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Here’s when MS Coast grocery stores close Christmas Eve & who will be open Christmas Day

Shoppers browse the shelves at Lee’s Grocery in Biloxi on Monday, Jan. 24, 2022. Lee’s will be open regular hours on Christmas Day.
Shoppers browse the shelves at Lee’s Grocery in Biloxi on Monday, Jan. 24, 2022. Lee’s will be open regular hours on Christmas Day. FILE

If your homemade banana pudding just won’t do without the dozen fresh eggs your sister snagged for her eggnog, or you pull a Sharon Weiss with the last Marie Callender’s pie, take a deep breath. We’ve got you covered.

Here’s a list of Mississippi Coast grocery stores that will be open on Christmas Day and/or Christmas Eve, for your last-minute needs. Some stores will close early for the holiday. For locations not listed, hours may vary, so be sure to call first.

Time’s ticking away, but most stores are still open Christmas Eve.

Here’s when local grocery stores close Christmas Eve:

  • ALDI, Ocean Springs: until 4 p.m.

  • ALDI, D’Iberville: until 4 p.m.

  • ALDI, Pascagoula: until 4 p.m.

  • Claiborne Hill Supermarket, Waveland, (228) 466-2610: Open until 8 p.m.

  • Food Giant, Biloxi, (228) 374-6402: until 6 p.m.

  • Froogel’s, Gulfport, (228) 265-9747: until 6 p.m.

  • Lee’s Grocery, Biloxi, (228) 435-8889: until 8:30 p.m.

  • Rouses Market, Gulfport, (228) 678-7006: until 7 p.m.

  • Rouses Market, Diamondhead, (228) 364-6084: until 7 p.m.

  • Rouses Market, Ocean Springs, (228) 300-4915: until 7 p.m.

  • Saigon Market, D’Iberville, (228) 392-8044: until 7 p.m.

  • Singing River Grocery and Washeteria, Gautier (228) 497-9000: until 10 p.m.

  • Target, D’Iberville (228) 233-3301: until 8 p.m.

  • Wayne Lee’s Grocery & Market, Pascagoula, (228) 762-4101: until 6 p.m.

  • Walmart Neighborhood Market, E. Pass Road, Gulfport, (228) 284-6991; until 6 p.m.

  • Walmart Neighborhood Market, Highway 49, Gulfport, (228) 284-6114; until 6 p.m.

  • Walmart Supercenter, Gulfport (228) 864-5197; until 6 p.m.

These stores will be open Christmas Day

  • Lee’s Grocery, Biloxi, (228) 435-8889: Open regular hours, 7:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.
  • Saigon Market, D’Iberville, (228) 392-8044: 8 a.m. - 7 p.m.
  • Singing River Grocery and Washeteria, Gautier (228) 497-9000: 6 a.m. until 9 p.m.

Workers prepare the new Rouses location in Gulfport for the grand opening Wednesday, June 12.
Workers prepare the new Rouses location in Gulfport for the grand opening Wednesday, June 12. Alyssa Newton Sun Herald file
Shoppers browse the shelves at Lee’s Grocery in Biloxi on Monday, Jan. 24, 2022. Lee’s will remain open for regular hours on Thanksgiving.
Shoppers browse the shelves at Lee’s Grocery in Biloxi on Monday, Jan. 24, 2022. Lee’s will remain open for regular hours on Thanksgiving. Hannah Ruhoff FILE

This story was originally published December 24, 2024 at 3:23 PM.

Mona Moore
Sun Herald
Mona Moore was a Service Journalism Desk Editor for the Sun Herald in Mississippi; Mahoning Matters in Ohio; and the Ledger-Enquirer and Telegraph in Georgia. Originally from West Covina, California, she holds a bachelor’s and master’s in corporate and public communication from the University of South Alabama. Mona’s writing and photography have been recognized by press associations in Mississippi, North Carolina and Florida.
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