Free drink deals

If you're a member of Octoplus Rewards, you can claim one free drink each week, in-store from either Caffè Nero or Greggs.

How to get it

Octoplus Rewards is free to join for Octopus Energy customers with a smart meter. If you're eligible, you can sign up via its website or app.

Once signed in you'll be able to choose between a free drink offer from either Caffè Nero or Greggs. You'll only be able to redeem one of them, so choose wisely. 

When you arrive at either Caffè Nero (find your nearest) or Greggs (find your nearest), select 'reveal offer' in the Octoplus tab of the Octopus app. When you're ready to pay, select 'activate offer' and show the staff member your QR code.

You'll need to use your code in the same week you claim it on your account. Codes expire every Sunday at 11.59pm.

Caffè Nero lets you choose selected hot or cold drinks, whereas the Greggs freebie must be a 'regular' size hot drink. For exclusions, see more info below.

Warning: When you click 'activate offer' you'll only have a limited time to redeem it, so make sure staff at the till are ready before you activate it.

If you download and sign up to the Greggs app, you can get a totally free regular-sized hot drink (including tea, latte, cappuccino and more) – you don't need to buy anything, this is a total freebie.

The free hot drink will appear automatically in the 'Wallet' section of the app once signed in, and you'll have 31 days to redeem it in-store.

If you give Greggs your date of birth when signing up, you'll also get a free sweet treat (such as a doughnut or cupcake) during your birthday month. See our full round-up of Birthday freebies.

When you shop in store at Ikea (find your nearest), you can get a free cup of tea or filter coffee (normally £1) when you swipe an Ikea Family card at the in-store restaurant. Ikea Family is its free loyalty scheme, and you can sign up online or in store.

You can get the free hot drink Monday to Friday at all stores except Hammersmith, Aberdeen Order & Collection Point and Plan & Order Points. Ikea says you'll only need one Ikea Family card to get free drinks for everyone you're with. Of course, staff may raise an eyebrow if you turn up with a coach-load all wanting the freebie.

See our Ikea MoneySaving tips for more ways to save at the big blue and yellow store.

If you sign up for a myWaitrose loyalty card you can get a free regular-sized tea or coffee in-store every day from the self-serve machine, when you make a purchase and use your own reusable cup. You can choose from americano, cappuccino, latte or tea.

Some purchases are excluded, such as carrier bags (see 'More info' below for the full list), but a 20p banana should do it if all you're really after is a MoneySaving brew.

If you haven't got one already, you'll receive your physical myWaitrose loyalty card within five weeks of signing up via the link above. Alternatively, you can download a myWaitrose card via the app (free in the App Store or Google Play).

Simply make a purchase and swipe your card at the till – you can then go and get your free drink using your reusable cup. In some Waitrose stores, you need to scan your loyalty card in order to use the machine.

Why do I have to provide my own cup? Waitrose used to hand out disposable coffee cups for this freebie, but in 2018 it stopped this for environmental reasons (see our Waitrose ditches disposable cups MSE News story). For where else you can save with a reusable cup, see our own-cup discounts blog.

While this isn't a freebie, we still think £1 for a barista-made drink at a big coffee chain is a good deal worth sharing. If you're a Three pay monthly or pay-as-you-go mobile customer, download the Three+ app (free at the App store or Google Play) to get a barista-made hot or cold drink for £1 at Caffè Nero (find your nearest).

You can claim the £1 drink once a week on any day of the week, from café opening to close – see 'More info' below for the full list of included beverages. There's no minimum spend and this applies to any size hot or cold drink prepared by a barista (excludes bottled drinks, cartons and cans).

To get your caffeine fix for a quid, you'll need to go to the Three+ app and select the offer. This will display a QR code which you can then show at the till. A new code will be generated each week.

While prices of drinks vary on the Caffè Nero menu, some can cost up to £4.15 (for example, a frappe with cream and marshmallows), so you could save up to £3.15 with this deal. 

You can't use the Caffè Nero rewards app when claiming this drink. The deal isn't valid for click and collect or delivery, and it can't be used alongside any other offer.