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About Birthday Bananas

Birthday Bananas is a free directory of birthday rewards from hundreds of U.S. brands — free birthday food, drinks, desserts, beauty samples, and retail offers — with tens of thousands of mapped store locations and a birthday “crawl” planner. Browsing is free and requires no signup.

What we do

We catalog the birthday perks brands actually offer and make them easy to find, compare, and redeem. Every brand page tells you the same four things up front: what you get, whether a signup, app, or purchase is required, when the offer is valid (your birthday, your birthday week, or your whole birthday month), and how often it has actually worked for other people.

How we source offers

Offers come from brands' published loyalty programs, rewards apps, and official terms, supplemented by reader submissions. Store locations are compiled from public business-listing data and normalized so the same physical store isn't listed twice.

How we verify offers

Birthday programs change often, so we treat every offer as a living record rather than a one-time entry:

  • Community reports. Visitors mark whether an offer worked or didn't when they tried it. We surface that as a “worked” rate so you know what to expect before you go.
  • Last-verified dates. Each brand page shows when its offer was last checked, so you can judge how current the information is.
  • Reader corrections. Anyone can report an inaccurate offer or suggest a reward we're missing, and brands can claim their listing to keep it accurate.

We label offers honestly: a discount is called a discount, “free with purchase” is never described as simply “free,” and offers that require advance signup say so.

Why you can trust the data

We don't hide requirements to inflate the list, and we don't charge readers for any of it. When a brand quietly ends or changes a perk, community reports and the last-verified date flag it quickly. If you spot something wrong, tell us — accuracy is the entire point.

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