I think we all remember reading about pretzel's invention by Italian monks in 610 AD. Trust me, it was big news.
But did you know April 26 is National Pretzel Day? You didn't? LIAR! Of course you did, I just told you. Geez, pay attention.
As in years past, a variety of stores are giving out free pretzels on Friday, April 26, 2024 with no purchase necessary!
Confirmed 2024 Free Pretzel Offers
Auntie Anne's – Free Original or Cinnamon Sugar Pretzel available to Pretzel Perks members. This is their free rewards program that will also trigger their annual free birthday pretzel! If you don't already have an account, now is the perfect time to register so that your free pretzel offer is waiting for you in your Pretzel Perks account. When joining, use promo code RYANE7068 to earn a free bonus reward.
Ben's Soft Pretzels – Make a minimum donation of $1, while in-store, to their partnered charity and receive a free original jumbo pretzel.
Philly Pretzel Factory – They're giving in-store customers a free pretzel, valued up to $1, with no purchase necessary. This was available from 7am-7pm on previous years and I expect that to be the same this year.
Pretzelmaker – When I asked if they're doing anything in 2024, Pretzelmaker told me “Could be 👀🥨❤️” which is Corporate Speak for “yes, but we haven't announced what the freebie is yet.” In previous years, they offered a free salted or unsalted pretzel.
Mark your calendars! On Saturday, May 11, stop by your local JCPenney between 11am-noon for the next free Kids Zone event. These free events are held by JCPenney on the second Saturday of each month. Just like my laundry cycle! No registration is needed – you just need to show up on time and you should be good to go.
Your child will design and make a free special trinket box & card for Mother's Day to build & take home. This craft includes a box, jewels, foam stickers, card with envelope, & marker. Kids will also get a free ID badge, lanyard, and collector's pin, and a Master Medallion once they complete 6 crafts.
All necessary materials will be provided and you don't need to signup ahead of time. As a thank you for coming, parents also receive a 10% off coupon valid for that day only. The coupon can be used either in store or online.
The following month's craft will be held on Saturday, May 11, where kids will make a special trinket box & card for Mother's Day. This craft will include a foam owl, feathers, foam stickers, string, and plastic needle.
Ahh, glorious Income Tax Day is upon us with but a single day to spare. I've still yet to finish mine. I've only entered in my name and address on my 1040, but the status bar still reads as 0% complete. That's not too encouraging if you ask me. I might just end up filing for an extension this morning. Hooray Democracy! At least I'm a few steps ahead of Homer Simpson.
While I toil away at figuring out which of my plants count as dependents (hey, they couldn't live without me!), enjoy this list of 2024 Tax Day freebies and deals! I should note, you may see other frugal sites reporting additional freebies, but I didn't include those. Everything below are offers with hard evidence for them online.
Unless otherwise noted, these freebies are available on Monday, April 15, 2024 only.
2024 Tax Day Freebies
File Your Taxes – Before we get to the fun stuff, you've filed your taxes, right?! If you haven't, you can file your free federal tax return in minutes with Turbo Tax or H&R Block. I'd start with getting that done before scoring any freebies from below 😀
BJ's Brewhouse – Save $10 on any $40+ take-out or delivery order with promo code 10FOFF40.
BurgerFi – Snag a meal for 15% off the entire purchase when you dine-in at participating locations.
California Pizza Kitchen – CPK is also offering $10 off any $40+ order, including dine-in or takeout. In order to access this, you need to a be a free rewards member. If you sign up today, you'll also get a free starter on your next visit and you'll opt into their annual birthday freebie offer.
Fazoli's – Make a $5 purchase and get 6 free breadsticks by using code Tax24.
Great American Cookie – They're offering fans a BOGO on a cookie cake slice. Man, I really wish I had one of these near me!
Hooters – They also have a BOGO on 10-count wings, as well as $4 Dos Equis draft beers and $4 legendary margaritas.
Kona Ice – Stop by a Kona Ice truck during select hours for a free cup of tropical shaved ice.
Noodles & Company – $4.15 off any online order of $24+ for Rewards Members. Wow, in past years this used to be $4/10, so they've made the deal a bit worse IMHO.
Krispy Kreme – When you visit a shop on Monday, April 15, pay ONLY the sales tax on an Original Glazed® Dozen when you buy an Assorted or Original Glazed Dozen at regular price.
To make this deal even sweeter, when you order online, get the second Original Glazed Dozen completely free when you order an Assorted or Original Glazed Dozen at regular price! Just use promo code TAXBREAK when ordering online.
Krystal – Places a Krystal order online and use code BOGOKRYSTAL at checkout to enjoy a BOGO Free Krystal, with a limit of five per order.
Office Depot – Get free paper shredding for up to 5 lbs of document shredding through Saturday, April 29. You'll need to use the coupon found at the bottom of the linked page.
Paris Baguette – Rewards members get a free pastry with any beverage purchase.
Pot Belly Sandwiches – Score a BOGO original sandwich when you order through their app and use coupon code BOGO.
Shipley Do-Nuts – Ease the Tax Day blues with a BOGO half-dozen box of do-nuts.
Sonny's BBQ – Half price Irresistible Ribs Special (IRS) on your choice of Sweet & Smokey or House Dry-Rubbed Ribs, two Sidekicks and either cornbread or garlic bread.
TGI Fridays – Join their free loyalty program and you'll snag a BOGO entrée available through April 30, 2024. They also have $7 Tax Break Margaritas with dine-in meals for the rest of the month.
White Castle – Use code WC15OFF to take 15% off any online or in-store order.
As always, if you know about a freebie I missed, please share it with me and other Hiffers alike in the comments!
The next free National Parks admission dayis right around the corner. Not only are all the previous events returning, but they've added a new date in June to celebrate Juneteenth! These 6 annual freebie events go great with our free state highway maps list!
So get out there, breathe in some fresh air, and report back to me how relaxing and peaceful it is. Just don't take your family! I went with mine last year and long story short, they left me behind. Unfortunately for them, I'm like one of those cool dogs from a Reader's Digest story and I walked all the way home in just under a week.
If you can't make it out to your local National Park, you can do the next best thing and read up on some parks! Sure, it's not the same as actually visiting, but it has significantly fewer mosquitoes and poison ivy patches.
MoveOn has yet another available offer for a free Save Earth Save Us sticker. They initially gave this away in 2021 and brought it back this year!
As with other MoveOn freebies, you're completely finished after submitting your mailing address on the first page. Any subsequent requests for donations can be ignored.
Stop by your local Kona Ice truck on Monday, April 15, 2024 and get a free Kona Ice drink to celebrate Chill Out Day! No coupon is needed and you can find out more details on their website.
When I moved to New York City, I was blown away. It had great comedy and public transportation and yada yada BUT THE FOOD! I instantly fell in love when I discovered how many different cuisines I could sample every meal. I was flabbergasted how easy it was to order a BLT at midnight followed by Thai noodles at 3am if I was still hungry.
Soon after I moved here, the ads in the subway became blanketed with food delivery apps and websites. Combining an app with ordering food was a match made in heaven. You're no longer put on hold while ordering and your order is rarely incorrect! Being able to go from your phone to food at your door in minutes was like an evolution in tech to me.
While most of these sites started in limited cities, most of these apps expanded nationwide in recent years! That's why I put together this list of discounted food delivery for as many Hiffers as possible.
If you have a takeout or delivery place near by, then your town might be on one of these sites! The best way to find out is to enter your zip code or address on their homepage. Many of the websites have a list of cities & areas they serve at the bottom of their main page too.
These sites also famously only give discounts on your first orders to new customers. However, they confirm your identity via your credit card. Soooo, if you have multiple credit cards and make a few different email accounts … well … 😉
This list is updated as of April 2024. If any of the discounted food delivery codes below don't work for you, please let me know in the comments so I can find a new code!
Discounted Meal Delivery Codes
Delivery.com – Save $10 off your first order of $15+ by using this link. One of Delivery's best perks is being the only food delivery service that also lets you earn rewards! You earn 20 points per $1 spent, which are redeemed for gift cards or free food. Of all the sites listed here, I find they send out the most “random” discount codes via email too. Once every 10 days or so I get a limited 10-15% promo code, which is great compared to how infrequently other sites offer these.
Grubhub – New diners get 35% off orders $15+ with promo code GH25OFF as long as you use this link. Max discount of $5. Grubhub has been my go-to food delivery site for over a decade now.
New users on can alternately used code GH20 to save 20% off orders, with no minimum required, but the max discount is maxed at $3. Finally, there's a new diner order code of GH4OFF that saves $4 off orders $20+.
There are times when Grubhub promo codes don't work on computers, but sometimes works in their mobile app with this link.
UberEats – You'll want to download the app then enter code eats-uberhif. This will save you $20 off your first order of only $25+!
DoorDash – – Get $30 in credit ($10 off each of your first three orders of $15+), though select cities get $10 to $15 in free credit! Unfortunately, I can't tell which cities get how much credit, so you'll have to see for yourself what DoorDash offers in your neighborhood.
Seamless – You'll save $7-$10 on your first-time order over $15, depending on what city you live in. No promo code is required, you just have to use this link.
Bring Me That – Use the codebda3f3 to save $5 off your first meal.
EatStreet – They have a website, but they only offer $5 off your first order via the app only. After downloading it to your phone, enter code UICXW1 at checkout.
MealKeyWay – This is one of the newest meal delivery platforms I've discovered and I believe code WARM or MONDAY will save you on your first order, but I'm not 100% certain this is still working.
With these codes sites and promo codes, you can be eating for cheap in no time! But what about when you want to order ingredients for your next meal on the cheap?
Discounted Groceries Delivery Codes
GoPuff – New users get 50% off their first 2 orders, up to $20 per use, by using code WELCOME.
Fresh Direct – New users get$50 off first order of $99+ with code FDSAVE50. This offer is valid through June 30, 2024.
Amazon Fresh – I've personally used Amazon Fresh for over 5 years now for most of my groceries and they never disappoint. They always have a weekly-changing, full-sized item that's on sale for $0.25, so it's kinda like a freebie!
For a limited time, new Amazon Fresh Members can get free same-day delivery on their first grocery order of $50+. This offer expires April 30, 2024.
Instacart – New users get anywhere from $5 to $20 off their first order for free, plus the delivery fee is waived on your first order.
Peapod – You can get same-day, instant grocery delivery service via Peapod if you live in the following areas: Chicagoland, Milwaukee, S.E. Wisconsin, Indianapolis, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Southern New Hampshire, Maryland, Virginia, Washington, DC, Philadelphia, S.E. Pennsylvania.
New customers get $20 off your first order, plus free delivery for 60 days.
Discounted Alcohol Delivery Codes
GoPuff – If you happy to be in NYC, then you can get 50% off your first 5 alcohol orders on Gopuff. Use code alc5x50 before 12-31-2024. That's a pretty nice offer, especially because it ends with alcohol being delivered to your door within an hour! 🙂
Retired Delivery Services
Just for posterity's sake, here are some of the delivery services that used to feed us well, but have since gone out of business 🙁
Caviar – Caviar was recently purchased by DoorDash, so they are slowly integrating their platforms together.
Eat24 – Eat24 is no more! They were recently acquired and rolled into Grubhub, which…let's be honest, was the best choice here. Yelp was terrible as the owner and operator of Eat24 IMHO.
Amazon Restaurants – Yet another recent dropout to the meal delivery services is Amazon! I was surprised to see them give up so soon, but their Restaurants program never did seem to get past the trial stage. It seems they've pivoted to Amazon Fresh grocery delivery, which makes more sense given their acquisition of Whole Foods.
So there ya have it! If you're a human who eats food and enjoys occasionally letting somebody else cook for you, use some of these sites to score some discounted meals.
It was recently announced on TikTok that we can get a free Mug Root Beer or Mug Zero Sugar Zero product via rebate, up to $8.00. We can only hope this is the start of a new trend of finding freebies on TikTok!
The full terms can be found here, but long story short to redeem this offer simply text FREEMUG to 7373773774 and submit a receipt from either an in-store or online purchase. You'll then choose your preferred payout method of PayPal or Venmo and you'll get your full purchase price.
The terms say “This promotion is valid for all varieties of bottle/can packages of MUG Root Beer products,” so I think you can get any size package, including a 12-count!
Here's a repurposed signup form offering a brand new sample of free La Roche-Posay Toleriane double repair matte face moisturizer! There have been a ton of La Roche-Posay freebies over the past few years, but I don't recall this product specifically being given away before today.
Toleriane Double Repair Matte Face Moisturizer for oily skin is formulated with a high concentration of prebiotic thermal water, ceramide-3, niacinamide, and glycerin to help restore healthy-looking skin. Lightweight gel face moisturizer texture quickly absorbs into skin, providing a unique double-action: all-day hydration without the shine and skin barrier repair after 1 hour. This dermatologist-tested, oil-free moisturizer also helps to improve skin texture, reduce fine lines, and decrease the size of visible pores.
Oh, I thought Prebiotic skincare was moisturizer for dinosaurs.
I do not understand half of the title above, but that shouldn't stop you from requesting some free Big Kizzy hair extension replacement tape tabs if you're a professional stylists who can use them! You can sign up here and should expect the samples in 6-8 weeks.
For a limited time, you can get an AARP membership for only $12/year, which is a savings of 25%! In addition to this discount, you'll also get a second membership for anybody in your household and you're choice of a free insulated trunk organizer or a spider splash day bag.
“But Goob,” you say, “I'm not old enough to join AARP.” WRONG! While it's true they're an advocacy group dedicated to people over 50, AARP doesn't have any minimum age to join! As long as you're 18 or older, then you can join AARP and begin taking advantage of hundreds of their different savings opportunities.
Restaurants – Save between 10% to 15% at various restaurants like Denny's, Outback Steakhouse, Carrabba's, and more
Hotels and Resorts – Save up to 10% at member hotels, including select Hilton, Wyndham, Redroof, and literally dozens of others.
Car Rentals – While traveling, you'll probably need a vehicle, and AARP has you covered there as well. You can save up to 30% on rentals from Avis, Budget, and Payless.
Cruise – If the high seas are more your style, then save up to $100 per person on cruises booked with GET (Grand European Travel), Holland America Line, Hurtigruten Expeditions, and Collette.
Airfare – Save up to $200 on round-trip flights purchased online with British Airways.
Books – Members get a free book each year (valued at $17), plus access to a reading guide, newsletter, bookmark and reading tracker.
AARP Games – Everyone can play most games. Members can play over 30 Members Only games, like Pong and Breakout. As an AARP member, you can play over 30 member only games.
AARP Resume Advisor If you're changing jobs, then you can get a free resume review, powered by TopResume!
AARP Magazine – Members receive the monthly AARP magazine, filled with insightful articles like this one! 🙂
And that's not even everything! I'd wager I listed less than half of the perks and discounts that AARP offers. If those deals sound good for you, then follow these quick steps to get your free gift with your AARP membership:
Press the red “Join Today” button (for new members) or press the red “Renew” button at the top (for current members looking to extend their active membership).
Enter both your personal and billing information, then complete your checkout on AARP's site.
Create your AARP account and start saving, playing, or reading!
If you or anyone in your family are members of AARP, please share in the comments any of your favorite perks or discounts!
Whoa, the classic free Huggies Pull-Ups offer has returned today! The last time I posted these was in 2010 when Costco was giving them away. Man, remember when Costco, Walmart, and Target used to give away freebies on a weekly basis? Good times.
Anyways, go here to request the boys or girls version of either Pull-Ups Potty Training Pants or Pull-Ups Night*Time Training Pants. The signup form is a little weird – you have to click the gender's box, but don't click the text links inside it or it'll take you to the store. Just select the box, then click the purple next button to access the signup form.
