Retailers’ reward clubs often offer a free birthday gift. In addition to the ones listed last week, here are more birthday offers.
Again, I recommend creating a Gmail, Yahoo or other no-cost email account just for freebies, so your primary inbox isn’t bombarded by newsletters.
Restaurants
Arby’s: Buy a drink and get a free roast beef sandwich just for signing up, and get a free surprise on your birthday.
Back Yard Burgers: Sign up and get a coupon for a free burger when you buy a regular order of fries and a 20-ounce drink. On your birthday, you get a free burger.
Dunkin’ Donuts: Enroll in the DD Perks reward club and get a free medium coffee. Get another free medium coffee on your birthday.
Firehouse Subs: Show identification with your birth date on your birthday and get a free medium sub.
Gold Star Chili: Get a coupon now for a free 3-way, plus get a free birthday meal and a surprise on your membership anniversary.
IHOP: Join the “Pancake Revolution” and receive a free meal for signing up, one on your birthday and one on your membership anniversary.
Moe’s Southwest Grill: Receive a free cup of queso for joining the company’s E-World, and get a free burrito on your birthday.
Qdoba: Receive a birthday surprise.
Sonic: Sign up your children for the Wacky Pack Birthday Club and they will receive a free kid’s meal on their birthdays.
Starbucks: Get a Starbucks gift card and then register the number to receive a free coffee on your birthday. You will also receive notices of special events.
Steak ’n Shake: Get coupons on your birthday.
Children
Bob Evans: Children get a free kid’s meal on their birthdays.
Burger King: Sign your child up with the Kids Birthday Club to get a surprise on his or her birthday.
Chuck E. Cheese: Receive coupon deals and free tokens for your child’s birthday.
Kmart: Enroll your child in the Kmart Birthday Club for $5 in birthday bucks, plus a birthday crown, certificate and fun pack.
Toys R Us: Join Geoffrey’s Birthday Club and get a crown, a balloon and a personalized announcement, broadcast to the entire store.
Desserts
Baskin Robbins: Receive a free 21/2-ounce scoop on your birthday.
Bruster’s: Get a gift for joining, on your birthday and on your membership anniversary.
Dairy Queen: Get two Blizzard treats for the price of one when you join the Blizzard Fan Club, and get a free Blizzard on your birthday.
Meet me in person
Join me from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Feb. 5 at the Tates Creek library branch to learn how to reduce your everyday spending.
