April 2010 deals, discounts & freebies

free pretzel m&ms

April 26 update: Holy Bumpits, Batman! Find out a free way to add some volume to your coif, score free Fig Newtons and other delights.

Due to the wild popularity of the Tax Day Freebies post, I thought I’d continue the love by creating a regular feature at Collegiate Cook: monthly Deals, Discounts and Freebies (DDFs).

I’ll send alerts via Twitter every time I learn something new, and I welcome any and all alerts you can send my way!

Everything is arranged by date, with “ASAP” indicating those deals that require fast action, since they’re only available in limited quantities.

ASAP:

  • Pretzel M&MsTry a few bag of ’em before anybody else does. There are about 22,000 bags left to give away, but you have to have a Facebook account to take advantage of this offer. (Click on the M&Ms Pretzel tab to pull up the freebie prompt if it doesn’t come up immediately.)

Anytime:

April 16:

  • Jack in the Box — Receive a free small fry for visiting any participating Jack in the Box today.

April 17-25:

April 22 (Earth Day):

  • Disney StoresTake 6 empty soda cans or plastic water bottles to your Disney Store for recycling and get a “Friends for Change” youth-sized baseball cap. Give it to your Camp Rock-loving younger siblings and they’ll adore you forever. Or at least until they grow out of their Jonas Brothers phase.
  • EvosFree organic milkshakes from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. in honor of Earth Day.
  • Reynolds Wrap — Starting at 4:22 a.m., you can sign up at the Reynolds website to receive a rebate for foil made from 100 percent recycled aluminum. After signing up, buy the wrap and mail in the receipt/rebate to get your money back.
  • Target — Wrap this week’s sales circular around five plastic bags and mail ’em to Terracycle (121 New York Avenue, Trenton, NJ 08368). Target will send you a coupon for $1 off a reusable bag valued at $1.49 or more. Plus, the site says there’s no postage needed to mail the bags in as long as they’re wrapped in the circular page that talks about the promotion. (Psst…if you don’t get the newspaper, you can pick up the circular at your nearest Target store.)

Expires on April 21:

Expires on April 24:

Expires on April 25:

  • Buffalo Wild Wings — Use this coupon to get four free boneless wings when you buy eight.

April 28:

  • Baskin Robbins31-cent Scoop Night: Get up to three scoops of ice cream for 31 cents each from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. at participating stores.

April 29: