Chick-fil-A
Something sweet on the house for your birthday.
How: Join Chick-fil-A One in the app. On your birthday, check the Rewards tab.
Chick-fil-A's rewards pageBirthday freebies in Monroe, LA
Free food, drinks and treats on your birthday at places in Monroe, LA. Most need you to join a free rewards program first.
Most of these need you to join the chain's free rewards program a week or more before your birthday, so sign up early. Every one was checked on the chain's own website.
Restaurants
Buffalo Wild Wings
Free wings on your birthday.
How: Join Blazin' Rewards and add your birthday.
Buffalo Wild Wings's rewards pageSmoothie King
A $2 20 oz smoothie on your birthday (free for Champion members).
How: Join Healthy Rewards and add your birthday. The deal loads to your account.
Champion status needs 35,000 points a year.
Smoothie King's rewards pageMcAlister's Deli
A birthday treat.
How: Join McAlister's Rewards in the app and add your birthday.
McAlister's Deli's rewards pageRed Lobster
A special birthday reward.
How: Join Red Lobster Nation (free) and add your birthday.
Good for 30 days after it is issued; U.S. locations, dine-in or to go.
Red Lobster's rewards pageChuck E. Cheese
Kids get 30 free minutes of game play plus free cotton candy on their birthday.
How: Sign your child up for the free Birthday Club at least 7 days before the birthday. Show the birthday email in store.
Ages 1 to 17. A Play Pass or Play Band is needed to load game play.
Chuck E. Cheese's rewards pageIHOP
A free full stack of Original Buttermilk pancakes (5 PanCoins) in your birthday month.
How: Join International Bank of Pancakes (IHOP rewards) and add your birthday at least 7 days before it.
IHOP's pages differ on the sign-up deadline; joining early is safest.
IHOP's rewards pageApplebee's
A free dessert for your birthday.
How: Join Club Applebee's (free) before your birthday.
Needs a $15 minimum purchase; exclusions may apply; must be 13 or older.
Applebee's's rewards pageFirehouse Subs
A free medium sub on your birthday with the purchase of any item.
How: Join Firehouse Rewards, add your birthday, and make a $1+ purchase in the 6 months before (at least 7 days before) your birthday.
Use it the day before, day of, or day after. One per year, participating locations.
Firehouse Subs's rewards pageZaxby's
A free chicken sandwich and a free treat on your birthday.
How: Join Zaxby's Rewards and add your birthday.
Kids 10 and under in Zax Kidz Club get a free kids meal card on their birthday.
Zaxby's's rewards pageBojangles
A special birthday offer.
How: Join Bojangles Rewards and enter your birthday when you sign up.
Use within 7 days. Must be 18 or older.
Bojangles's rewards pageRaising Cane's
A free drink on your birthday.
How: Join the Caniac Club and add your birthday.
Offers are up to Cane's and can change.
Raising Cane's's rewards pageBurger King
A free item on your birthday (Whopper Jr., cheeseburger, soft serve and more) plus 2x Crowns all month.
How: Join Royal Perks, add your birthday at least 7 days ahead, and make one purchase in the prior 12 months.
Burger King's rewards pageCracker Barrel
One free dessert for your birthday.
How: Join Cracker Barrel Rewards, add your birthdate before your birth month, and make a purchase in the 12 months before.
Loads within 72 hours of the 1st of your birth month; use within 45 days. Not candy.
Cracker Barrel's rewards pageCoffee
Starbucks
One free handcrafted drink, food item or bottled drink on your birthday.
How: Join Starbucks Rewards at least 7 days before your birthday, add your birthday, and make one Star-earning purchase before it. Reward appears in the app.
Green level wording; excludes alcohol, merchandise, packaged coffee and multi-serve items.
Starbucks's rewards pageDunkin'
3x points on purchases for a day around your birthday.
How: Join Dunkin' Rewards and add your birthday. Activate the offer the day before, on, or the day after your birthday.
Not a free drink.
Dunkin''s rewards pageDesserts and treats
Baskin-Robbins
A free birthday scoop through the Birthday Club.
How: Create a Baskin-Robbins account in the BR app or online and finish your profile. Coupon appears in the app on your birthday.
Most U.S. shops accept it, but not all; call first. Must be 13 or older. Add up to 5 family members.
Baskin-Robbins's rewards pageDairy Queen
A birthday offer in the DQ app.
How: Join DQ Rewards and place an order of $1 or more while signed in within the 45 days before your birthday. Check the Deals tab.
Good for 7 days.
Dairy Queen's rewards pageShops
Target
A birthday gift every year for Target Circle members.
How: Join Target Circle (free) and add your birthday in your account.
Target's rewards page