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Things to do with the kids Deals
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If you head to your local Dobbies Garden Centre restaurant (find your nearest store), kids can eat for free when an adult main meal is purchased (£8.95-£11.75). There's no code needed, this is automatically applied to your bill.
This deal is available daily from restaurant opening time, but this may vary depending on location. There is currently no end date for this offer but we’ll update you here if that changes.
Kids can choose from the children's breakfast and lunch menu, which includes hot food, as well as the pick & mix box – both are served with a drink. Kids' meals usually cost £5.20. There's no limit to how many free meals can be claimed either, so for every adult main meal purchased, one free kids' lunch main or box is redeemable.
This offer is not available in any of the 'Little Dobbies' stores, and the following Dobbies’ stores: Andover, Lelant, Marple, Reading, York and Anchorwood.
See our Restaurant deals and vouchers page for other dining out deals.
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OngoingConvert Tesco Clubcard points into Tesco Reward Partners vouchers* and on many attractions you get two times the vouchers' face value to use on tickets, eg, £5 in points converts into £10 worth of vouchers. Can be used at theme parks, wildlife parks and more.
Here are some of the theme parks you can select:
Alton Towers
Blackpool Pleasure Beach
Chessington
Legoland
Thorpe Park
Edinburgh Dungeons
And some of the wildlife parks:
Eden Project
Blackpool Zoo
Longleat Safari
National Sea Life, Birmingham
Sea Life, BlackpoolFor how to fully maximise Clubcard points, see the Loyalty Schemes guide.
Latest Expired Deals
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Kids aged 17 and under go 'free' to West End shows in August
With a paying adult. Including hits such as Grease, Mrs Doubtfire and The Wizard of Oz
ExpiredThe popular Kids Week theatre promotion is back. You can nab a free child ticket (for children aged 17 and under) to 30+ London theatre shows with the purchase of a full-priced adult ticket from the Official London Theatre's Kids Week website.
All performances can be booked online at via Official London Theatre, with hit shows including Disney's Frozen, Grease, Heathers The Musical, The Mousetrap, Phantom of the Opera, Tina: The Tina Turner Musical, Wicked, The Wizard of Oz and more – see the full list of 30+ shows.
As tickets went on sale on Tuesday 13 June, some shows are now sold out.
Which performances can you get the deal on?
Seats for the most popular shows tend to be snapped up quickly. If you're bringing more than one child, the first child ticket is free and then you can get 50% off for a maximum of two more children per adult. Last year we saw savings of up to £90 depending which shows and seats were selected – and there are no booking or postage fees.
It's not every performance of every show – some exclude their most popular performances, such as matinees or weekends. Tickets are distributed randomly across all dates, shows and seat prices, so it helps to be flexible in your choice.
During the booking process you'll get to see which seats are available. You can book a maximum of eight tickets per show (one free child per paying adult). If you can't find the tickets you want, it's worth checking back at a later date – in past years we've seen some shows increase their allocation of tickets as time goes on.
For more tips on how to take a trip to the theatre for less, see our Cheap theatre tickets guide.
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Dobbies FREE cake
For Priority customers
ExpiredIf you’re an O2 or Virgin Media customer, you can get a totally free cake at Dobbies Garden Centre cafés (find your nearest store), via the Priority app. This is available seven days a week during café open hours from café opening time until Tuesday 20 December, while stocks last. There's no minimum spend required, this is a total freebie.
This offer is available at 67 Dobbies Garden Centres nationwide. It told us you should check participating locations before visiting. Dobbies told us cake would usually cost between £2.60-£3.75.
How to get it
Both Virgin Media broadband and O2 customers can use the Priority app to access perks and rewards. If you haven't got the app already, you can download it for iPhone and Android, and sign up for free. Virgin Media customers can register using the email address linked to their Virgin Media account, while O2 customers can register using their mobile number.
Once you've logged into your account, you can access the Priority offers. The app will provide you with a unique code that you can then show in the café when ordering. You must display it live from the Priority app – screenshots won't be accepted.
The offer excludes: Christmas drizzle cake, cream scone, mince pie cheesecake, Bad Boy Biscoff doughnut, Homer doughnut, Red Velvet doughnut and We Be Jammin doughnut.
This offer is valid for one transaction and can only be used once. It cannot be used alongside any other offer or voucher, including Dobbies Club vouchers.
See our Restaurant deals and vouchers page for other dining out deals.
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Then ask:
- Do I need it?
- Can I afford it?
- Have you checked prices elsewhere?
Then ask:
- Will I use it?
- Is it worth it?
Free protection for all shopping!
There's a little-known piece of legislation that turns any credit card into a financial self-defence superhero. 'Section 75' of the Consumer Credit Act means your plastic must protect anything you buy for more than £100 for free, so if there's a problem or the company goes bust, you can still get your money back.
And although Section 75 doesn't apply to debit cards, there is something else to fall back on if you've paid using a debit card, or used a credit card for a purchase under £100. Known as Chargeback, this is part of banks' and card companies' internal rules and not a legal requirement. Read full details of Section 75 or Chargeback, plus how to claim, in our guides.
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