| How To
Get Free Meals In Restaurants!
Written by Paul Roberts |
| ABOUT THE AUTHOR
For the last 26 years I have eaten out in restaurants EVERY DAY! Many
times two or three meals in one day! About 98% of all my meals are from
restaurants. I've spent so much time in restaurants that, over the years,
I've, even worked in a few as dishwasher, cook, and manager trainee. I
rarely eat out in fast-food establishments. I enjoy the "family-style,
dine-in type" restaurants. The kind with a smiling hostess, friendly
waitress, and a manager who gets around and speaks to all the customers.
When I find a place that has good food and friendly service, I keep going
back! It doesn't take long to be on a "first-name" basis with each
employee that you deal with. Through the years of eating out, I've
occasionally received a "FREE" meal! The following methods to receive free
meals are NOT SCAMS or ILLEGAL SCHEMES! I'm also NOT going to tell you to
get someone else to pay for your meal, but if it works for you... Go For
It! I DID NOT go out and plan or create these methods, they just started
happening to me! By frequently the same restaurant often, you get to be pretty good
friends with the managers and owners. On several occasions, I've been
offered a meal "on the house" for one of two reasons: 1. Owner/manager
wants my opinion of a new menu item and offers it free of charge, or 2. A
dinner, either ordered by mistake by waitress, or prepared by cook by
mistake... too good to throw out.. offered to me free of charge... Thank
You! (Right place at the right time!) I've also received FREE MEALS for doing the restaurant a favor from
time to time. I once suggested my favorite restaurant to a local cub scout
troop for a banquet location. I received a FREE MEAL from the manager in
appreciation. A co-worker of mine was looking for a caterer for his family
reunion. I suggested he call my favorite restaurant for a price (and
mention my name). He got a good price - and I got a FREE MEAL in
appreciation! Also, while "hanging out" at my favorite restaurant, I've
been asked by the manager to run to the grocery for him to pick up some
item they may need. When I get back, he's "taken care" of my
check! I once saw an ad in the classifieds for a secret shopper. I answered
the ad and was hired by a national restaurant chain to eat in one of their
restaurants twice a month. Each time I visited I had to make a full report
on service, food, time it took, etc. I was reimbursed for my meals plus
received extra money for doing it! Watch your classifieds, or you may
start your own service. Many restaurants offer discounts or free birthday cake on your
birthday. I have found one restaurant that will give you a FREE MEAL on
your birthday! I cannot print the name, but I can tell you it is a
national chain of restaurants, and, you can get Breakfast, Lunch, and
Dinner for FREE! (I go to different locations for each meal.) Call your
local restaurants to see what they do for birthdays. A few years ago I decided to get a part-time job to make some extra
money. Since I spent so much time in restaurants, I thought food service
would be my first and best choice. I soon found myself working in a buffet
style restaurant where employees can eat FREE on the days they
work! Probably the best way I've found to get "practically free" meals is to
trade for a service or product. I say "practically free" because there is
a very small cost involved. I had already owned a pin on button machine
much like those you see advertised in most magazines. I've been making
sports buttons for schools and teams for about 7 or 8 years. One day a
manager asked me if I had any Easter buttons for his waitresses to wear
for the holiday. I came up with a design, had it printed and took 25
Easter buttons to the manager. When he asked me "how much?", I didn't know
what to charge. He offered me a $9.00 steak dinner, and I said "OK!"
(NOTE: My TOTAL costs to make these 25 buttons was $1.63!!) The following
month he wanted 50 Mother's Day buttons (25 for each of his two stores). I
received TWO complete meals of my choice including drink and dessert!!
Every major holiday for the last seven years, I've traded holiday buttons
for "practically free" meals!! I've also approached other restaurants in
my area and had similar success. NOTE: I only approach restaurants that I
really would like to eat in. Just think, if you could barter with enough
restaurants each holiday, you could accumulate enough meals to possibly
eat "practically free" every day!!
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