Fast Food
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Fast food chains:
Below I'm listing some fast food chains and the vegetarian menu iems available at those chains, that me or my kids liked. These were reasonably priced, and filling enough and not too bad in taste I guess (since my kids finshed them w/o complaining) !! If you are looking for dine in formal restaurants, check out the "restaurant" section.
Mcdonalds:
A couple of options here. One of them is pie - Apple pie, pumpkin pie, etc. These sell for about $1 including tax. These are filling enough where 1 pie is good for one kid.
Macdonalds GC are not on sale that often. I've bough these GC on sale for 20% off at HEB, grocery chain in Texas. I usually buy enough that will last me a couple of years, considering I spend < $50 a year at Mcdonalds.
Chipotle:
Here you can get cheap mexican food. Nothing fancy about the food. It's filling and it costs < $10. You can buy Chipotle GC for 20% off couple of times a year at grocery stores, amazon, paypal, drug stores, etc. They also have BOGO offers from time to time. If you make an account at chipotle, and don't have any activity on your online account, then they will drop you few offers from time to time. I've gotten few BOGO offers that way. Sometimes they will have online quizzes and first 10K or so get BOGO offers (you can search for these on slickdeals). On an avg, BOGO offers are may be 1-2 times a year.
Subway:
Subway is one of the cheapest fast Food restaurant. They primarily serve sandwiches - veggie and meat. Their veggie sandwiches are really great.
Regularly you can get their GC for 20% off ($50 GC for $40). Couple of times a year, subway.com itself gives these out. Sometimes they are available on sale at grocery stores, paypal website, etc. On top of that, Subway usually has Buy 1, Get 1 Free (BOGO) offer. Normally their foot long sandwiches are $7, but with this promo, they give you 2 subway for the price of $7 or less. You also get 2 free cookies for filling survey. With 20% off GC, and rewards you earn + free cookies with survey, you end up getting two 1 foot subs for < $5. Not sure if you can make it that cheap at home. Make it 2X for all the fillings to make it twice as many calories. 2 footlong subs are good to feed 4 people, or < $1.25 per person per meal. Can't get any cheaper than that !! For the rewards, you will need to make an account at subway.com.
For vegetarian sandwiches - you can get veggie patties too to go in between the sandwiches. It will cost a dollar extra, but it's well worth the price. It tastes really good, and is very high in protein and calories - fills you up really well. Subway is my favorite fast food go to place, as it gives you the best value per dollar.
Dominos Pizza:
Dominos pizza is the cheapest Pizza chain (among the big pizza chain - Papa Johns, Pizza Hut and Dominos).
You can regularly get $25 Dominos GC for $20. They are available on sale at grocery stores, paypal website, etc. It's the most readily available sale of all the fast food GC sale. Dominos also has rewards program where you earn 10 points for every order $10 or more. 60 points gets you a free Medium 2 topping pizza. So, $60 in spending gets you $6 worth of pizza, or equivalent to 10% cashback.
For medium pizza, Dominos always has the deal: $5.99 $6.99 (prices raised in 2023) each when you buy 2, with 2 toppings each. You can also add more items for $5.99 $6.99 each (doesn't have to be pizza. this applies to even the first 2 items).
For large pizza, Dominos always has the deal: $7.99 for a large pizza with 3 toppings. Price for large pizza remained the same for 2023, but number of toppings has gone down from 3 to 1.
Below are different Pizza offered by Dominos:
1. Medium/Large Hand Tossed Pizza: This pizza is available in both medium and large. It has 190 calories/slice. So total for 8 slices = 190*8=1500 calories per pizza. This is second favorite crust at my home after the "Crunchy Thin crust" pizza.
2. Medium/Large Crunchy Thin crust pizza: This pizza is available in both medium and large. This is very thin crust and crunchy. This is the best tasting pizza, but also has the fewest calories.
3. Medium Handmade pan pizza: This pizza is only available in medium as it's crust is very thick. It Costs $2 extra. So, medium pizza will cost $7.99 $8.99 (as of 2023). It has 310 calories/slice. So total for 8 slices = 310*8=2500 calories per pizza. It has significantly more calories, as it has much thicker crust. This is more filling but not as tasty.
Papa Johns Pizza:
Papa Johns pizza is the most popular pizza, but it's little bit more expensive than Dominos pizza.Papa Johns also has their reward program, where you get 1 point for every dollar spent. When you reach 75 points, you get $10 worth of dough that you can use on getting free pizza or anything under $10. So, $75 in spending gets you $10 worth of pizza, or equivalent to 15% cash back.
For medium pizza, Papa Johns always has the deal: $6.99 each when you buy 2, with 1 topping each. You can also add more items for $7 each (doesn't have to be pizza. this applies to even the first 2 items).
For large pizza, Papa Johns always has the deal: $8.99 for a large pizza with 1 topping. However this is location specific, and may be higher or lower.
Their large pizza is 2200 cal, while medium is 1500 cal (almost same as that at Dominos).
Some added bonus with Papa Johns pizza:
- They include 1 garlic sauce + 1 banana pepper free with each veg pizza.
- They give unlimited packets of cheese and pepper.
- They have base which you may choose to be cheese, meat or veg. If you choose veg, the base itself will have vegetables in it (toppings that you choose will be in the base too). That seems to make it yummier.
- The pizza is $1 more expensive than Dominos, but when you consider the free items included, it's almost at par with Dominos.
Taco Bell:
Taco Bell is a very popular mexican food place. It used to be cheap, but is getting pricier now. Burritos, Nachos and Tacos are the most popular mexican food in these fast food places. Few popular veg menu items:
- Cheese Quesadilla => It costs about $4 and has 500 calories. It's favorite of my younger one.
- Veg Burrito => Burritos are things with veg/beans filled inside and wrapped around the tortilla. Few varieties are Bean burrito, rice and bean burrito and Fiesta Veggie burrito. Burritos are the cheapest items on Taco Bell's menu. They cost between $1-$2 and provide around 500 cal of energy.
- Nachos => Nachos is one other very favorite mexican dish. It's basically chips with beans, cream, veg, etc spread on it. It tastes nice. However, it's expensive as it's not very filling, and costs about $5. Nachos Bell Grande costs about $5 and has 750 cal.
- Tacos => Tacos are crsipy or soft shell filled with beans, veg, etc. Nacho Cheese Doritos Locos Tacos cost about $2.50 and has 170 cal, so per calorie it's expensive. Cheapest item here is "spicy potato soft taco" costing a dollar. Tacos in general do taste good.
Taco Bell has offers on their website all the time, where you can get a combo or a box with more items in it for a lower price. However, you get those prices, only when ordering thru the app. So, always look on their website or app for offers before ordering (check in offers/rewards section of their app). They also have free items from time to time.
IHOP:
Another fast food chain. It sells pancakes which are decent price. Their pancakes are very filling. They also have kids menu, which is cheaper. It's good chain when your kids are bored with everything else, and you just want to try something different. Tmobile thru it's Tmobile Tuesday app offers free pancakes at IHOP from time to time.
You can get IHOP GC for 20% off a couple of times in grocery stores, amazon, etc.
DEALS:
All Gift Card deals for fast food are in gift card section. Consider buying those GC where possible and then get these deals.
Subway Offer - BOGO (select restaurants) offer multiple times a year => expires every few months
https://slickdeals.net/f/16059892-subway-buy-one-footlong-get-one-free-w-code-ymmv
The deal always shows up with new promo code (or some older code). Every time it comes, it's valid for 1-2 months. Need to order online or from app. Best value is 2 foot long sub for $7 (Now $8 as of 2023). The ones with veggie patty in it go for about $10. You also get rewards if you have signed up, which equates to $2 every 4-5 of BOGO orders. Not bad :)
NOTE: Many codes of subway still work many times even though they expired a whileback. Try these codes if you can't find a code:
- B2GO codes (3 Footlong): FTL1799
- BOGO codes (2 Footlong): BOGOFTL, FREEFL, FLBOGO, FTLBOGO, FL1299, 1299FL, FL1399, FOOTLONG (need to add drink),
- Individual codes (1 Footlong): FTL699,
Deals:
- 06/11/2024 => BOGO offer. PROMO: FLBOGO => Expires June 22, 2024
- 05/20/2024 => Multiple codes, though not as good as bogo => Expires July 11, 2024
- 05/14/2024 => 2 FL for $13 (only for classic or series subs) => Expiry unknown
- 03/25/2024 => BOGO offer expired. Couple of new promo codes. None as good as BOGO though, best one to use is BOGO with a drink => Expires 05/09/2024
- 03/01/2024 => BOGO offer. PROMO: FLBOGO => Expires 03/10/2024
- 01/01/2024 => BOGO offer. PROMO: FLBOGO => Expires 01/23/2023
- 10/01/2023 => BOGO offer (expiry unknown, continuation of previous offer). PROMO: FTLBOGO (still valid as of Dec 31, 2023)
- 10/01/2023 => BOGO offer (expiry unknown, continuation of previous offer). PROMO: FREEFL (prior code: BOGOFTL still valid)
- 09/10/2023 => BOGO offer (expiry unknown, continuation of previous offer). PROMO: BOGOFTL
- 08/24/2023 => BOGO offer. PROMO: FLBOGO => Expires 09/07/2023
- 06/26/2023 => BOGO offer (expiry unknown, continuation of previous offer). PROMO: BOGOFTL
- 05/22/2023 => BOGO offer (expiry unknown, new offer). PROMO: FREEFL
- 05/18/2023 => BOGO offer (expiry unknown, continuation of previous offer). PROMO: BOGOFTL
- 03/28/2023 => BOGO offer (expiry unknown, still active as of 04/16/2023). PROMO: BOGOFTL
- 03/01/2023 => BOGO offer. PROMO: FREEFL
- 02/01/2023 => BOGO offer. PROMO: FLBOGO => Expires 02/10/2023 02/17/2023
- 01/02/2023 => BOGO offer. PROMO: FREEFOOTLONG
2024:
07/01/2024: 7-Eleven Stores - Free small slurpee only on 07/11 (Thursday) => expires July 11, 2024
Valid only on 07/11. This offer comes every year on 07/11. No app requirement. Just show up in store and get one. 7-eleven is a gas station chain and may not have a presence in all the states.
https://www.doctorofcredit.com/7-eleven-free-small-slurpee-7-11-only/
04/28/2024: Taco Bell - Discovery box for $5, valid only on Tuesdays => expires June 4, 2024
Valid only on Tuesday. 3 different types of tacos included for $5. You can swap as well as customize to make it veg only (by substituting chicken with beans). Make sure you swap that basic crunchy taco for another Doritos Loco or even a soft taco supreme for free. Makes it an even better deal.
04/22/2024: Dominos Offer - Large 2 topping Pizza for $7 => expires 04/28/2024
https://slickdeals.net/f/17446341-domino-s-pizza-large-2-topping-pizza-6-99-carryout-only
01/24/2024: Dominos Offer - Large 2 topping Pizza for $7 => expires 01/28/2024
https://slickdeals.net/f/17248609-dominos-large-2-toppings-pizzas-6-99-carryout-only?src=frontpage
2023:
10/30/2023: Taco Bell - Free Doritos locos Tacos in app => expires Nov 5, 2023
Free Doritos locos tacos for everyone (only via the app). This in addition to the offer, where they offer a free Doritos locos tacos for guessing who will steal the first base in the 2023 World Series.
10/11/2023: Dominos Offer - 1 Free Medium Pizza with online order of $7.99 or more (incl Tax) => expires 02/11/2024
Plenty of time to redeem this offer, as it ends after 4 months. Even if you cancel the original order, you still get free medium pizza. However, it's limit of 1 per account. People try to get multiple of these offers by making multiple fake accounts.
10/03/2023: National Taco Day deals - Oct 4 only
Lots of BOGO and other cheap Taco offers on Oct 4.
Various Fast Food chains on Oct 4: https://slickdeals.net/f/16961173-national-taco-day-megathread-wednesday-october-4th
Taco Bell $10 monthly subscription for 1 free taco per day (sign up by Oct 4): https://slickdeals.net/f/16961758-national-taco-day-2023-taco-lover-s-pass-taco-bell-10
08/09/2023: Taco Bell - Free Doritos locos Tacos every Tuesday from 08/15 - 09/05:
Free Doritos locos tacos for everyone (only via the app, probably click on the offer under "offers"?).
https://www.doctorofcredit.com/taco-bell-free-taco-every-tuesday-8-15-9-5/
01/01/2023: Dominos Offer - $3 Tip for carryout order of $5 or more (incl Tax) => expires 03/26/2023
https://carryouttips.dominos.com/
This offer is back for 2023, It's same as what was offered last few times. You get $3 Tip for any order placed for > $5 (incl tax). You can order a large pizza with 1 topping (for $7.99). You will get $3 tip to use next week from Monday-Sunday. You can place next order for $7.99, and put this code in the PROMO section. It'll charge you $4.99+tax, and will also give you $3 tip to use on your next order. Thus every week, you can order 1 pizza for $4.99+tax until expiry date. Combined with 20% off for Dominos GC, You are getting a large pizza for ~$4, which is at par with what it would cost if you were to make one at home. Enjoy your Pizza !!
NOTE: Unless to live in one of the 5 states with no sales tax, you can order $7.99 large pizza for this offer. However, if you have no sales tax in your state, then your total will be $4.99 (after applying the tip), which will disqualify you from getting $3 Tip on your current order. In such a case, add an extra topping (for $1 more) or go with Brooklyn style extra large pizza (for $2 more).
2022:
11/03/2022: Subway Offer - BOGO (select restaurants): PROMO: FLBOGO => expiry unknown
This offer is back with new promo code, It's same as what was offered last few times. Need to order online or from app. Best value is 2 footlong sub for $7.
10/31/2022: Taco Bell - Free Doritos locos Tacos (via app only): Expires 11/09/2022
Free Doritos locos tacos for everyone (only via the app, click on redeem offer under "offers").
09/30/2022: Subway Offer - BOGO (select restaurants): PROMO: FREEFOOTLONG => expiry unknown
https://slickdeals.net/f/16059892-subway-buy-one-footlong-get-one-free-w-code-ymmv
This offer is back with new promo code, It's same as what was offered last few times. Need to order online or from app. Best value is 2 footlong sub for $7.
08/30/2022: Subway Offer - BOGO (select restaurants): PROMO: FREESUB => expiry unknown
This offer is back with new promo code, It's same as what was offered last few times. Need to order online or from app. Best value is 2 footlong sub for $7.
08/22/2022: Chipotle Offer - BOGO by answering quiz questions => valid from 08/22/2022 - 08/26/2022
The answers to the quiz for each day are provided in the comments section. You can retry infinite times if you don't get all 10 questions right. Offer start at 9AM PST each day and runs out of codes in 3-4 hours. Codes are valid for 7 days. You can get 1 code each day for each phone number provided. Need to order online or from app.
06/20/2022: Taco Bell - $5 box (online or via app): Expires 06/22/2022
This deal is for $5 box with chalupa, taco, twists and drink. An ok deal.
06/18/2022: Subway Offer - BOGO (select restaurants): PROMO: FREEFOOTLONG => expires 08/22/2022
This offer is back with same promo code, It's same as what was offered last few times. Need to order online or from app. Best value is 2 footlong sub for $7.
03/29/2022: Subway Offer - BOGO (select restaurants): PROMO: FREEFOOTLONG
This offer is back, It's same as what was offered last few times. Need to order online or from app. Seems like fewer restaurants are participating in this promo code, so try few around you to see if it works for any.
12/31/2021: Subway Offer - BOGO: PROMO: FREEFOOTLONG => expires 02/13/2022
This offer is back, after a gap of few months. It's same as what was offered last few times, and just like previous offers, runs for more than a month. It's buy one, get one free = effectively 2 subway for price of one. Can't beat the price. Need to order online or from app.