Save money on hot drinks
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Discounts
Caffe Nero: 25% off via Meerkat Meals
Compare the Market’s loyalty app will save you 25% off barista made hot and cold drinks and pastries at Caffe Nero every day of the week. You can generate two codes each day via the Meerkat app.
You’ll need to get a qualifying insurance product via the comparison site to get access, but this is possible to get for just £1 via this trick. You’ll also
Waitrose: Free coffee or tea with purchase
This offer is back in stores from 7 November 2022. You need to join the free MyWaitrose scheme, bring your own cup and make a purchase. All the details are here.
Caffe Nero: Buy one, get one free via MyWaitrose
If you’re a member of the free MyWaitrose scheme and buy a drink a Caffe Nero, you’ll be able to get a voucher for another free hot or iced drink.
To do this you have to download the Caffe Nero app and ask staff at the coffee shop to link your MyWaitrose card to the app before making your purchase. There are other discounts available once you do this, including 25% off seasonal food.
Tastecard: 25% off Caffe Nero and Black Sheep
Tastecard holders can save 25% on barista-made drinks from Caffe Nero, Black Sheep, Kaspa’s, Coco Di Mama and loads of independent coffee shops. You can try Tastecard for 60 days for free.
You get unlimited discounts at all coffee shops except Caffe Nero where it’s two redemptions per day.
Money off if you bring your own cup
If you take in a reusable mug you will get a 50p discount on hot drinks at Pret and 25p at other chains. In fact you’ll pay 5p more at Starbucks for a paper cup, so bringing a reusable cup will save you 30p.
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Subscriptions
Pret: 50% off a month of coffee
For £30 a month you can get up to five hot drinks a day from Pret. Here’s more about how the subscription works, and how to get the first month half-price (replacing the first month free offer).
Leon: Unlimited coffee subscription
Leon’s cofffee subscription is cheaper at £15 a month and there’s no daily limit. Instead there’s a cap of 75 per 30 day period and £7.10 per transaction.
It’s a monthly service and will auto-renew if you don’t cancel. Also you can’t use it on motorway service stations or Euston, Kings Cross, Stansted, Heathrow T2 and Cheshire Oaks.
Sign up here, or read the full terms & conditions here.
Freebies
Costa: Free coffee via TSB quote
Get a home insurance quote from TSB before 9 May 2023 and you’ll get a £5 Costa gift card. There’s no need to actually get the policy. Full terms and conditions here
Costa: 5 free “beans” via app
Sign up to the Costa app with the promo code BPO1P and you’ll get a free “bean” and another five when you make your first Costa purchase and scan the app.
You’ll need eight beans in total to get a free drink, which you’ll earn with future purchases. Or if you use a reusable cup you’ll only need four beans.
Greggs: Free hot drinks with O2
You can often pick up a free coffee from Greggs with the O2 Priorities app. The offer right now gives you a drink once a week after 7am Monday.
If you’re not with O2 or Virgin Media you can still get access with this trick as long as you add £10 credit.
