Do they only give the free food on the actual date of birthday? When was your birthday?

Happy Birthday!

No I don't do this besides I'd have to pay for the other 4 family members.

I hardly ever eat out or get take out, so no. I am annoyed by useless emails. You order a couple of bulbs for Spring planting and get an email daily. I don’t have many store cards either. I have one for Bi-Lo . They seem to change their rewards program every couple of month it seems and want you to register online every single time. Then the emails start. The other one would be a Lowe’s card. I suppose it doesn’t really count since it’s a credit card. But makes the most sense with the 5% off. And I don’t get emails from them.

I got a free steak dinner on my birthday last year at. Local restaurant. It was very good. I had to pay for the glass of wine I had but that was ok! I expected the steak to be small but it was good sized. Another Italian place near me started the free birthday dinner and if it falls on the day they are closed they will honor it the following day or you can go in the day before. Just show your drivers license. A lot of places do the free dessert but I like the dinner!

I love Chick Fil A’s birthday rewards. I got a cookie last month for mine, and they are delicious especially if they are warm. I also like Starbucks, I got a free small tea last time.

Mamaopinky, you have a certain amount of time to use it. The $5 off gave me about 16 days to use it. Not sure I'm going to use my free pizza offer if it comes. The pizza was okay but nothing great. I actually prefer Dominos.

Nope. That last place I would choose to eat at on my birthday would be a chain restaurant. I pretty much avoid most of them even when it's not my birthday.

The better birthday meals involve a minimum purchase by others who accompany you so It's not much of a bargain. I can find 2 for one deals on my own.

I rarely want dessert after a meal. Besides restaurants generally will recognize a birthday person at the table with some freebie without needing to be on a mail list if someone mentions it to them.

I haven't received offers in years. But, I do getting offers for free items at chain restaurants. Maybe Friendly's?

I personally don't like money off as a gift. I used to be a member of Hallmark and they gave you $5 off your next purchase.

I do like rewards programs. I miss the Panera's that we had here for awhile. The points could add up to free dessert, or money off an entree type item.

My DH uses gets Dunkin Donut rewards and will often get a free coffee.

Watchme, I guess that is the point. They know most likely you will bring someone with you.

Easy way to avoid the email issue is to have two addresses. One that you use with friends/coworkers/daily reads and another for advertisers/companies/less often read. With the latter choose don't use an obvious name to reduce targeted emails.

No, never do that. I rarely eat out, and would rather choose a good meal than a free one. Happy birthday, though!

I use Kroger's coupons....they send some good ones, but I haven't signed up for free birthday food anywhere.

I have a dedicated email for such things.

We have Grimaldi's and have gotten the free pizza coupon. Our local place has gone down in service and quality. We haven't been for a while although we loved them when we first discovered them. We've discovered a local place that we like better

I have the Red Robin card from when I lived in another state. Their prices have gotten so high and they are no longer convenient so I rarely go there.

We have Raising Cane's here. I have their Caniac card. They have given us a lot of buy 1 get 1 free box deals. I can't remember if I got one for my birthday or a free meal. They are in a convenient location. My kids and their friends hang out a lot.

Most of these are not required to be eaten on your birthday, but it may be limited to the week or month. We usually go to nicer dining for birthday celebrations. We take advantage of other offers too.

We used to go to IHOP for a free birthday meal, but haven't done it for years.

Happy Belated Birthday, Kathsgrdn!

Happy Birthday Kathsgrdn!

Nope. I'm not signed up for free birthday food. I'm usually dirty and tired when dinner time comes around and want to spend my time at home. I do sign up for Safeway & King Soopers "coupons" on my shoppers cards.....the free items are usually pre-packaged items I don't want. :0) No ones giving away peaches or tomatoes....things I'd want. lol

I use my Kroger's digital coupons, and the paper ones that they periodically send (not all of them; I only use coupons on something that I would buy already or want to try).

I have an Ikea family card and just used the birthday perks last week -- got myself a new, more compact thermos pitcher with the discount, which brought the price down to $4.98. It will be replacing my 30some year old, horribly tea stained but otherwise fine one. It is something that I use daily.

Then I had the free meatball dinner + slice of cake. I don't get the raves about Ikea's food, especially the meatballs; they were just so-so. I think the ones I buy frozen at Kroger are tastier. Plus the vegetables were only lukewarm and the cake was nothing to write home about. But, I didn't have to cook dinner for myself!

Last fall friend and I stopped at Pizzaranch for lunch. She said she would get mine as it was my birthday. The staff person said that if that was the case, it was on them. So that was a pleasant surprise.

I don't sign up for anything free. I do have 2 grocery store reward cards that gives you money off of gas, or lower price on in store specials.

Happy Birthday, Kath!

I have no idea if there are any places around here that offer anything like that. It would depend on what the offer was whether I would sign up for it or not. There are a couple of small restaurants where the staff will gather at your table and sing some goofy version of "Happy Birthday" to you if someone alerts them to your birthday. From those I've heard sung to other diners, it's a situation I prefer to avoid!

Rusty

I always miss those deals even when I have signed up. I can't even remember to get to Baskin Robbins for $1.31 scoops on the 31st of the month LOL

The only deal I've been tempted with is a non chain place near my old home that promises to serve for free chicken wings to share with your table on your birthday. You can choose and mix and match the types. They will serve the number of wings that correspond to the number of years old you are. Yep, this coming December, I could get 65 free wings!!! (You aren't allowed doggie bags for this.)

I love wings. Someday, some year, when I'm back down...

Thanks for the birthday wishes. Always1stepbehind, My daughter has a Baskin Robbins thing and they sent her an e-mail for buy one get one free cone. We went the other day after hiking. I hurt all over and my legs and feet were cramping up, so she volunteered to go in to get our cones. I asked her to ask them to make mine very small, as their huge scoops are too much for me. She didn't ask because there was a line behind her??? so I ended up throwing away over half the ice cream.

Grimaldi's did send me a free pizza coupon today but not sure I'm going to use it. Their crust is weird, cracker like and was partially burnt. Brick oven pizza is what it's called but it's partially burnt, which I didn't care for.

At Baskin Robbins you can ask for a child's cone. So far I have never been turned down. I do not think I have received a senior discount the way I do with regular cones but would not expect to.

I haven't found an ice cream store anywhere that won't sell a child's cone to anyone.

Here's a request that, while it relates slightly to this topic, is largely unrelated.

Can you consider old joyful being speechless? He hasn't been able to initiate a topic here for some time, but, as you can see, can offer comments to ongoing threads.

Please, someone with initiative, start a thread something along the line of "ole joyful's (somewhat premature) birthday party" ...

... as he has a bit of a story bottled up inside of him, that's been sort of fizzing for a couple of weeks!

Thanks much.

ole joyfuelled

Cancel that request from ole joyful - library's closing.

ole joyful

We have an Italian restaurant near us that you can get a "Steak on a Rock" for free on your birthday! A $25 value!

Also, Zehnder's of Frankenmuth, MI offers a free all you can eat fried chicken dinner in the month of your birthday! You have to sign up well before your birthday month tho! Zehnder's

We don't all ways get there every year, but it is nice when we do!

A little late but Happy Birthday Kathleen!

We don't visit chain restaurants that often but that doesn't keep us from receiving a free birthday or anniversary meal from the local family restaurants because we're loyal diners. This is my birthday month and it looks like Local Roots deserves my attendance. :)

Many locals offer incentives for you to visit them on your special days or events.

There’s a local restaurant here that gives you a free meal on your birthday. I know several people that only eat there once a year, for free, on their birthday. I think that’s pretty cheesy. I know it’s not because they can’t afford it, because they go lots of other places and pay for their meals, they just want something for nothing.

I don’t want anybody knowing it’s my birthday when I go out to eat. I hate when they cluster around your table and sing you happy birthday or something.

Dunkin Donuts sends me a freee frozen drink coupon every year and Panera a free danish. I think there’s a 30 day window to use them. Golden Corral sent @ free buffet. I didn’t use that one on time-I think it was a week. Fuddruckers sent me a free burger coupon too now that I think about it.