EDIT: As many people have commented, KFC is no longer accepting these coupons. They are instead issuing rain-checks.
Not to be outdone by Chick-fil-A, Oprah is giving away a coupon good for two free pieces of KFC chicken, two individual sides, and a biscuit! Plus, the terms say you're limited to four prints of the coupon. Talk about an amazing offer – toss in a water and you've got yourself four free meals.
You have until 9:59pm CDT 5/6/09 to print the coupon. You can then redeem it at any participating KFC location from 5/5/09 to 5/19/09, excluding Mother's Day.
Now come on, who was planning on taking their mom to KFC for her Mother's Day meal?
[via Susan – thanks!]
sjjwta says
May 6, 2009 at 04:20 pmBoo Hoo……I was able to print my 4 and then I found out the board of health closed our KFC for mold and ant infestation!!!!!
PBC says
May 6, 2009 at 04:24 pmDid anyone get a copy of the PDF File saved? I spoke with a KFC person and they are absolutely required to accept the PDF that goes 0012345678901234 the generic. If so post it to HIF!!
The sites down again temporarily, because coupons.com couldnt handle the network load. Should have been prepared for the rush !
Jen W says
May 6, 2009 at 04:37 pmsjjwta,
I’d rather not use the free coupons than go to a KFC closed for such reasons!
cnr1408 says
May 6, 2009 at 04:58 pmSo since the coupons printed on May 5th have the same bar code, does this mean the coupons printed with the 00123456789 123 number will be ok if you have more than one of them?
Acerola says
May 6, 2009 at 05:01 pmHello!Hola!Florida here it is teachers apreciation week an guess Who is going to invite his teacher for dinner?
Herb says
May 6, 2009 at 05:11 pmHey, I think this is a scam. I can get it to print and I think it left SPYWARE OR A VIRUS ON MY COMPUTER!!! PLEASE REPLY!!!
Joe Fuchs says
May 6, 2009 at 05:15 pmTried to print………..screen says I printed all available coupons. Nothing. I sent an email per their ‘problems w/ printing’ section. Might be the last time I lick my fingers at KFC
Wendy says
May 6, 2009 at 05:24 pmI just took my children and the neighbors children to KFC. I thought I had to pay the tax and we didnt. The meal was great and it was free..Thank you!!
Dana says
May 6, 2009 at 06:13 pmThis was great! My husband and I are on a strict budget and didn’t put any money in for eating out this month. Today we went to Arby’s for the free fruit tea and then went over to KFC for our free meals!
Nijuana says
May 6, 2009 at 06:16 pmI tried to print these and got a message saying I had already printed them the allowed number of times. So ended up getting ZERO coupons. Very frustrating!!
CYNDE WILLIAMS says
May 6, 2009 at 07:53 pmGOT THE COUPONS AND WENT TO KFC, AND THEY SAID NO MORE, ONLY WHILE SUPPLIES LAST. WELL, THAT AIN’T ON THE COUPON. AND I WAS TOLD THAT THEY ARE DOING THIS CERTAIN TIME OF THE DAY. THAT AIN’T ON THE COUPON EITHER. SO I THINK, THIS IS FALSE ADVERTISEMENT. I EVEN TRIED TO USE MY BIRTHDAY COUPON (BIRTHDAY ON MOTHER’S DAY) AND COULDN’T DO THAT. VERY UPSETTING.
Michelle says
May 6, 2009 at 08:44 pmIt does say while supplies last on the coupon, however how could they run out? LOL that isn’t even possible is it?
N says
May 6, 2009 at 09:42 pmI redeemed my 3 coupons tonight that I was able to print off from the Unthinkkfc.com website and I found out the deal w/w the adobe coupons that you can download from the Oprah website.
Ok here’s the deal:
The coupon that you can download from Oprah’s website all has a barcode w/ the number’s 12345678901234 etc. YOU CANNOT USE THESE COUPONS. When you use the actual coupon printer from the KFC website each one of your coupons will have a unique serial number. These you can use.
My KFC was turning people away that had the Adobe coupons.
Don’t think that you can print off a thousand & give them away or sell them. You have to use the coupons that you can print from the KFC website.
When I thought that I could print one for everyday of the week I felt greed. Receiving more than the allowed 4 coupons is cheating the system & instead of counting my blessings of my family receiving a free dinner, I was going to try and take more. Then my conscience got the better of me & I realized I was trying to steal food. I know when I try to cheat the system, karma will kick in & I’ll wind up paying for it later down the road.
I recieved a breast & a tiny wing & 2 sides of my choosing. I also walked nxt door & got Arby’s free tea. The tea isn’t so good.
Thanks
cnr1408 says
May 6, 2009 at 10:29 pmI contacted my local KFC to find out about the adobe coupons that were printed from Oprah’s site. The manager at my local KFC said someone hacked into the program which caused the bar code numbers to be the same for the first day. He said they are still accepting these coupons, as long as you can see the watermark and the dots on the coupon. So it sounds like each KFC is doing something different, I would check with your local KFC because mine is still accepting the ones printed from the first day.
Marilee says
May 7, 2009 at 11:56 amThis was awesome! Unfortunately their site says the promotion is over now, which I find odd because I remember the coupons saying that they were good through May 19. Well, it was good while it lasted.
LuLu says
May 7, 2009 at 02:12 pmThe promotion runs until May 19, however, the coupons could only be printed until the 6th.
Laela says
May 7, 2009 at 03:42 pmyes i do love you Goob and gang. I had to get my bf to print it because the server thing wouldnt download properly at work on my Mac 🙁 so I was only able to get 1. oh well guess i cant get him to print more based on Lulus comments. but so after 40mins of waiting at lunch today I was able to get it.
it was good though :))
Myrtle Sturgis says
May 7, 2009 at 04:00 pmWHAT A RIP-OFF………I tried for hours and could not get a single coupon to load so I could print it!!!!!!!!! Wated my time for NOTHING!!!!!!!!!!
Jean says
May 7, 2009 at 05:13 pmWent to KFC on 5/7. The manager held up a memo from their corporate office that said they could not honor these coupons anymore because many had been fraudulently printed. I printed out exactly one coupon and felt I had followed all the rules. Because other people got greedy, I got nothing but a bad taste in my mouth for KFC. It’s not likely I’ll go back. They should have done a better job of administering this giveaway.
PBChicknz says
May 7, 2009 at 06:43 pmI talked to my local KFC as they said they will 100% accept the adobe PDF versions with 1234 barcode. I spoke to an insider 😉 and they said the same thing.
Paula says
May 7, 2009 at 07:48 pmMy husband and I just went. We left with nothing but a voucherto mail in and get a meal at a later date. They said they are out of chicken and coleslaw.
Colorado Springs
PBChicknz says
May 7, 2009 at 08:28 pmI just went to redeem the rest of my coupons and they said that theres a nationwide raincheck policy. That completely sucks. I wasted the gas to go to two stores (cause one said they were out of chicken, and the other told me the truth) as well as the ink to print the coupons, all for nothing. Information about it’s on their site of course, http://www.kfc.com/coupons/raincheck.asp the raincheck policy. My best suggestion to all that are POed like me, to write corporate and complain. The worst theyll do is delete the email, and the best theyll do is send you a coupon or something. Their contact page is located at http://www.kfc.com/contact/ and I highly recommend everyone give them their opinions. Let KFC know that Coupon Fraud is not acceptable. I did. They promised a product, and they should deliver. They’ll loose more money in this fiasco than they would have had they accepted the coupons to begin with. My coupons were legitimate with individual bar codes, not the 1234s, and were printed the first day of printing.
Kathy says
May 7, 2009 at 09:12 pmToday I got 2 meals at 2 different locations, I went by myself so to use my coupons I had to do some fancy work. I gave the first meal received in my town to my 88 year old uncle in the next town. Then when I left his house I stopped at KFC in his town got a meal to take home. I wanted another meal for my husband so I thought I would stop back at the one in my town. I drove away with the raincheck voucher. I think I will continue to try to use my coupons until the 19th. Well, you can’t really blame them for not wanting to give all the chicken away, they need to have some for the paying customers. What did they think was going to happen though? I guess they weren’t too serious about giving away the meals if on day two of the offer they won’t do it. Stock up in advance, ya know?
Kathy says
May 7, 2009 at 09:15 pmOh yeah, I almost forgot….. for anyone that doesn’t know about the raincheck voucher, if you do send it in with one of your coupons, they will send it back with a new coupon that also includes a free Pepsi. There you have it.
Donna says
May 7, 2009 at 09:41 pmOur KFC didn’t have any sides left but I was able to get two pieces of chicken and a biscuit. The chicken was really tasty! I felt badly for the workers there at KFC having to put up with those that were frustrated. Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth.
Amber says
May 7, 2009 at 09:56 pmI tried printing these off last night, but it wouldn’t work for me. Does anyone have a coupon that they may be able to scan and email me? I would really really appreciate it. Thank you so much!
agoyer@mail.bradley.edu
Angel says
May 7, 2009 at 11:01 pmEveryone keeps saying KFC is to blame for the coupon not printing and that KFC didn’t think this through. Ok for those of you who didn’t go to Oprah’s website. Oprah is paying for the food. So KFC is making money off of the coupons not losing money because Oprah is paying for it. The link was only open from May 5 to May 6. Everyone wants something for free and is quick to complain but did the complainers actually go to the website and read what was going on? And also if the KFC near you did not accept the coupon also on Oprah’s webpage they addressed that as well. I went by three KFC’s in the last two days and there was lines out the door and drive thru was backed out into streets. Coupons are being used and people are being fed. And no one is getting a virus from printing. Thanks Oprah!!
jO says
May 8, 2009 at 09:50 am
Jennifer says
May 8, 2009 at 09:55 amAngel, this is copied from an AP story: “The free-meal promotion was funded by KFC, a spokeswoman for the chain said.”
They are no longer accepting the coupons. You have to turn them in for a raincheck to get a free meal at a later date.
Dianne says
May 8, 2009 at 09:56 amI printed the coupon and went to KFC to use it and they informed me that the are not participating with that coupon. Needless to say, I was disappointed.
Lily Nguyen says
May 8, 2009 at 01:28 pmI just called KFC at 10amish to save time from driving to find out if they will accept the coupon, right. They told me that they’re not honoring the coupon because they ran out Grilled Chicken, that’s a lie. So I asked if I were to buy a Grilled Chicken Meal then you’ll sell it to me, right. She said: yes, we have Grilled Chicken Meal.
Please call KFC managers and headquarters to let them know this is so wrong for not honoring the coupon when they do have Grilled Chicken.
Ban KFC says
May 8, 2009 at 01:30 pmWe need to stop going to KFC for a while until they get their act together. This is so BS!
InSnellvilleGA says
May 8, 2009 at 03:26 pmAfter driving many miles to two separate KFCs in our area last night and finding a posted 8×11 paper on the door of each stating they are not honoring the coupons for free meals, we went to Arbys and got 5 for $5.00 because by then we were starved. This morning I called each of the two and their only explanation was they are not honoring the coupons! What a fiasco. I will call and write the corporate office expressing my fury (in a nice way) and suggesting to them they did not think this thing through. Dah! What did they think was going to happen??? Mine say they are good until 5-19-09. Ya’ think they may have some chicken by then?
Jennifer says
May 8, 2009 at 03:41 pmhttp://www.kfc.com/about/newsroom/050709.asp
Hal says
May 8, 2009 at 03:56 pmThe grilled chicken was great, however it took about 1 hour. there was a lot of people there almost in riot mode. but the employes done a pretty good job considering the mob. myself i think i wood have put a few folks in the fry pot.
you cant hire an extra 100 people just to take care of this one promo.
I think it’s a little funny watching stupid people so we had entertainment while there made the time go by faster.
WHS
VA Beach Va
Hal says
May 8, 2009 at 04:05 pmI forgot one thing
maga thanks to oprah
flipper says
May 8, 2009 at 05:06 pmwhat a joke kfc wil not accept them.what a rip off
flipper says
May 8, 2009 at 05:07 pmwhat a joke kfc will not accept the coupon…..what a ripp off
booklover4200 says
May 8, 2009 at 05:07 pmAtascadero, CA won’t accept if not in color…they lost my business. come on…how many could they have received!!
Michelle says
May 8, 2009 at 05:20 pmA ll KFC’s in spartanburg/greenville South Carolina are no longer accepting free coupons! this is NOT right!!! I will never spend my money at KFC again. I hope others agree. please call or email KFC and let them know how you feel! They should honor what they advertise, how could they NOT? is this legal?? They are not out, they will sell you a grilled dinner. as others have said they have signs posted that they will not honor FREE coupons.
KFC is a Loser says
May 8, 2009 at 05:55 pmWe ALL need to email the Oprah Show & let them know how we feel that since Oprah is so generous in giving away FREE cars to her audience & this FREE KFC Meal was made possible by the Oprah Show therefore, you should blast email Oprah also.
She’s such a BITCH!
John says
May 8, 2009 at 07:33 pmWhat a rip – I took the coupon to my local KFC today, after having downloaded the needed software, etc. & printing a coupon. All I did was ask about the meal and the lady said I would need to send the coupon in to their office, as they would not accept it now. So, don’t waste your time on a lousy $3.99 meal – Life it too short – If they don’t want to honor their coupon, then we have many other choices. I don’t like fast food joints as a whole, but have eaten my way up to a size too embarrassed to give out.
Have fun at KFC folks, I’m outta there for good.
Michelle says
May 8, 2009 at 07:35 pmI live in a small town in Pennsylvania. I had no problems at all using my coupons and one of which was one of those coupons that had the weird bar codes. So I’m assuming it just depends where you live! the chicken was really tasty and I was happy with my free meal!
jikaboom123 says
May 8, 2009 at 07:59 pmGot three meals for my family. Was good but there was a 20 minute wait.
Mike says
May 9, 2009 at 12:23 pmNew Haven CT Rt 80 . Sign on door says due to overwhelming response coupons will not be accepted, but can be exchanged for a raincheck application. It will then be mailed to you at a later date and as a bonus you get a soda too. What a crock of sh-t. They offer the coupon then won’t honor it.
LuLu says
May 9, 2009 at 01:12 pmGoob posted elsewhere that El Pollo Loco will be accepting the KFC coupons on Mothers Day.
Chris says
May 9, 2009 at 01:26 pmAll you complainers are a crock of poopie. Yea, KFC has had a ridiculous response to the offer, and yea, KFC temporarily stopped honoring the coupons. But, if you mail in the coupon with a raincheck form, you will get another coupon for a free meal. So quitcherb*tching that you can’t get your meal ASAP. Send the coupon in, go about your merry ways, then get the coupon in the mail at a later date and redeem. A free meal now or later is still a free meal. Patience is clearly not a virtue for many of you.
Robin says
May 9, 2009 at 05:23 pmIt’s not about cost it’s about principle. So, as a matter of principle KFC should honor their commitment to the general public and give out the free meals as stated on the coupon. They are selling the grilled chicken meals so that totally blows the whole “sorry, we’re out” theory. It is just not right when a family piles in the car expecting to eat at KFC and then being handed a “raincheck claim form” and turned away. (I can just hear the screaming kids now!!) There are alot of people out there CHRIS who cannot afford to go out for dinner and this was to be a nice treat for them. A small break. But, NO KFC wouldn’t honor their commitment and that left many disappointed. Children don’t understand next week or next month as they have no concept of time-you might as well tell them NEVER-it’s the same thing.
When my coupons do arrive I will give them to the guy down the road who has 4 kids and just lost his job. He will surely appreciate it. I encourage everyone who finds themselves in a position to do the same- GO AHEAD- make someones day:D P.S. Small, random acts of kindness mean alot
Scarlett says
May 9, 2009 at 08:43 pmTried to use two coupons today at our local KFC but was told I hadto come inside the store and fill out a form to mail in. The clerk at the KFC said they are no longer accepting them.
Retired Teach says
May 9, 2009 at 09:23 pmNever got the free chicken – got a rebate coupon for a later date – mailed it in and we will see! Should be whiffed!
Michelle says
May 10, 2009 at 12:20 pmI feel bad for the people actually paying money for these on eBay.
misty says
May 11, 2009 at 11:02 amSo everybody that printed out a bunch of coupons wasted their ink, because u can probably only send in one!!!!
Karen says
May 11, 2009 at 01:00 pmI printed out 4 KFC free meal coupons and went to cash in 1 at the KFC in Orange Park FL. I was told that due to the huge demand they would’nt be able to honor the free coupon at this time. There were 2 cars in the parking lot and an entire tray of grilled chicken in the clear case behind the person telling me they didnt have enough chicken!! I asked what if I wanted to buy some grilled chicken and she said then I could have some. I was told that I have to fill out a form, giving my name and address and attach my coupon to the back and another coupon would be mailed to me at a later time. Wow so KFC is going to try and recoupe some of its losses be selling millions of names to ad companys!! I filled out the form but made up a fake name with my address just to see how much junk mail I will get with the bogus name and for every piece I’m going to sue KFC.
dfd says
March 29, 2015 at 09:58 amo man i feel so sorry 4 u ur life must be so hard i bet you just want to kill urself not beig able to get tha free chicken from KFC. Actually it’s fucking pathetic and you make me sick. Good job.
Robin says
May 13, 2009 at 08:50 pmKaren- SMART idea, YOU GO GIRL!!!!!!
**Better yet-make it a class action lawsuit because I’m too sure hundreds if not thousands of people would be eager to join in. They should be sued anyway for breech of services and false advertising.**
Tiggerzzz says
May 19, 2009 at 07:06 amI printed out 4 coupons too……. Used 2 and would rather throw the others on the trash. The chicken was dry and had no flavor at all, well at least that is what my hubby said. I won’t the chicken at KFC. So maybe you aren’t missing much. My sister told me the same thing except she said that it looked like it was put in a George Foreman Grill. lol Now that I think about it, it did look like that and squished too.
booklover4200 says
May 26, 2009 at 07:05 pmI went to my local KFC and found that they would not accept NON-COLOR coupons. I sent KFC an email complaining about discrimination(I print from work and only have a regular printer-not color) and they just sent me $4.00 worth of KFC CASH in the mail….:)
Some times complaining works!
Judi says
May 29, 2009 at 03:50 pmMy Mom and I too were disappointed when we tried to redeem our coupons on May 14th. Instead we were given a ‘raincheck form’ to fill out to get the coupons at a later date. The cashier told us that apparently some folks had scanned bunches of coupons off one they printed, so now one must send in the form along with the original one that they printed to have KFC verify it was not scanned. We sent our form in the next day on May 15th and still haven’t gotten anything. I’m truly disappointed and it leaves a sour taste in my mouth. Hope the chicken will be better if we ever go back there.
Barbara says
June 24, 2009 at 03:27 pmFinally, yesterday I received my rebate coupon. The letter attached to the coupon says to bring the “letter and coupon” to KFC. Sounds like another trick so be sure and take both. They are also putting different dates on the coupons so everyone will not be able to go at the same time. Another trick–so read your “instructions” carefully. Enjoy!
diane says
June 29, 2009 at 12:56 amI sent in 12 coupons for my mom, brother, and friend total. So far I have only received 4 in my mom’s name. I wonder if we will get the rest.
Joe Blow says
July 12, 2016 at 06:30 pm7 years later and my father & I are still waiting on our rain-check meals.
Goob says
July 12, 2016 at 06:53 pmHahaha, same here!!