Americans relish the opportunity to dine out. A recent report by Good Morning America revealed that the average consumer in 2010 spent upwards $2,505 on meals outside their home, as per the U.S Department of Labor, amounting to more than $200 a month solely on eating out. However, it’s feasible to trim this major budget category without impacting the quality of your meals. You can easily procure online coupons for your chosen restaurants. Here are a few strategies:
Leverage your Facebook account. If you don’t own a Facebook account, make one. ‘Like’ your preferred restaurants. These establishments often disclose exclusive deals and coupons on Facebook, making it an advantageous platform to save while enjoying meals at your favorite restaurant. Restaurants sometimes provide deals to those who ‘like’ their pages. For instance, Famous Dave’s granted a buy one, get one free coupon to every new page liker roughly a year ago. Be cautious about liking your preferred restaurant’s page until they announce a similar deal.
Visit the restaurant’s website. Local, independently owned eateries may provide discounts on their websites, although chain restaurants generally don’t. My spouse and I found a coupon that availed us a 15% reduction on our entire order when we visited the site of a new Mexican restaurant we planned to visit.
Sign up for the email list. Opting for a restaurant’s email list frequently grants access to exclusive subscriber-only coupons. Many also offer complimentary items for your birthday. Starbucks, Famous Dave’s and Stir Crazy are a few examples of the many establishments offering birthday freebies, sometimes valid for your entire birth month.
Consult websites like Retailmenot.com. Retail Me Not sporadically hosts restaurant coupons. Currently, they’re offering a discount code for Papa John’s pizza.
Join daily-deal websites. Numerous such sites, such as Double Take Deals, Groupon and Living Social, offer a wealth of deals. Subscriptions to their email lists will ensure the daily delivery of restaurant deals. We’d once bought a bunch of $30 off coupons for $15 each from our favorite sushi restaurant and have been using them gradually throughout the year.
Browse restaurant.com. This platform consistently hosts coupons for several local restaurants and frequently offers discount codes. For example, a $10 voucher offering $25 off could be bought for as measly as $2 after applying discount codes.
