Mural inside Trader Joe's on Lower Greenville

Trader Joe’s on Lower Greenville. Photography by Danny Fulgencio.

There’s always some necessary item you realize you don’t have.

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You might be elbow-deep in cookie dough with no icing to decorate, or halfway through assembling a charcuterie board, and there are no white cheeses.

When you need that list-minute item, keep in mind the holiday hours at our local grocery stores.

All of the stores are closed Christmas Day, Dec. 25. But for Christmas Eve, the stores have different hours.

Fiesta stays open the latest, until 10 p.m., on Dec. 24. Kroger closes at 9 p.m., and Central Market on Lovers Lane and Target close at 8 p.m. Many other neighborhood stores close at 7 p.m.

Here’s a list:

Trader Joe’s on Lower Greenville: 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Dec. 24, closed Dec. 25

Tom Thumb: 6 a.m.-7 p.m. Dec. 24, closed Dec. 25

Kroger: 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Dec. 24, closed Dec. 25

Lakewood Whole Foods: 7 a.m.-7 p.m. Dec. 24, closed Dec. 25

Albertsons: 6 a.m.-7 p.m. Dec. 24, closed Dec. 25

Central Market on Lovers Lane: 7 a.m.-8 p.m. Dec. 24, closed Dec. 25

Target: 7 a.m.-8 p.m. Dec. 24, closed Dec. 25

Sprouts Farmers Market: 7 a.m.-7 p.m. Dec. 24, closed Dec. 25

Walmart on Gus Thomasson: 6 a.m.-6 p.m. Dec. 25, closed Dec. 25

Natural Grocers: 8:30 a.m.-6:06 p.m. Dec. 24, closed Dec. 25

Fiesta: 7 a.m.-10 p.m. Dec. 24, closed Dec. 25

Jimmy’s Food Store: 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Dec. 24, closed Dec. 25-26