A few years ago, Chick-fil-A changed their awesome Cow Appreciation Day event into a new promo called Code Moo. Instead of dressing up like a cow, the new system had us playing games to earn free items.
And let's be honest – Code Moo stunk compared to the old system.
But you know what? Cow Appreciate Day is back this year!!
On July 14, 2026, celebrate 80 years of Chick-fil-A in business by enjoying a free entree simply by dressing up like a cow.
The level of dress up you decide to go for is totally up to you. I speak from experience that you can wear a white t-shirt with a piece of black tape as your “spot” and just moo and they'll could that as good enough.
Or you can go all out like my sister and I did many, many moons ago.
What item you get will be determined by the time of day you go. Cow Appreciation Day will run from 7am-7pm on July 14 and you'll get:
- During Breakfast: 1 free Chick-fil-A Chicken Biscuit (Original) or 4-count Chick-n-Minis.
- During Lunch/Dinner: 1 free Chick-fil-A Chicken Sandwich (Original or Spicy); 8-count Nuggets (Original or Grilled); or 3-count Chick-n-Strips.
- Kids: A 5-count Nuggets Kids' Meal (Original or Grilled), which includes a side, drink, and premium.
This is a fantastic promo when it comes to grabbing a free meal.
it’s not happening this year.
Thanks for the reminder! We’ve done about 7 years now. So generous of company. Now, my kids are older, so we use the drive-thru with our masks. Kids still can get complete meal with drinks. Adults and teens can get sandwich, nuggets or a grilled wrap I believe. Wonderful!
Awesome, glad you and your family were able to get this awesome freebie!
According the Chick-fil-A website (and the posters at my Chick-fil-A ) they are only doing the free entree. There is no mention of the free meal this year.
Thanks for the reminder! Kids can get away with only headband & paper ears for a free meal! We met another family for lunch. What a generous company!! Free meal and drinks for all with minimal “cow” costume effort.
Good point, I didn’t realize that about the kids!
How did you do the hat and the udders?
The udders were foam sticks repurposed from either a cheap toy or some sort of hair curler from the Dollar Store, I can’t remember. The hat was an elastic hair band with construction paper ears.
How did you do the headpiece?
Elastic headband with construction paper ears
I have fully functioning udders, do you think they’ll let me get away with not wearing a full costume if I point that out?
I love chick fil a… employees aren’t so irritated with the inconvenient customers trying to buy food, and the food is better than most.
Of course you don’t have to like their “social policies” but it’ll be a rotten day for America when we’re not allowed to state opinions any longer. They’re certainly not refusing to serve anyone… just exercising a little freedom of speech. I don’t believe any American can fight against that! 🙂
That would be beef. You may get some gay chickens, though.
Okay, I’ll bite my tongue Ryan, but if I find out their meat is made out of murdered gay people, then I will molest your comment section with my rage!!
IT’S SOYLENT NEON GREEEENNNN!!!!
That is too cute!! Love the costumes
Such a neat idea! My daughter and I dressed in the costume provided by their website, plus some more black & white clothing & shoes and visited a Chick Fil A while out of town. We each got a free breakfast of our choice!! Really nice freebie!!!
You mean I only had to wear the cow outfit on the ONE day?!?? No wonder I got such random looks all this time…..
If I use the Drive thing to order my food do I need to look like a cow?
Or just my face? LOL
Cheers
Yay!!! Love Chick-fil-A… moooooooooooo.
My sister works at WSU (Wichita State University) and they have a Chick-Fil-A in their food court. She got those paper ears, and got free chicken nuggets! 😀
I have seen the pics thanks to Juls myspace..and omg…you and she looked like you had so much fun! Love the pic where you are plugging hif!!
I loved this freebie I went earlier in the mornig with my mom and brother then when my dad got home we went to two more I got a total of 3 full meals. I wore white pants and a white shirt and printed out the cow ears from the chick-fil-a website and I taped them to a headband so all white clothing and a headband with cow ears worked for me. I will be ejoying Chick-fil-a for the next 2 days. Thanks for the freebie posting. and for those of u who went enjoy your Chick-Fil-A. Thanks-Heather
I’m headed to my local Chick Fil A soon – expect pictures tomorrow morning 😉
I have a very good friend that is the business manager for a Chic-Fil-A, and he dresses like a cow on a regular basis for events. The full outfit. It’s not uncommon to find the cow in the backseat of his car. 😀
I wore a paperboard hat that I got from a previous visit to CFA. It qualified me for a free sandwich! They took my pic, but I did not.
Please please please dress like a cow and then take pics! 🙂
I think I will have to pass on this one, lol
Haha, the “party with you” line is great.