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The retailer found:

• Most customers take turkey over ham: It works out to about 60 percent turkey, 40 percent ham, the retailer says.

• Most turkeys are bought the Monday before Thanksgiving.

• The most popular produce items are green beans, asparagus and cranberries.

• November is Walmart’s busiest month for pies.

• The retailer sells two pumpkin pies per second during November.

• Walmart says it will “sell enough 8-inch pecan pies during Thanksgiving to fill 9.2 football fields … including end zones.”

• Prosecco is a top choice for wine this holiday season, edging out Champagne.

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