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Do you have fingers? Do you love butter? Then you'll love Free Butterfingers

Slurpee Madness - AND IT'S FREEEEEE

Every July 11, 7-Eleven stores across the country celebrate their birthday by giving away free Slurpees. This year the convenience store chain turns 82, and about 5 million icy beverages will be handed out at participating locations.

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Free Coffee from Seattle's Best via Border

Grab a free 12 oz Seattle's Best Coffee at Borders

Homer is Gonna Be Happy . . . mmmmmmmmmmm

Tomorrow is National Donut Day, which should actually be a national holiday. So, "Let Them Eat Donuts"

Free DD donuts
Free Krispy Kreme Donuts

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Kick off Some Summer with Some FREE Ice Cream

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Free Coffee and (Ice) Cream

It's 50-cent iced coffee day at Dunkin' Donuts. Get a 50-cent iced coffee and your purchase will help support Homes for Our Troops. Get more info on the promotion and find Dunkin Donuts locations near you by clicking here.

Today is also Free Cone Day at Ben & Jerry’s. Scoop Shops are serving up a free scoop of your favorite flavor from noon to 8:00 p.m. Get more information on that promotion by clicking here..

Remember, these promotions are good only at participating locations.

via Cincinnati Enquirer

A Tax Day Break

Ran across these on PopCandy

- MaggieMoo's Ice Cream & Treatery is giving customers a free scoop of ice cream Wednesday. Head to the site for store locations.

- Like Cinnabon? The store is giving away free "Tax Day Bites," i.e. miniature versions of its famous gooey confection. The promotion takes place April 15 between 5-8 p.m.

- I've never been to Taco Del Mar, but the chain is offering a free taco on Tax Day. To get it, you'll need to head to the website and fill out a short form.

- And finally, P.F. Chang's is offering 15% your bill on Tax Day.

CNN has nothing on this blog

It seems the mighty CNN is way behind in breaking "news." While IGTB posted about the abundance of free food deals on 2/24, lil' ol' CNN just posted something today - take that Ted Turner.

Free is the new paid

It appears Chris Anderson, of Long Tail Fame, was right. If you haven't read his "Free! Why $0.00 is the Future of Business" then you must stop reading this and read that. All those economists with their pipes and spectacles shouldn't have been watching Jim Cramer on CNBC and his wonderful insight, instead they should have been reading Wired Magazine and Chris Anderson. Essentially Anderson argues that Free is where the money/customers/fun is at. Web 2.0, or 2.1 or whatever we're in, coupled with these "tough economic times" has moved "free" to the forefront faster than you could say "Circuit City is Bankrupt."

Just take a look at the food industry in the past couple of weeks to see how they're embracing Free:

1. Yesterday Quizno's came out with their 1 million free subs - they're at 214,000 now
2. Today I noticed Arby's is giving away free "Roast Burgers" - hope it tastes good with Arby Sauce
3. Starbucks, McDonalds, Taco Bell, and Dr. Pepper have all given away free food since Fall
   

Food is one of those categories where people love to try new things, especially if they're free. This proclivity to sample, paired with humans being creatures of habit when it comes to restaurants and food makes Free the perfect model for increasing that foot traffic. What's next is the big question. Will Kroger give away milk to sell their cereal? Will those fine restaurants, which are probably hurt most by the economy, give away the entree if you buy their alcohol? While I'm not sure of the anwer to those questions, I am sure of a place I'll be having lunch this week - a little place I like to call Arby's.

Free Coffee . . . From Starubucks . . .Really?

"Starbucks' campaign to promote volunteerism (and store traffic) got a huge bump today from no less than Oprah Winfrey -- and by extension, Barack Obama.

The talk-show host talked up the java giant's "I'm In" campaign, which encourages consumers to pledge five hours of community service before the end of the year. Those who commit to doing so at Starbucks between now and Sunday will be rewarded with a free coffee. "

via AdAge

Free McDonalds . . . No, Really

From today's Enquirer.com :

Free McDonald's!

Posted 1/6/2009 10:16 AM EST on Cincinnati.com

Who doesn't love free food? In its way of tempting those who are dieting, participating McDonald's locations in Greater Cincinnati will offer free samples every Wednesday from now through April 15. You can get these deals either inside the restaurants or via drive-thru with a limit of one per customer while supplies last.

January

From 7-10 a.m, free sample-size Sausage McGriddle (half sandwich).

February

From 7-10 a.m, free sample-size Southern Style Chicken Biscuit (half sandwich).

March

From 7-10 a.m, free sample-size (7-ounce) of regular flavored iced coffee.

April

From 7-10 a.m. and from 2-5 p.m., free regular size (12-ounce) Mocha McCafe."

. . . And to Accompany Your Free Taco

Do you love G&R and Free Dr. Pepper. . .

Do You Love Free Tacos? Me Too!

If you love baseball, then you'll love free tacos!