Wal*Mart has announced that any employee that works on Thanksgiving will receive a turkey meal.

This comes after the company received a ton of flack for the statement that their Black Friday deals would start earlier than last year.

The company said that employees working on Turkey Day would not only receive the free meal with all the fixins' but they would get a 25% discount on any items they chose to purchase. Which is a pretty awesome deal if they can somehow manage to snag some of their hot deals.

Wal*Mart also said that they really don't understand why they're getting so much negative commentary on their decision. They stated that they have been open on Thanksgiving for years.

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