Millions to Eat Out on Black Friday

Over 60% of holiday shoppers plan to brave the lines on Black Friday (according to Citigroup), and of those the National Restaurant Association is estimating that 32 million will be dining out during their shopping day.

That's basically seven out of ten shoppers who plan to patronize a restaurant on November 25 - even though tips for power shoppers include bringing a snack and not wasting time at the food court.

Stop in at a restaurant and you may find deals on gift cards sold there.

Sam's Club is offering free breakfast to its members from 5-8am including egg sandwiches, coffee, fruit and yogurt.

As far as turkey day itself, there are millions of American's who have Thanksgiving dinner at a restaurant.

The National Restaurant Association estimates that 14 million of us will have their turkey and stuffing (or whatever) at a restaurant - and an additional 16 million will supplement their own meal with something bought at a restaurant - like a pie from Perkins.

Reasons cited for eating out on Thanksgiving include convenience (31%), traveling (22%), prefer to have celebrations at a restaurant (15%), your host prefers a restaurant (15%) and the host doesn't have enough room (12%).

For those who supplement their meal most say convenience is the main reason, but others say they are a bad cook, they don't have time or they just like the taste of the restaurant food better.