Straight A’s? Get free food

Editor’s Note: This article was written by Theo Thimou, who is part of Team Clark Howard and writes for ClarkDeals. com. Theo has co-written several books with Clark Howard, including the New York Times No. 1 bestseller “Living Large in Lean Times.”

Is there a straight-A student in your family? Those perfect report cards could score free food and more for your child at a number of participating restaurants and stores!

After reaching out to the media relations departments of each restaurant below, we’ve opted to break this list into two pieces.

If your favorite restaurant doesn’t show up on the Confirmed list below, don’t let that stop you from trying to redeem a freebie offer.

Just be sure to call ahead and confirm before you show up expecting free food! Many of these restaurants are franchises and/or independently owned and operated, so the decision is ultimately the franchisee’s.

And don’t forget to bring your child’s report card with you to the restaurant as proof of good grades.

CONFIRMED restaurants with report card rewards

Applebee’s

Teachers can go online and request a free meal certificate for students 12 and under who receive an A on their report card.

Note: This offer is from RMH Franchise rather than from corporate. RMH Franchise operates 140 Applebee’s locations in 15 states.

Chick-fil-A

Your local Chick-fil-A has the discretion to offer a free sixpiece chicken nuggets or a free ice cream cone when you bring in a report card with an A.

However, when we reached out to CFA corporate, they reminded us that each restaurant operator can decide to make this offer available or not. Find your local Chick-fil-A restaurant and ask them what, if any, report card rewards they’re offering.

Chuck E. Cheese’s According to the company’s website, you can get 10 free tokens or points when you bring in your good report card. Family Video

Who knew video rental chains still existed? We certainly didn’t! But if you’ve got good grades, you’ll want to know about Family Video’s free movie or game rental offer for you. (Limit five free rentals per customer.)

Marco’s Pizza

What goes better with a free movie or game than free pizza? Marco’s Pizza will give you a free small pizza with one topping when you get an A on your report card!

UNCONFIRMED

Baskin-Robbins

Get a free scoop when you show your report card with an A.Krispy Kreme

Get up to six free glazed doughnuts for every A on your report card.

McDonald’s

K-5 students can receive a free Happy Meal when they bring their report card to a participating store. Middle and high school students can receive a free Value Meal. Wendy’s

Get a delicious treat for a report card with all A’s and B’s.