Your birthday's not just a day to cry, alone, about getting older.
It's also a day for free food, travel and prosecco to make you forget your midlife crisis.
These are all reported within the past month (March 22 2025).
Onward into darkness…
A Sweet Treat
Bakery Treats
Greggs: Free sweet treat like a cake or doughnut (sign up to mailing list)
Costa: Free treat (sign up to mailing list; could be a drink or cake)
Lidl: Doughnut (sign up to mailing list)
KrispyKreme: Free doughnut (claim any day in your registered birthday month; sign up to mailing list)
Caffè Nero: Free cake (sign up to mailing list)
GAIL's Bakery: Free sweet treat (includes breakfast pastries; sign up to mailing list)
Lola's Cupcakes: Free cake (requires membership for at least a year with at least £5 prior spend; sign up to mailing list)
Patisserie Valerie: Free cupcake (sign up to mailing list)
More Sweet Options
Hotel Chocolat: £5 voucher (sign up to mailing list)
Muffin Break: Muffin (sign up to mailing list)
Lindt: Box of milk chocolate (requires £10 minimum spend; sign up to mailing list)
Subway: Cookie (sign up to mailing list; previously required ID, now app-based)
McDonald's: Free McFlurry (sign up to mailing list; machine availability may vary)
Morrisons: Bar of Morrisons Best chocolate or cookies (e.g., flapjacks, brownies; requires More card; activate reward in birth month)
M&S Sparks: Varies based on spending (e.g., small bag of Percy Pigs, biscuits, chocolates, or grapes; sign up to Sparks card)
Coffee + Cafes
Coffee
Starbucks: Free drink (sign up to mailing list; may require gold-level membership)
Coffee 1: Free drink of your choice (sign up to mailing list)
John Lewis: Coffee and cake for two at their café (sign up to mailing list)
Waitrose: Free coffee (sign up to mailing list; verify current status)
Dobbie's: With a Dobbies card (£15/year), get two free coffees per month, plus a birthday voucher for two extra coffees and two slices of cake.
Smoothies, Milkshakes, Bubble Tea
Boost: Free smoothie (requires a purchase in the past 12 months; sign up to mailing list with Vibe card)
Ed's Easy Diner: Free milkshake (sign up to mailing list)
Kaspas: Free milkshake or cake (requires £6.95 spend; sign up to mailing list)
Bubble CiTea: 50% off (sign up to mailing list)
Eating Out
Burgers
Burger King: Whopper (sign up to mailing list)
Patty & Bun: Free burger (sign up to mailing list)
Honest Burgers: £5 off (sign up to newsletter)
Italian
Zizzi's: Free main when you buy another (sign up to mailing list at least a month in advance; Zillionaires loyalty members may get extra perks)
PizzaExpress: Can get a free side dish, dessert or pizza on your birthday (sign up to mailing list; £10 minimum spend)
Coco di Mama: Free pasta pot up to £10 (sign up to mailing list; also offers £5 off Deliveroo orders)
Mexican & Asian
Barburrito: Free burrito (conditions vary: may require app membership, prior £6 spend, or no extras like guac; sign up to mailing list)
Tortilla: Burrito (sign up to mailing list)
Chopstix: Noodle box (medium box; sign up to mailing list)
Rosas Thai: Free Pad Thai (sign up to newsletter)
Non-Food Offers
Beauty & Personal Care
The Body Shop: £5 voucher (requires a purchase in the past 12 months; sign up to Love Your Body Club; no minimum spend confirmed by company)
Sephora: Birthday treat (sign up to mailing list; online may require a spend)
Superdrug: Birthday treat (triple member points on a purchase; sign up to mailing list)
Rituals: Free gift (e.g., hand wash with purchase; sign up to mailing list)
SpaceNK: Birthday gift (e.g., box with 3 large samples or goodie bag; sign up to mailing list)
Boots: Double points on all purchases during your birthday month (sign up to mailing list)
Fashion & Clothing
Oliver Bonas: £5 (sign up to mailing list)
ASOS: 20% discount (sign up to mailing list)
Nike: 25% off (sign up to mailing list)
Levi's: £10 voucher (sign up to Red Tab program and opt into emails)
Hobbs: £20 voucher (sign up to mailing list)
Sweaty Betty: 50% off one item (sign up to mailing list)
Booze + Fun
Alcohol
Bill's: Free bottle of Prosecco (sign up a few weeks in advance; terms and conditions apply)
Brown's: Free cocktails (sign up to mailing list)
All Bar One: Free bottle of Prosecco (sign up to mailing list)
Turtle Bay: £20 voucher, no minimum spend (sign up to mailing list)
Slug and Lettuce: Free bottle of Prosecco (sign up to Stonegate loyalty program)
Stonegate Pubs: Round of drinks for you and five friends (sign up to brands like Slug and Lettuce or Popworld)
BrewDog: Free pint (must be a shareholder; sign up required)
Entertainment
Cineworld Unlimited: Free popcorn (requires Unlimited membership; verify current status)
Merkur Slots: £10 cash match three times in your birthday month (for gamblers; sign up required)
Mecca Bingo: Free meal (scan in on your birthday; verify current status)
More that don't fit nicely into my categories
Hobbycraft: £5 voucher (sign up to mailing list)
YankeeCandle: Free candle worth £25 (sign up to mailing list)
Build-a-Bear: Pay your age for a birthday bear (ideal for young children; sign up to mailing list)
Pets at Home: Free pet treats (register your pet for free; annual offer for their birthday)
Bristol Buses: Free bus travel for your entire birthday month (apply at least a week before the month starts; e.g., apply by late January for February)