News & Insights: birthday freebies & discounts

This is a list of companies who offer Birthday freebies to UK customers

Birthday Freebie list updated Jan 2024

Birthdays are a great way to attract customers to your business, regardless if your a Restaurant, Hotel, Bar or Retail shop. There are so many discounts and with many companies having a App or newsletter, they are easy to manager. Yes it costs but customers normally tell 10 other people about your company, due to a free cookie or coffee.

If you have a Birthday coming up, why not sign up for a newsletter or app and you could get a free cake slice, cookie, side order or drink. Take a look at some of the UK offers for Birthday treats, most will require you to be over 18 due to using a App.

Here is a selection of companies who are doing freebies, discounts and gifts for a birthday via company newsletters or app’s. These are UK based birthday freebies and birthday discounts.

Frankie & Benny’s

Freebie: Voucher for a free main meal.  Sign up for Frankie and benny’s rewards app and you’ll be sent a voucher 10 days before your birthday.

Burger King

Freebie: Free Whopper or Plant-Based Whopper. Sign up for BK rewards and add your birthday under ‘Account Info’.T&Cs: Valid for 14 days.

Greggs

Freebie: Free cake item. Download the greggs app and check the ‘rewards’ tab on your birthday.

Gail’s bakery

Freebie:  Free item on your birthday, it is not clear what this is at the time of writing this page, this is with the Gail’s bakery app. This is the upmarket London bakery chain that is opening up north now.  This is fairly new the app (only launched June 2023, so we will see what the Birthday treat is soon)

Hotel Chocolat

Freebie: £5 loyalty card. Sign up for a Hotel Chocolat VIP card and sign up online. You must spend £5 min

Ikea

Freebie:  £5 voucher in the past however this is looking like it might change

Hobby craft

Freebie:  £5 voucher on your birthday if you sign up for the club. This can be used on most items and you just need to spend £5. You normally get about a week to use it.

Barburrito

Freebie: Free burrito. How to claim your freebie: Download the Barburrito Rewards App and register. Our director got his voucher about 3 weeks prior to his birthday. Register here

Costa Coffee

Freebie: Free cake. signup for costa app club and enter your date of birth on the website or app. You will receive an electronic Cake Voucher on your birthday. This can be any cake, so a slice of the round cakes or a cake slice. Click here to download the costa app

Krispy Kreme

Freebie: Free doughnut of your choice, our director got his at the start of the month, so you get 1 month to use the voucher, which is really good. This is only for the stores owned by them not within supermarkets. 

Tortilla

Freebie: Free burrito. Join the Tortilla club on the website and you’ll be emailed a voucher on your birthday for a free burrito.

Las Iguanas

Freebie: One free meal. Sign up to the newsletter for this restaurant and you’ll be emailed a voucher a week before your birthday.

Beefeater Grill

Freebie: Free main meal. Sign up for a beefeater reward card. Around your birthday, you’ll be emailed a voucher that you’ll need to present either printed or on your phone.

Pizza Express

Freebie: Free dessert, pizza or bottle of prosecco. Sign up for the pizza express club / app and you’ll qualify for your birthday freebie.

Shepherd Neame

Freebie: Voucher for a free main meal.  Sign up for the birthday club .

Lidl

Freebie: Free doughnut or cookie (we think it has changed recently to a doughnut). sign up for the lidl app and the coupon will show up in your vouchers.

Bella Italia

Freebie: Free meal. Sign up for the newsletter  and you’ll be emailed a voucher leading up to your birthday.

Subway

Freebie: Free cookie.  Join subway rewards and you’ll receive an email on your birthday, this is just on the birthday only.  download the app here on google play or apple here. using the code: X-608948E   when prompted in the sign up

Muffin Break

Freebie: Free muffin. Sign up for the rewards and you’ll be able to pick up a free muffin during your birthday month.

Chopstix

Freebie: Free noodle box.  Sign up for newsletter to get your birthday treat. when you sign up to grab 3 Free Vegetable Spring Rolls on me! Yippie! CODE HERE: 12908  https://www.chopstixnoodles.co.uk/chopstix-app

Cafe Rouge

Freebie: Free main meal. Sign up for the newsletter you’ll receive the birthday voucher in your inbox a week before your birthday.

TGI Fridays

Freebie: Free cocktail or mocktail for you and up to five friends. Download and register with the TGI rewards app and you’ll receive the code seven days before your birthday.

All Bar One

Freebie: Sharing cocktail. Sign up to the newsletter via the All Bar One app and you’ll receive a voucher around the time of your birthday.

Miller & Carter

Freebie: Free glass of Piccini Memoro for you and up to five guests. Sign up for their newsletter

Boost

Freebie: Juice of your choice.  Pick up your Vibe Card in-store and register online Or, download and register via the app. Bring it to a store along with a photo ID and you’ll get a free juice. You must buy a drink prior to your birthday for a birthday drink, so it does not work to sign up just for a free drink.

Tasty Rewards (Cookhouse + Pub, Table Table and Whitbread Inns)

Freebie: Free main meal (no price limit).  Join the ‘Tasty Rewards’ scheme

Starbucks

Freebie: Free drink for Gold Members via the app, this is only for gold membership, you only become a gold member by earning a set number of points over a year

Shopmium

This is not a restaurant but a very good app that gives you a birthday freebie,  we added it to the list as well. This is a app that gives you chance to try things for free or a reduced price. You purchase the item, scan the receipt and in around 5 days get the money into your account. For your birthday for gold level members (10 transactions to become gold and 1 every 30 days after that) you get a birthday gift on your birthday, last year it was a tony choc bar. register here

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THESE ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE, ALWAYS READ THE WEBSITE OR THE APP FOR THE ABOVE COMPANIES. THIS IS ONLY A GUIDE AND WE TAKE NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE INFORMATION ABOVE. THIS IS JUST TO GIVE AN IDEA OF WHAT OTHER COMPANIES ARE DOING. PLEASE ALWAYS READ THE T&Cs AND REMEMBER IT CAN CHANGE WITH NO NOTICE. THIS WAS WRITTEN IN 2023 BASED ON INFORMATION AVAILABLE ONLINE, ON EACH WEBSITE & UPDATED JAN 2024.

 

HtE Recruitment News & Insights

This news and insights page has been prepared and edited  by Rick at HTE Recruitment

 

Rick at HTE Recruitment.

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