Various Restaurants and Stores are offering
August Food Deals (
with some examples listed below). Available options for pickup, delivery or in-store purchase may vary from location/restaurants.
Thanks to Community Member
swgfanforlife for finding this deal.
- Note: Participation and availability will vary by location.
Examples:
- Baskin-Robbins
- Rewards members:
- $5 off a cake purchase of $35 or more
- BOGO 50% off frozen beverages
- $1 off boxed novelty bars
- 31% off scoops (Aug. 31 only)
- Dairy Queen
- Rewards members can enjoy a FREE small vanilla or dipped cone at Dairy Queen when you purchase $1 or more online or in-app. Limit one per customer. Offer valid through Aug. 3
- Whataburger
- Aug. 8 National Whataburger Day
- From 11 a.m. - 8 p.m. (local time) rewards members can celebrate with a $0.75 Classic #1 when you order in-app. Limit one burger per rewards account.
- Every Monday in August (starting Aug. 5), Whataburger will drop a new 32-ounce limited-edition 75th anniversary commemorative collectible cup.
- For a limited time you can enjoy the Prickly Pear Raspberry Whatafresher (raspberries, lemon citrus, and prickly pear) for $3.69 (16-ounce) or $3.99 (20-ounce) at Whataburger.
- Sonic
- Order online or in-app:
- Mondays: $0.99 medium Slushes
- Tuesdays: $0.99 large drinks for Teachers' Circle members
- Thursdays: BOGO free Footlong Quarter Pound Coney
- Fridays: Live Free in-app exclusive deals:
- Aug. 1: Free entree with purchase
- Aug. 8: Free large drink with a purchase of $3 or more
- Aug. 15: BOGO free burgers
- Aug. 22: Free small shake with purchase
- Aug. 29: Free Sonic cheeseburger with purchase
- & Many More in the Original Post
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Some counterpoints to people who are not here for deals but to scare or put down these type of deals based on nutrition and privacy conerns.
I'm not saying they are wrong. But my opinion is that's not a reason for all of us to forego these foods completely, nor permission hungry apps. Not evil, but yes, marketing and profit, so your (non-sensitive) data is the product you are giving to get the savings. Make an informed choice.
I'm repping OP for their valuable time donated to us, the masses of slick dealers, who want deals. Most adults know that fast food is not a good daily diet. I sometimes have chosen not to partake, based on my personal dietary preferences, but I try not to be all gloom and doom or shameful to everyone like they are going to ruin their lives.
Not as many of us notice/realize that apps want lots of permissions. It is to let them track, target us with their advertising, and yes, to sell our data.
We save money, they save by targeted ads, and they make money. It can be considered a win-win. No one ever brings that up in these deals.
The fact is that there is little or no privacy. Even the credit bureaus got hacked. Your SENSITIVE data is out there and for sale. Your identity is already at risk.
While it is true that continuing to let them have more access to your other data for marketing purposes does not mitigate this, it may not make it worse in the identity-theft sense.
Refusing to use any apps for deals will cost you more unless you are not a person who cares about saving. More and more places are requiring app use in order to get deals.
It is a trade-off.
These apps are not selling your sensitive data such as payment methods, login information/passwords, and SSNs. They are selling your tracking information. I can't say for certain if it includes personal data such as your name in conjunction with the information.
They (JUST THE SAME AS ANY SITE/ COMPANY with online presence, or even GOVERNMENT AGENCIES) can, have, and/or will get hacked. So that could impact you.
So far, they are not generating fake texts up to spam your contacts (like email and Facebook (et al) scammers, not make phone calls as you, or take secret videos, or pictures, or listen to you, or apply for credit cards as you.
It takes a serious amount of work to avoid most (no complete way other than going off-grid) of the data mining. There is no avoiding businesses and governmental leaks/hacks from our end. They have and will continue to get hit.
So the bottom line:
I say it is only preventing a drop in the bucket to try to avoid these apps.
The health concerns can be a big issue if you constantly eat food rich in fats, carbs, calories, and unhealthy oils.
WE KNOW THIS, so I choose to live a little less than a perfect diet, relax, and enjoy my cravings and savings when I can.
- "I don't care what other people do to my data. I've been careless and let it leak out there already, so I'm willing to allow bad-intentioned third parties to abuse me further for a small discount on crummy food. I argue you should too."
- "I don't care about nutrition or health. Neither should you."
if you Buy 2 for $1 each.
take half off of 1 $1
have $1 + $0.5 left to pay
for a savings of $0.5
which is $0.25 of each $1 spent
Applebees and Chili's are seeing a resurgence in sales, thanks to their prices. We love Chili's 3 for $10.99 and Applebees has some great deals for couples as well. It's nice to sit down and be served instead of fast food all the time and drive thrus.
- "I don't care what other people do to my data. I've been careless and let it leak out there already, so I'm willing to allow bad-intentioned third parties to abuse me further for a small discount on crummy food. I argue you should too."
- "I don't care about nutrition or health. Neither should you."
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Unless you meant "couldn't care less"?
It's genuinely hard to tell which, since you're self-admittedly careless and imprecise in your behavior....it naturally extends to your use of language.
Unless you meant "couldn't care less"?
It's genuinely hard to tell which, since you're self-admittedly careless and imprecise in your behavior....it naturally extends to your use of language.
- "I don't care what other people do to my data. I've been careless and let it leak out there already, so I'm willing to allow bad-intentioned third parties to abuse me further for a small discount on crummy food. I argue you should too."
- "I don't care about nutrition or health. Neither should you."
Yes, it was a long post. It is not a "wall". You removed every paragraph break when you quoted it. A wall is one block. I broke it into paragraphs. The way you edited and quoted it makes things difficult to read. That is the definition of a wall. Maybe it was a book?
Do you not understand what TL;DR means? That is where I already broke it down IN ADVANCE, for those who do not like reading long posts. I even separated that from the post.
Your "breakdown" reinterpretation is not at all what I said. Nor is it a correct representation of my thoughts or actions.
If you think your data is not leaked, you are naive. If you want to mitigate that going forward (as I mentioned) by not using apps that want permissions that make you scared, good for you. Your choice!
A diet that does not forbid fast food completely is my choice and also the choice of those who like this deal post.
I explained my points in depth, instead of just making a blanket statement or telling others what they should do.
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