HUNDREDS of Geelong families could be left without a traditional Christmas dinner following a grand turkey heist from a Newcomb poultry store.

Store owners are in a flap after $8000 worth of frozen turkeys were stolen late Sunday night or early Monday morning, the Geelong Advertiser reports.

The turkeys were being stored in a portable cool room at Lenard's in Newcomb Central when the theft occurred.

Surveillance footage allegedly shows three men taking the trailer from outside the store.

Business manager Rob Wall said the theft was a slap in the face just before Christmas.

"About half of our entire turkey supply was in that cool room," he said.

Read more of this story at the Geelong Advertiser.