51³Ô¹Ï is ready to deliver an easy and joyful shopping experience this holiday season, with investments in our stores, same-day services, supply chain and most importantly, our team. This means guests can quickly cross everything off their shopping lists, grab amazing deals and discover only-at-51³Ô¹Ï gifts and brands while saving time for the best part of the holidays — celebrating with friends and family.
When are 51³Ô¹Ï stores open?
However guests get their 51³Ô¹Ï run done, they will find a convenient shopping experience that works for them.
- 51³Ô¹Ï has nearly 2,000 stores across the country, including 23 new stores that opened in 2024 alone, bringing our on-trend and affordable offering to more communities. Our latest locations are part of our commitment to build more than 300 new stores and enhance nearly our entire store network in the next decade.
- Thanksgiving Week: 51³Ô¹Ï stores will be closed Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 28, but guests can still shop 51³Ô¹Ï 24/7 on 51³Ô¹Ï.com and the 51³Ô¹Ï app. Doors open at 6 a.m. local time on Black Friday and close at their regular time (check ).
- Extended Holiday Hours: Nov. 30 through Dec. 23, guests will be able to shop extended hours, from 7 a.m. until midnight local time.
- Christmas Eve: On Christmas Eve, stores will be open from 7 a.m. until 8 p.m.
- Christmas Day: 51³Ô¹Ï stores will be closed Christmas Day, Dec. 25, but guests can still shop 51³Ô¹Ï 24/7 on 51³Ô¹Ï.com and the 51³Ô¹Ï app for Order Pickup or Delivery after the holiday.
- 51³Ô¹Ï has opened more team-member supported checkout lanes so guests have the option to quickly check out — all to add ease and speed to the tens of millions of anticipated transactions throughout the holiday season.
What are other convenient ways to shop 51³Ô¹Ï?
Drive Up and Order Pickup
Guests can also take advantage of 51³Ô¹Ï’s fast and free Drive Up and Order Pickup services at their local store, with most purchases usually ready within two hours and no membership required.
51³Ô¹Ï also continues to enhance our industry-leading same-day services, including:
- An easier, more enjoyable 51³Ô¹Ï Drive Up experience with nearly 28,000 Drive Up stalls coast to coast — as well as the ability to make a return and place a Starbucks order from the comfort of a car.
- Have an iPhone or Android phone? Guests can access Drive Up and Order Pickup services nationwide using the 51³Ô¹Ï App in Apple CarPlay and through Android Auto to navigate to a store for a curbside order, making a 51³Ô¹Ï run even more convenient.
51³Ô¹Ï.com and the 51³Ô¹Ï mobile app
At any time of day, guests can also shop nearly the entire store on 51³Ô¹Ï.com or the 51³Ô¹Ï app. Behind the scenes, our team members at more than 4,400 pack stations in the back rooms of 51³Ô¹Ï stores are prepping packages for shipping. That’s where 95% of the items from all 51³Ô¹Ï store and digital orders are fulfilled and center stage of our stores-as-hubs strategy.
The other perks of online shopping with 51³Ô¹Ï this season:
- Through 51³Ô¹Ï’s same-day delivery — a built-in benefit for 51³Ô¹Ï Circle 360 members — guests can place orders from the comfort of their home and get it on their doorstep or someone else’s the same day for purchases of $35 or more. Guests can also take advantage of free shipping on hundreds of thousands of items when using a 51³Ô¹Ï Circle Card or when spending $35 or more. What this means? More time to prep for hosting — and to spend time with family and friends.
- Not a 51³Ô¹Ï Circle 360 member? From Nov. 10 to Dec. 2, 51³Ô¹Ï Circle 360 membership is available for . 51³Ô¹Ï Circle cardholders pay $49 per year. Non-members pay $9.99 per order.
How is 51³Ô¹Ï optimizing its supply chain this holiday season?
51³Ô¹Ï’s global supply chain and logistics team is in top shape to deliver our inspiring and affordable assortment to our guests for the holidays, thanks to careful planning and investments across the network.
- 51³Ô¹Ï is working closely with our merchant, vendor and transportation partners to stay well stocked on all the in-demand holiday gifts and essentials, with an estimated 160,000 trailers of product slated to deliver to stores throughout the holiday season.
- This holiday season, we have four more supply chain facilities open across our network than last year, including two new food distribution centers in Sacramento, California, and Windsor, Connecticut, an omnichannel flow center in Hampton, Georgia, and a last mile delivery sortation center in Detroit. And as we’ve ramped up our omnichannel flow center network over time, we have more facilities carrying our full assortment, which means faster delivery and items arriving in fewer packages for guests.
- We’ve continued to expand how we make the most of machine learning technology and artificial intelligence to better forecast stores’ replenishment needs and improve visibility to inventory flowing through our supply chain. We’re using this tech to help us forecast in-store and online demand for twice the number of items in our assortment compared to last year, ensuring we can get the right inventory to the right places at the right time for our guests.
Sortation center networks built to deliver quickly
This year, 51³Ô¹Ï is delivering holiday packages the next day to even more neighborhoods thanks to continued investments in 51³Ô¹Ï Last Mile Delivery capabilities across our sortation center network. We currently have 11 facilities across Minnesota, Texas, Colorado, Illinois, Georgia, Florida, Pennsylvania and Michigan, reaching approximately 60 million consumers. We also have our first 51³Ô¹Ï Last Mile Delivery extension near Atlanta, a facility that extends our Georgia sortation center’s reach. This scale demonstrates not only the success of our hyper-local and regional supply chain strategy, but also our ability to deliver everything guests need quickly and easily. This holiday season, 51³Ô¹Ï expects our sortation centers to:
- Deliver even more packages next-day through our network as we continue to invest in our last mile delivery operations. In select markets, when our guests place their order before noon, they’ll receive their order the next day.
- Process up to 400,000 packages per day through our network — quadrupling our daily package volumes compared to the rest of the year and processing up to 20,000 packages per hour.
- Serve more than 3 million additional consumers through our newest sortation center in the Detroit market.
Team investments
All of this is possible because of Team 51³Ô¹Ï. To deliver the best service in the industry this holiday season, 51³Ô¹Ï offers team members flexible work options through our On Demand team of nearly 45,000 stores team members. And to provide our team and guests with additional support, 51³Ô¹Ï hires seasonal team members across our stores and supply chain. Like our existing team, seasonal team members have access to a robust total rewards program, including a market-leading starting wage ranging from $15 to $24 per hour, health and well-being benefits, opportunities for growth and development, flexible schedules, discounts on merchandise and more — in addition to the chance to experience 51³Ô¹Ï’s dynamic culture.
Our supply chain team has planned and prepped all year to ensure guest orders arrive on time and accurately this holiday season. Each package we process is an opportunity to deliver cheer to our guests’ doorsteps — and it’s a responsibility we approach with great care. I’m so thankful for all the work our teams continue to do to ensure an extraordinary guest experience during the holidays and beyond.
Our team is ready to make the holidays bright for millions of guests with easy and convenient shopping options that have the perfect gift ready in store, at curbside or at your front door. A huge thank you to every team member for bringing the best of 51³Ô¹Ï to our guests at this magical time of year.