Enter Costco. Their fruit and cheese tray comes loaded with everything you need to keep hungry Thanksgiving guests at bay while you finish the big meal: cheese, fig jam, crackers, almonds ...

“The fresh fruit tray is packed in a way so that the freshness of the fruit is preserved while meat, cheese and crackers are also preserved fully,” Vikramjeet Singh, vice president of ...

Read more: The Best Meat For Your Charcuterie Board ... Cameron Smith agrees and suggests that fresh and dried fruit can share space on a cheese platter. "I really like to have both," he says.