Nicola Kelly
27th Mar 2025
If you play your (birthday) cards right, you could treat yourself to a whole week – or even month – of amazing freebies.
Loads of companies want to help you mark your special day with free food, vouchers and more.
Of course you will have to sign up to a few emails, letters or loyalty schemes. We always recommend setting up a specific ‘freebie email’ address so that you can pick and choose when to read them and not have your main inbox overloaded. And of course, you can unsubscribe at any time.
It’s a great way to get a little extra treat or a much needed pick me up if you feel those years are flying by just a little bit too quickly!
Here’s MoneyMagpie’s top picks:
Be At One Free Sharer Cocktail
Sign up to Be At One’s loyalty app a few weeks before your birthday and you’ll receive a surprise voucher in time for your big day. Currently, the offer is for a free Raspberry Beret sharer cocktail.
Revolution Free Drinks and Discount
When you sign up to Revolution Bar’s newsletter, you’ll get 25% off your bill, a free drink voucher for your actual birthday and – if you’re celebrating a ‘big’ birthday like 21, 30, 40 etc – a free bottle of Prosecco!
BrewDog Drink for Free
You read that right: not a free drink, but drink for free. If you book for yourself and three friends at a BrewDog venue on your birthday, you get to drink a craft beer or cocktail free with EVERY round. That’s right – every time your three friends buy a drink as a round, a fourth one is added completely free.
Cafe Rouge
Cafe Rouge have a similar offer if you sign up to their newsletter and they’ll even give you £10 off as a thank you which you can use on your next visit to your nearest restaurant. Again, make sure you sign up at least a week before your birthday to get the voucher in time and it last for 14 days.
Go to caferouge.com
Beefeater
Why not get a Beefeater loyalty card and register with their rewards club to get one free meal for your birthday. They are even offering 50% off to customers who sign up so what’s not to like? beefeaterrewardclub.co.uk
You can build up points – 300 when you join – and you collect five points for every £1 you spend. Once you reach 500 you can exchange them for £5 off the bill, a free bottle of wine or two free starters or desserts.
All Bar One
What’s a celebration without some bubbles or a cocktail? With All Bar One’s newsletter, you get their app and a Blossom Birdcage sharing cocktail with the purchase of two meals for your birthday. And if that’s not your tipple, you can ask for four bottles of Peroni or soft drinks as an alternative.
TGI Fridays
Sign up to the Stripes Rewards app and claim a free dessert on your first visit. Then, get a birthday freebie in your birthday month AND one six months later for your ‘half birthday’! Remember that kids eat free all year around with the purchase of an adult main meal, too.
Crepe Affaire
Download the Crepe Affaire loyalty app (and get a stamp), and you can claim a free birthday crepe without further purchase/loyalty stamps. If you collect more stamps through the year, you can claim more such as free toppings.
Burger King
Sign up to the Burger King loyalty app and you can claim a completely free Whopper burger on your birthday!
Las Iguanas
Sign up to the mailing list at least two weeks before your birthday and you’ll be sent a voucher for a surprise freebie – it could be a free main meal, dessert, or even a bottle of bubbly!
Check Your Favourite Places
If you have a favourite restaurant or cafe, find out if they have a newsletter to sign up to or an app to download, as this is usually the best way to get a birthday freebie you know you’ll use – plus lots of other discounts and offers throughout the year, too!
What’s a celebration without cake?
COSTA
Download the Costa Coffee app and you can get a sweet treat of your choice – as long as it’s available, on your birthday. Once you sign up to the Costa Club Account, they’ll email a voucher and you have seven days from your birthday to claim your cake. costa.co.uk
LIDL Plus
They were crowned Bakery Retailer of the Year in 2023 so who wouldn’t want one of their free doughnuts to mark another year. Get the Lidl Plus app and you’ll get the voucher and have seven days to take advantage of it. lidl.co.uk
Greggs
Greggs offer sweet treats for your special day and a free hot drink when you sign up. greggs.co.uk for more information about freebies from their app.
Subway
The Subway Rewards app lives up to its name as it rewards regular spenders with more birthday gifts. If you’re a new sign up, you can claim a free cookie; spend £150 in the year and add a bag of crisps to that; be a big spender at £350 a year and you’ll be able to claim any six inch sub, too.
Krispy Kreme
A particular favourite for several years now, get the Krispy Kreme app and you can claim a free glazed ring doughnut on your birthday from stores (not concessions like Tesco).
Gail’s
Gail’s Bakery is delicious and you can now claim a free coffee for signing up to their rewards app AND select a sweet treat of your choice (from a selection) in your birthday month.
Boost
Sign up to Boost’s loyalty scheme and claim a free drink every 10th visit – plus get a free juice or smoothie on your birthday.
Birthday Gifts to Youself
H&M
Looking for a birthday gift or even something to wear for your event, then why not sign up as an H&M member via their app or website. You can get 10% off when you sign up and 25% off one item for your birthday. The code they’ll send you is valid for two weeks after your birthday in case you have some gift cash to spend. www2.hm.com
ASOS
There’s a 10% birthday discount at Asos, asos.com, but just make sure you opt in for email communications otherwise you might miss out of getting the code you’ll need. It’s sent two weeks before your birthday and expires at 11.59pm on the day of it. You can only use it on selected full-price items but it’s worth taking a peek at what they’re offering.
NIKE
Get the newsletter from Nike Store or the Nike app and you can get 25% off online, via a code, which is valid for your birthday month. But do beware of this one. The company claim selected people will receive the offer which means it’s a little bit more of a lottery but probably worth signing up anyway. There are conditions if you do get it – the maximum spend is £450 and you can’t use it on gift cards or sale items.
The Body Shop
A bit of pampering is essential any day of the week but The Body Shop will give you a £5 voucher
when you get their Love Your Body loyalty card. It’s valid for one month from your birthday and you have to have made at least one purchase using the card within the past 12 months. And remember, delivery charges are £3 if you order online.
Disney
If you’ve got kids, or friends who are young at heart, then the Shop Disney newsletter gives you 15% off for the month of your birthday. You can enter the code online at the checkout or show it to a staff member in the Disney Store. You have to be over 18 to do this so maybe buy something for your children and save it for their birthday? You will need to sign up at least two months in advance and there will be some excluded products. shopdisney.co.uk
Hotel Chocolat
Or maybe you just want to have a quiet night in with some delicious chocolates to mark your day? Then the Hotel Chocolat app will give you a surprise gift, usually £5 off a £5+ spend. Just register for its VIP club, hotelchocolat.com
Superdrug
Health and Beautycard holders get ‘an exclusive birthday freebie’ – but what that is we don’t know! It could be a voucher, a free item, a special discount or something else. It’s free to have the app and you’ll earn points on your spending, so there’s nothing to lose by signing up.
However you plan to spend your birthday this year, why not give yourself an extra little gift. You know you’re worth it.