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 Summerville, SC
Free food, drinks and treats on your birthday at places in Summerville, SC. 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
Chipotle
Free birthday reward: pick chips, guac, queso or a drink.
How: Join Chipotle Rewards and add your birthday. Choose the reward during your birthday month.
Chipotle's rewards pageMoe's Southwest Grill
A free cup of queso or guac for your birthday.
How: Join Moe Rewards and add your birthday.
Moe's Southwest Grill's rewards pageHardee's
A special birthday treat on the house.
How: Join Hardee's My Rewards and add your birthday.
Hardee's'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 pageRuby Tuesday
A free dessert (or an add-on Garden Bar) for your birthday.
How: Join Ruby Rewards in the app and add your birthday. It drops 7 days before your birthday.
Expires 14 days after you get it.
Ruby Tuesday'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 pagePanera Bread
Free You Pick Two on your birthday for MyPanera+ and Sip Club members.
How: Be a MyPanera+ or Sip Club member and add your birthday. Pick the reward at checkout.
Up to $18; good 7 days; no lobster items, catering or third-party orders. Free MyPanera members may get a bakery treat.
Panera Bread'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 pageTropical Smoothie Cafe
A free smoothie for your birthday.
How: Join Tropic Rewards at least 7 days before your birthday and add your birth date. The reward lands on your birthday.
Tropical Smoothie Cafe'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 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 pagePapa Johns
A free dessert for your birthday.
How: Join Papa Rewards, add your birthday, and make a purchase in the past year. Order online or in the app.
Good for 14 days from your birthday; online only.
Papa Johns'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
Nothing Bundt Cakes
A free Bundtlet (single-size cake) on your birthday.
How: Join Bundtastic Rewards (free) and add your birthday.
Nothing Bundt Cakes's rewards pageCrumbl
A free single cookie on your birthday at Silver level and up.
How: Join Crumbl Rewards and add your birthday. Silver unlocks at 500 Crumbs earned this year.
Not offered at the base level.
Crumbl's rewards pageShops
Ulta Beauty
Choice of a birthday gift plus 2x points during your birthday month.
How: Join Ultamate Rewards (free), add your birthday and opt in to emails.
Members only; email opt-in and birthday needed.
Ulta Beauty's rewards pagePetSmart
A gift on your pet's birthday or Gotcha Day.
How: Join PetSmart Treats Rewards (free) and add your pet's birthday or adoption day.
PetSmart's rewards pageTarget
A birthday gift every year for Target Circle members.
How: Join Target Circle (free) and add your birthday in your account.
Target's rewards pageSephora
A free birthday gift once a year.
How: Join Beauty Insider (free). Redeem in your birthday month in store with no purchase, or online with a $25 order.
In store you can pick 250 points instead. Gift choices change each year.
Sephora's rewards pagePetco
A gift on your pet's birthday (toys, treats, points or promo codes).
How: Join Petco Perks (free), add your pet's birthday 10 days ahead, and opt in to marketing emails.
Petco's rewards pageClaire's
A $5 off birthday coupon ($10 at Bestie level).
How: Join C•Club (free, 13+) and add your birthday. Offer comes by email.
Claire's's rewards page