Food & Drink Freebies
Hungry? You’re in luck. Food freebies abound year-round. Though some freebies are used to launch new products, others tie in to holidays or National “Insert Random Item Here” Days. Be sure to subscribe to email updates, follow @citiescheap on Twitter, like Cities on the Cheap on Facebook, or add us to a Google+ circle to stay in the know. We’ll send out an update when we update the holiday freebies pages.
Want a taste of the offers? No promises as the details vary from year to year, but here’s a sampling of a few freebies from the past year or two:
February/March/April
- National Pancake Day: Free pancakes at IHOP & Perkins
- First Day of Spring: Free Italian ice at Rita’s
- “Bob My Burrito” = a freebie at Panchero’s
- Free Cone Day at Ben & Jerry’s & 31-cent Scoop Night at Baskin Robbins
- Tax Day Deals: Free sundae at Maggie Moo’s, Free Cinnabon Bites
- Earth Day: Free coffee at Starbucks & Caribou Coffee (if you bring your own travel much, of course)
- National Cheese Fondue Day: Free cheese fondue at The Melting Pot
- Free Pretzel Day at Auntie Anne’s
- National Pretzel Day: Free pretzel at Pretzelmaker
May/June/July
- Mother’s Day: Free fro-yo at TCBY, free meal at champs, free donut at Lamar’s
- Free Flavor Day = Free ice cream at Haagen-Dazs
- National Donut Day = free donuts at Lamar’s, Krispy Kreme, & Dunkin Donuts
- First Day of Summer: Free tea at La Madeleine’s
- Father’s Day: Free soup/salad/noodles at Noodles & Company, free fro-yo at TCBY, free burger at The Counter
- National Flip Flop Day = Free smoothie at Tropical Smoothie Cafe
- Hot Dog on a Stick Day = Free hot dog at Hot Dog on a Stick
- Free Ice Cream Day at Friendly’s
- Free Slurpee at 7-Eleven
- Cow Appreciation Day at Chick-Fil-A
September/October
- World’s Largest Ice Cream Social at Cold Stone Creamery
- National Chicken Day = Free Chicken at El Pollo Loco
- National Cookie Month = free cookie at Great American Cookies
- Have a Slice Day = free slice at Villa Fresh Italian Kitchen
- Halloween Deals: free Scary Face pancakes for kids at IHOP, Boo-Ritos at Chipotle, & more
November/December
- Black Friday: Free coffee at RaceTrac, Burger King
- Veterans Day: Free admission at national parks, free dinner at Golden Corral, & more
- December ’tis the season for gift card bonus deals at restaurants & other businesses.
- Feed It Forward = free discount certificates on Restaurant.com
- 12 Days of Whataburger = free food & drinks
- New Year’s Eve: Free Coffee
