Freebies and free stuff

The five free Nescafe Taster’s Choice gourmet single-serve coffee flavors are Vanilla, Colombian, Original, Decaff, and Hazelnut. I call foul! How is “original” a flavor? Okay, maybe it’s the coffee equivalent of plain, like vanilla ice cream, but then what does that make vanilla coffee? Chocolate ice cream? And wait a minute, decaff isn’t a flavor either! Unless it’s like sugar-less ice cream. Hazelnut translates both ways and I guess Colombian is like cocaine ice cream.

What? That’s not a real flavor? Oh… that’s why the local ice cream parlor was raided last year.

When you buy two drinks and one burger between now and Nov. 23 at Denny’s , you can get a second burger & fries meal free. This only works for couples as I doubt they’ll let one really hungry person get two burgers.

You might be able to pull it off if you bring a fake mustache though. Every time the waiter comes, move to the other side of the table and say your friend went to the bathroom. It probably wouldn’t hurt to throw in a fake accent for one of the characters as well!

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The free Betty Crocker potatoes offer is back for anybody who missed it last time. You can choose between Au Gratin and Roasted Garlic, but only if you’re new to General Mills’ newsletter. I’ve already signed up every e-mail account I own to their newsletter, which means I only have one option left; start opening new accounts solely for the free potatoes!

I wonder if that previous sentence has ever been uttered before.

These free PowerBar gel blasts almost scare me. Look at all the power blasting from each gel. There’s no way my body will be able to handle one of those. I sit in front of a computer all day long and read a few thousand words. A handful of peanuts is all it takes to keep me going through the day. I do have a cell phone that won’t hold a charge anymore though… I wonder if I can jam one of these gels in there somehow…

They force you to join their newsletter, so I forced it to go to my freebie e-mail account. You might want to do the same.

CVS currently has Campbell’s soup on sale for 2/$1. Coupons.com is hosting a free $1/2 coupon (IE link) (FF link), meaning you can get free Campbell’s soup! CVS has a limit of 6 cans, so if you have access to multiple computers, print out a few extra coupons.

I don’t know about you, but it’s gray, dreary, and rainy where I live and soup sounds fantastic for lunch. Now if I can just find a store giving away free grilled cheese sandwiches, I’d be in business.

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EDIT: This is no longer available.

It turns out that today is not only free KFC and awesome Boston Market deal day, but it’s also World Pasta Day. In celebration, Buca di Beppo (heh heh, that’s fun to say) is giving away free spaghetti with any entree or pasta purchase today, Monday, October 26! Their restaurant locations are a bit scattered, but if you have one nearby, I’d consider taking up this offer not only for the free spaghetti, but because they’ll also send home with you a free package of Rummo pasta.

Sorry for the late notice, but I just found out about it!

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Hiffers Janet and Christine just brought a great deal to my attention on HIF’s Facebook Page. It seems Boston Market has a coupon available for $1 Real Chicken Meals. It doesn’t expire until November 1 and the fine print reads:

Valid only on Quarter White or 3-Piece Dark Chicken served with Mashed Potatoes and Cornbread.

Three pieces of chicken, mashed taters and cornbread for a buck? Yeah, I know where I’m eating lunch a few times this week. In fact, they also have a deal where two kids eat free with any $6+ purchase by an adult. So a family of four could eat for around $7 (one parent uses the $1 coupon, another buys $6 in food, two kids eat free). You can’t beat that!

EDIT: I’ve uploaded the coupon here to HIF. Enjoy!

I haven’t received my free Oregon Chai tea that we posted earlier this month, but it seems that the offer is back up as of yesterday. A few Hiffers wrote in to say they saw ads for the freebie in their Sunday paper, which only brings one question to mind: why does my local paper suck? I didn’t see any ads for it! In fact, the lead story on the front page was a riveting tale of the dangers of fallen leaves on roads. The horror!

I’m starting to realize it doesn’t take much to create news where I live. In fact, I bet I could get on the front page if I danced around Main Street with HeyItsFree.net painted on my chest!

EDIT: This is no longer available.

Don’t forget that today, Monday, October 26 is when KFC is giving away free grilled chicken. We wrote up a post about it last week, but I figured a little reminder couldn’t hurt. In fact, I have to remind myself of things all the time. Sometimes I…even…forget…oh crap, I need to breathe!

*takes deep breath*

Ah, much better. I’m always forgetting the most basic stuff!

Okay, what is up with all the free food coupons? This will be the fourth one I’ve posted today and seventh currently on the main page of HIF. I’m not complaining, but let’s just say my jeans are already tight enough. A man needs some free fruit or veggies once in a while!

Oh well, until then, here’s a coupon for a free Fazoli’e small spaghetti with a drink purchase. It doesn’t expire until November 15th and you can print it as many times as you want, so here’s to eating a ton of free carbs! It’ll be like reliving my high school days where I ran cross country. I was never that good, but I loved the part where I got to eat as much as humanly possible leading up to a race. In hindsight, that may have been why I was so slow.

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EDIT: This coupon offer is no longer available.

There’s a coupon offer available for a free Ted’s Montana Grill entree worth $8 if you answer the quiz question with The World’s Largest Buffalo. The coupon will be e-mailed to you within 7-10 days and their locations are a bit scattered, but thankfully they do have a few in Montana. I would have been forced to ridicule them mercilessly otherwise.

If you take this coupon to your local Panda Express and buy a 2 or 3-Entree Plate, you can get a single serving entree item free. I’ve never been to a Panda Express before, but … ok, I’ll just come out and ask it: they don’t serve pandas as food, right? I don’t care how delicious they may be, there’s no way I could bring myself to eat a panda. Pretty much all black & white animals are off limits for being too cute: pandas, penguins, dalmations. I guess maybe I could eat a zebra if push came to shove. But I wouldn’t enjoy it!

You’ve got until Tuesday, October 27, 2009 to use the coupon.

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I can’t for the life of me figure out how to better link to this free Kashi TLC chewy granola bar¹ other than this: click the link above and then click on the banner that shows up. You’ll then be taken to Kashi’s website where you can sign up. Think of the extra hoop we have to jump through as a mini-treasure hunt. Or better yet, pretend we’re dolphins! And the hoop’s on fire! And there’s an all you can eat buffet of fish on the other side!

I don’t know why I’m so excited about pretending to be a dolphin, but you’d be kidding yourself if you thought I wasn’t making clicking noises right now.

1. This link was found via MyCokeRewards.com, so there’s no telling how much longer it’ll be available. [↩]

The Associated Press is reporting that on Monday, October 26, anybody can stop in and get a free piece of grilled chicken at KFC. If you’ve been a fan of freebies for a while, you might remember they had a similar offer back in May. They were so overwhelmed with requests that they had to issue rainchecks. I guess that’s what happens when Oprah talks about it. They promise to be ready this time around, so here’s to a free lunch this coming Monday!

Also, if you’re a regular of KFC, they have a dozen or so printable coupons on their site.

This coupon for a free small cookie & kids-sized hot chocolate at Barnes & Noble is only valid on Saturday, October 24. I especially enjoy the fine print that reads “not valid at BN.com.” Oh, really? You mean I can’t order a free cookie and hot chocolate off a book store’s website? I never would have guessed!

They have some additional coupons on there for certain items, but I’m most interested in the cookie.

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