50+ birthday freebies and discounts for Manchester

The best birthday freebies list exclusively to Manchester! Do you love receiving free things? Especially on your birthday! What a way to get extra bonus stuff on your special day. I love exploring, receiving goodies, shopping and celebrating around my birthday. I’ve created a list of all the birthday freebies I’ve found. Also a bonus to have a fab freebie birthday crawl!

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There are plenty of brands who love to help you celebrate your birthday with birthday freebies! Some require a minimum spend, some require the purchase of a meal, some are a completely free treat!

All you have to do is sign up for a few newsletters or loyalty schemes here and there for in-store birthday freebies remember your ID to prove it’s your birthday.

Just make sure you set up a separate email account to sign up for all these birthday freebie deals, so you can avoid being bombarded with all the spam afterwards (a small price to pay for all the birthday freebies!).

What can you get for free on your birthday?

Free birthday food, free birthday drinks, free birthday shopping treats, free birthday discounts, and more is what you can look forward to!

Free birthday food

There’s a variety of food you can get on your birthday.

Play your cards right and you could literally be eating your breakfast, lunch, and dinner on the house for about a week before and after your birthday. It’s all about doing your research and hatching a plan well in advance!

With that in mind, these are the best places to get free food on your birthday:

• Frankie & Benny’s
  Freebie: Voucher for a free main meal with purchase of another.
  How to claim your freebie: Sign up for Frankie & Benny’s Rewards and you’ll be sent a voucher around 10 days before your birthday.
  T&Cs: Free main meal available with the purchase of another main meal. Can’t be used in conjunction with other offers and discounts. Valid for 30 days after receiving the voucher.
  
• YO!Sushi
  Freebie: £5 complimentary voucher.
  T&C’s: Sign up for YO! Sushi’s Love Club and receive your voucher for your birthday.
  
• Burger King
  Freebie: Free Whopper or Plant-Based Whopper.
  How to claim your freebie: Sign up for Burger King Rewards and add your information under ‘Account Info’ at least seven days before your birthday.
  T&Cs: Valid for 14 days.
  
• Greggs
  Freebie: Free cupcake, cream cake or doughnut.
  How to claim your freebie: Download the Greggs app and check the ‘rewards’ tab on your birthday.
  T&Cs: Valid for one month after issue.
  
• Barburrito
  Freebie: Free burrito.
  How to claim your freebie: Download the Barburrito Rewards App and register.
  T&Cs: Birthday rewards will appear on your app on the 1st of the month. However, if you download the app mid-way through the month, the reward should appear the following day. Valid for 31 days.
  Get your first burrito for £5 when you download the app here.
  
• Brewers Fayre
  Freebie: Free main meal.
  How to claim your freebie: Join the Brewers Fayre Bonus Club (you’ll also get 250 bonus points when you do) and you’ll be emailed a voucher around the time of your birthday.
  T&Cs: Can’t be used in conjunction with any other offers or promotions.
  
• Krispy Kreme
  Freebie: Free doughnut of your choice.
  How to claim your freebie: Join Krispy Kreme rewards (you also get a free doughnut just for signing up!) and add the birthday reward to your Krispy Kreme app to show in-store.
  T&Cs: Valid in Krispy Kreme stores only, not concession stands that you may find in Tesco and other shops.
  
• Tortilla
  Freebie: Free burrito.
  How to claim your freebie: Join the Tortilla Club and you’ll be emailed a voucher on your birthday for a free burrito.
  T&Cs: The voucher is valid for 30 days from the date of receiving, and can’t be used online or in conjunction with any other offer or discount.
  
• Las Iguanas
  Freebie: One free meal.
  How to claim your freebie: Sign up to the Las Iguanas newsletter and you’ll be emailed a voucher a week before your birthday.
  T&Cs: You must buy at least one other main, and the voucher can’t be used in conjunction with any other offers. The voucher is valid for 14 days.
  
• Beefeater Grill
  Freebie: Free main meal.
  How to claim your freebie: Sign up for a Beefeater Grill Rewards card (you’ll also get 300 bonus points when you do). Around your birthday, you’ll be emailed a voucher that you’ll need to present either printed or on your phone.
  T&Cs: At least one other main meal must be purchased from the main menu.
  
• Pizza Express
  Freebie: Free dessert, pizza or bottle of prosecco.
  How to claim your freebie: Sign up for the Pizza Express Club and, when you’ve reached the bronze tier, you’ll qualify for your birthday freebie.
  Use code DMLBDL on the app for a FREE starter at Pizza express!
  T&Cs: The level of your Pizza Express Club account will determine your freebie. Bronze members will get a free dessert, Silver members can get a free pizza and Gold members can choose a bottle of prosecco or wine or a Classic or Romana pizza. Available in your birthday month only.
  
• Hotel Chocolat
  Freebie: £5 loyalty card
  How to claim your freebie: Sign up for a Hotel Chocolat VIP card and activate it online (you’ll also get 15% off your next purchase when you sign up).
  T&Cs: Reward will be sent two weeks before your birthday and is valid for 30 days. The minimum spend is £5.01
  
• Costa Coffee
  Freebie: Free cake.
  How to claim your freebie: Sign up for the Costa Club and enter your date of birth on the website or app. You will receive an electronic Cake Voucher on your birthday.
  T&Cs: Cake Vouchers expire seven days after they are issued.
  
• Lidl
  Freebie: Free doughnut.
  How to claim your freebie: Sign up for Lidl Plus app and the coupon will show up in your vouchers.
  T&Cs: The voucher is valid for seven days.
  
• Bella Italia
  Freebie: Free meal.
  How to claim your freebie: Sign up for the Bella Italia newsletter (you get a free meal for signing up too!) and you’ll be emailed a voucher leading up to your birthday
  .T&Cs: Make sure to sign up at least two weeks before your birthday.
  
• Lindt
  Freebie: Free box of milk chocolate Lindor.
  How to claim your freebie: Sign up to MyLindt Rewards and you’ll be emailed a voucher on your birthday.
  T&Cs: If you’re redeeming the voucher online, you’ll need to spend a minimum of £20 to claim your freebie.
  
• Subway
  Freebie: Free cookie.
  How to claim your freebie: Join Subway Rewards and you’ll receive an email on your birthday, prompting you to scan your app in-store to claim your cookie.
  T&Cs: The cookie can only be claimed at participating stores.
  
• Muffin Break
  Freebie: Free muffin.
  How to claim your freebie: Sign up for the rewards card (you’ll get a free coffee just for joining!) and you’ll be able to pick up a free muffin during your birthday month.
  T&Cs: Muffins are awarded during your birthday month.
  
• Chopstix
  Freebie: Free noodle box.
  How to claim your freebie: Sign up for their newsletter and bring your ID to one of the participating stores.
  T&Cs: You can claim your free box for up to seven days after your birthday.
  
• Cafe Rouge
  Freebie: Free main meal.
  How to claim your freebie: Sign up for their newsletter (you will also receive a £10 voucher for signing up!) and you’ll receive the birthday voucher in your inbox a week before your birthday.
  T&Cs: You have to buy at least one other main meal. The voucher is valid for 14 days.
  
• Zizzi
  Freebie: Free main meal.
  How to claim your freebie: Sign up for the Zillionaire’s club and you’ll be sent a voucher for your free meal the day before your birthday.
  T&Cs:  You must buy at least one other main and the voucher is valid for 28 days.
  
• Taco Bell
  Freebie: One free meal.
  How to claim your freebie: Download the Taco Bell app and create an account. If you’ve made at least one purchase in the year leading up to your birthday, you’ll receive the reward on your app.
  T&Cs: Valid for 14 days after your birthday.
  
• Booth’s
  Freebie: Free Cake
  T&C’s: Download the booths app and recieve a free slice of cake on your birthday. T&C’s here.

Free birthday drinks

What better way to celebrate your birthday than with a bottle of chilled fizz? Oh wait, how about some FREE birthday fizz?!

These are the best deals for getting free drinks on your birthday (just remember to drink responsibly!):

• TGI Fridays
  Freebie: Free cocktail or mocktail for you and up to five friends.
  How to claim your freebie: Download and register with the TGI Rewards app and you’ll receive the code seven days before your birthday.
  T&Cs: Offer does not include ‘ultimate cocktails’ and is only valid with the purchase of a main meal. Can’t be used in conjunction with other offers.
  Use code OLIAR246242 for extra stripes when you sign up! After your first trip to TGI’s you’ll have qualified for a free side too!
  
• All Bar One
  Freebie: Sharing cocktail.
  How to claim your freebie: Sign up to the A-List newsletter via the All Bar One app and you’ll receive a voucher around the time of your birthday (you also get a complimentary cocktail when you sign up!).
  T&Cs: You must also buy two main meals to be eligible for the free cocktail.
  
• Miller & Carter
  Freebie: Free glass of Piccini Memoro for you and up to five guests.
  How to claim your freebie: Sign up for their newsletter (you’ll also get a free glass of wine for doing so!).
  T&Cs: Can’t be used in conjunction with any other vouchers or offers and you need to sign up at least two weeks before your birthday.
  
• Boost
  Freebie: Juice of your choice.
  How to claim your freebie: Pick up your Vibe Card in-store and register it online. Or, download and register via the app. Bring it to a store along with a photo ID and you’ll get a free juice.
  T&Cs: Can only be redeemed three days before, three days after and on your birthday. The date of birth on your Vibe Card must match your actual date of birth.
  
• Starbucks
  Freebie: Free drink for Gold Members.
  How to claim your freebie: Join the Starbucks Reward program and add your birthday to your account information. You will have to reach the Gold level (450 stars) to be eligible for your birthday freebie.
  T&Cs: You must have reached the Gold level on the Starbucks Reward program. The voucher is available for 30 days.
  
• Chatime
  Freebie: Free regular-size drink
  How to claim your freebie: Sign up to Chatime app at least seven days before your birthday to receive the freebie.
  T&Cs: You need to have made at least one purchase through the app before your birthday to get the free drink. The voucher is valid for seven days before and after your birthday.
  
• Gusto
  Freebie: Free round of drinks
  T&C’s: Free drink options are an Aperol Spritz, a bottle of Menabrea or a 125ml glass of Gusto Spumante Prosecco. Minimum of 2 people, no maximum.Available to book 7 days before your birthday and 14 days after your birthday. Online bookings through the Gusto Gold Rewards website only. Free drinks valid ONLY with the purchase of a main à la carte menu or party set menu.

Free birthday beauty treats

There’s nothing more fun than pampering yourself on your birthday – and the companies mentioned below know this all too well. Grab yourself a new nail polish and a free brow wax and you’re ready to begin the celebrations.

Here are the best beauty birthday treats from all the top brands:

• Space NK
  Freebie: A gift on top of your online order (gift changes monthly).
  How to claim your freebie: Sign up for the NDulge loyalty scheme and you’ll be emailed the promo code.
  T&Cs: You can receive the email anytime throughout the month and it will be valid until the 14th of the next month.
  
• The Body Shop
  Freebie: £5 voucher to spend online or in-store.
  How to claim your freebie: Sign up for the Love Your Body loyalty scheme and they’ll put £5 on your card on your birthday.
  T&Cs: Valid for one month after the date of issue, and there’s no minimum spend.
  
• Cult Beauty
  Freebie: 15% off or £10 – £25 discount.
  How to claim your freebie: Sign up for a Cult Beauty account and you’ll be emailed a voucher in the month of your birthday. You must have opted in and provided your birthday by the 28th of the month before your birthday.
  
  T&Cs: The level of your account will determine your freebie. Cult Status will give you 15% off on a £25 spent. Level One gets you a £10 discount when you spend £40. On Level Two, you get a £15 discount when you spend £60. And Level Three will give you £25 off when you spend £100. The voucher is valid for one month. Full list of exclusions.
  
• Superdrug
  Freebie: No freebies, but triple points up for grabs!
  How to claim your freebie: Sign up for a Superdrug Health & Beautycard and you’ll get triple points on your birthday.
  T&Cs: Valid for 14 days after your birthday.
  
• Rituals
  Freebie: Free shower oil of your choice.
  How to claim your freebie: Join My Rituals and you’ll be emailed a voucher on your birthday. You’ll also receive a free shower foam as a new My Rituals member.
  T&Cs: You must buy another item to claim the birthday freebie.
  
• Kiko Milano
  Freebie: £5 off
  How to claim your freebie: Sign up for the Kiko loyalty program and you’ll get a £5 voucher on your birthday.
  T&Cs: Minimum spend is £25 and you’ll have two months to use the voucher.
  
• Boots
  Freebie: No freebies, but double points are up for grabs!
  How to claim your freebie: Sign up for the Boots Advantage Card and you’ll receive double points during your birthday month.
  T&Cs: Valid for your whole birthday month.
  
• Dior
  Freebie: Free Birthday Gift on Silver Tier in the rewards
  T&C’s: Must achieve Silver status in the Dior Club

Birthday clothing discounts

I love birthday shopping!

If you’re on the look out for some new clothes for when you go out for your free birthday meal, here’s a collection of birthday discount voucher codes and treating yourself!

Just make sure you sign up to these well before your birthday so you give them enough time to send you out your code/voucher, as well as leaving yourself enough time to go shopping.

These are the best birthday discount offers:

• ASOS
  Discount: 10% off.
  How to claim your birthday discount: Sign up and shop at ASOS, and you’ll be emailed a code around the time of your birthday.
  T&Cs: Can’t be used in conjunction with other offers, including student discount.
  
• Nike Store
  Discount: 25% off.
  How to claim your birthday discount: Sign up to the Nike Store’s newsletter and in the month of your birthday they’ll email you a unique code that’s valid for the whole month.
  T&Cs: No minimum spend, but there’s a maximum spend of £900 and it’s not valid in conjunction with other offers.
  
• H&M
  Discount: 25% off one item.
  How to claim your birthday discount: Sign up (for free) to the H&M Club (which also gets you 10% off each purchase and free delivery!).T&Cs: Valid for two weeks after your birthday.
  
• New Look
  Discount: 15% off.
  How to claim your birthday discount: Sign up to the newsletter and you’ll be emailed a unique code to use online (plus 25% off your next purchase just for signing up!).
  T&Cs: Valid for up to two weeks after your birthday, and can’t be used alongside other offers. You also must register 30 days before your birthday to receive the discount.
  
• Swarovski
  Discount: 15%.
  How to claim your birthday discount: Sign up for the Swarovski Club and they’ll send you a voucher on your birthday (signing up will also give you a 10% discount voucher).
  T&Cs: Valid for one month after your birthday. Check the email for full T&Cs.
  
• Lacoste
  Freebie: Birthday offer: £20 voucher
  T&C’s: Birthday offer: 14 days before your birthday, you will receive the email valid for 60 days, Check website for T&C’s

More free birthday stuff

The following offers are a bit hard to categorise, so we made the executive decision to lump them together as ‘free stuff’. Here’s the best of the rest of the free stuff you can get on your birthday:

• Lovehoney
  Freebie: 20% off.
  How to claim your freebie: Create a Lovehoney account and fill out your details to get your birthday voucher.
  T&Cs: Minimum spend of £40 is required and cannot be used in conjunction with other offers.
  
• Disney
  Freebie: 15% off.
  How to claim your freebie: Sign up for a shopDisney account and you’ll be sent a voucher for the month of your birthday.
  T&Cs: You have to sign up two months prior to your birthday. Some products are excluded from the offer.
  
• Hobbs
  Freebie: £20 off voucher
  How to claim your freebie: Sign up for the Hobbs newsletter and you’ll receive an email with a £20 off voucher on your birthday
  T&Cs: You can only use it online and the voucher will be valid for 30 days. If you have ordered from Hobbs before, the minimum spend is £20, otherwise, you’ll have to spend at least £100.
  
• Swagbucks
  Freebie: 55 free Swagbucks (SBs).
  How to claim your freebie: Sign up for a Swagbucks account and they’ll send you a 55SB rebate on a Gift Card redemption.
  T&Cs: Must be redeemed within 30 days of your birthday.
  
• Mecca Bingo
  Freebie: Free Spins & £5 on your account
  T&C’s: Must have a Mecca account.
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  T&Cs: Must be redeemed within 30 days of your birthday.
  
• Therapie Clinic
  Freebie: £50 Off Treatment
  T&C’s: Sign up through this link. Must have a Therapie Clicnic account.

Birthday freebies are a great excuse when celebrating your special day. I update the list constantly when I find a new venue who is offering a birthday bonus!

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