopping with spiking COVID-19 cases, some leading retailers say they are keeping what left a good impression on customers.

The latest trend for retail stores around the state is being closed on Thanksgiving Day — as well as stretching Black Friday deals across virtually the entire month of November.

Major supermarkets and chain pharmacies appear to be the last stores “standing” for Turkey Day with available hours of operation on Nov. 25.

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Wednesday marks 45 days until Christmas, Friday marks two weeks until Black Friday and Saturday marks 15 days until Hanukkah.

The following list will be added to as more stores share their holiday hours for the rest of 2021.

Google Street View

Target

Thanksgiving 2021: Stores closed
Black Friday 2021: Stores will open. The chain is offering early Black Friday deals, as well.

Wolterk

Walmart

Thanksgiving 2021: Stores closed
Black Friday 2021: Stores will open.
Meanwhile, Walmart already has begun its “Black Friday Deals For Days,” which kicked off Nov. 3.

(AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)

Kohls

Thanksgiving 2021: Stores closed
Black Friday 2021: Stores will open at 5 a.m. local time. The chain is offering early Black Friday deals, as well.

Costco in Ocean Township (Google Street View)

Costco

Thanksgiving 2021: Stores closed
Black Friday 2021: Stores will open. The chain is offering early Black Friday deals, as well.

Customers line up at the BJ's in Toms River (Ocean County Scanner News)

BJ’s Wholesale

Thanksgiving 2021: Stores closed
Black Friday 2021: Stores will open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.

Wegmans on Route 1 in Princeton (Dan Alexander, Townsquare Media NJ)

Wegmans

Thanksgiving 2021: All New Jersey stores close at 4 p.m.
Black Friday 2021: Stores reopen at 6 a.m.

Christmas Eve 2021: Stores statewide close at 6 p.m.
Christmas Day 2021: Stores closed

New Year’s Eve 2021: Stores close at 8 p.m.
New Year’s Day 2021: Stores reopen at 6 a.m.

Trader Joe’s

Thanksgiving 2021: All 18 New Jersey stores closed
Christmas Eve 2021: Stores close at 5 p.m.
Christmas Day 2021: Stores closed
New Year’s Eve 2021: Stores close at 5 p.m.
New Year’s Day 2022: Stores closed

Every NJ pizza joint Barstool's Dave Portnoy has reviewed

Dave Portnoy, commonly known as El Presidente, is the founder of Barstool Sports. Somewhere along the way, he decided to start reviewing local pizzerias, and the concept took off. Here is every New Jersey pizzeria Dave has stopped in, along with the score he gave them.