Retailers, Restaurants Give Vets Day Discounts!

[Guest ArmyVeteran37214]

Thought I'd share some info I ran across while on the WSMV website.

Restaurants, retailers and cell phone providers are offering Veterans Day discounts, according to veterans advocate John A Miterko. Below are some of the participants:

Restaurant Freebies

Applebee's: Free dinners to veterans throughout Veterans Day. Selections will be from a new Veterans Day menu.

Outback Steakhouse: Free blooming onion and beverage.

Golden Corral: Free buffet dinner from 5-9 p.m. on Monday to anyone who has ever served in the U.S. military staff.

Subway: Free 6-inch subs to all veterans or active duty members.

Krispy Kreme: One free doughnut of any variety.

UNO Chicago Grill: Free entree or individual pizza with an entree or pizza purchase of equal or greater value.

MarketPlace Grill & Express: Veterans and active-duty military receive free entrees.

Masala Wok: The Northern Virginian restaurant is offering a free entree to veterans.

Hy-Vee supermarkets: The Midwest supermarket chain is offering a free breakfast to veterans.

Abuelo's Mexican Food Restaurants: All veterans and active-duty military receive a free entree.

Carolina Burgers & BBQ: In Matthews, N.C. Offering a free meal to all service members and veterans.

Retail Freebies

Brides Across America: Provides free wedding gowns to qualified military brides.

Lowe's & Home Depot: Extra 10 percent off for active-duty military members, National Guard and reserve members, retirees, honorably discharged veterans and immediate family members.

Sam's Club: More than 25,000 Hugo canes will be given away to U.S. veterans in need of mobility assistance. Membership isn't required, but supplies are limited, so check with your local store.

Amazon.com: Free "Veterans Day Honor" MP3 album download. Album includes 12 songs by The Bands and Ensembles of the U.S. Armed Forces.

Cabela's Outdoor Store: Offers employee discount to all veterans, active-duty military and reserves, law enforcement, fire and EMS personnel Thursday to Friday. Discounts vary from 5 percent to 50 percent, depending on the item.

Build-a-Bear Workshop: Members of the armed services including the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, Coast Guard and Reserve Officer Training Corps will receive a 20 percent discount Thursday to Monday on any one transaction at Build-A-Bear Workshop.

Dollar General: 10 percent discount for all veterans, active-duty military, National Guard and reserve and their immediate families.

Fashion Bug: 20 percent off all plus-size and misses clothing purchases with a copy of military ID or spouse's military ID.

Entertainment Freebies

National parks, forests and monuments: Admission is free to everyone on Veterans Day.

Knott's Berry Farm: Free park admission to U.S. armed forces personnel and a guest during Veteran's Month, Nov. 1-26.

Colonial Williamsburg: Free admission Nov. 6-11 for active-duty military, guard and reservists, retirees, veterans and their dependents.

San Jacinto Museum of History: Free visits to the Observation Deck, theater and special exhibit for veterans, active duty military personnel and their families.

Historic Jamestown: Free admission to veterans, current Armed Forces members and their family members.

Battleship Cove: Free admission and a special ceremony for veterans, active, duty and reservists.

Vicksburg National Military Park: Free admission for all.

Birmingham Museum of Art: Free admission to the ticketed event Life and Liberty on Wednesday to Thursday for veterans and active military.

Vulcan Park and Museum: In Birmingham, Ala. Offering discounted admission through November to the park and museum.

Greenbay (WI) New Zoo: Free admission to veterans and their families.

Central Florida Zoo: Free admission to the Sanford, Fla., zoo with proper ID.

Strategic Air & Space Museum: Free admission for veterans Thursday to Sunday to the Ashland, Neb., museum.

National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City: Free admission to veterans and five guests from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Veterans Day.

Natural Elements Spa & Salon: In Chesapeake, Va., will provide free services from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. to both active duty and retired military

Anytime Offers: All these businesses offer military discounts: Restaurants

Arby's

A&W

Back Yard Burgers

Burger King

Captain D's

Chick-Fil-A

Cotton Patch

Denny's

Dunkin' Donuts

Farmers Boy

IHOP (20 percent discount with military identification)

Java Cafe

KFC

Long John Silver

Pancho's Mexican Buffet

Pizza Hut

Quizno's

Sizzler

Sonic

Taco Bell

Whataburger

Services

AT&T

California Cryobank

Geico

Jiffy Lube

Meineke

Sears Portrait Studio

Travel and Leisure

Blockbuster Movie theaters

Ripley's attractions and museums

Professional Sports teams

Products

Apple Computers

AutoZone

Barnhill's

Bass Pro Shop

Bath and Body Works

Big 10 Tires

The Buckle Champs Sports

Copeland's Sports

Dell

The Discovery Channel Store

Dress Barn

The Finish Line

Foot Action

Footlocker

Gadzooks

GNC

Goody's

Great Party

Happy Harry's

Home Depot

Hot Topic

Jockey

Lerner Lowes

Michael's NAPA Auto Parts

New York & Company

Pac Sun

Payless Shoes

Play It Again Sports

Pure Beauty Sally Beauty Supply

Spencer's Gifts

Suncoast

Timberland Outlets

Wilson's Leather

Cell phone service discount

All federal employees are able to get a 15 percent discount on their personal cell phones by calling their carrier and mentioning the Federal Telecommunications Act of 1996 - Discount to Federal Employees Past and Present. They will need to know the military member's supervisor's name, phone number and full address, so that his/her military status can be verified.

Cingular - 800-319-6393

Sprint - 877-812-1223

T-Mobile - 866-646-4688

Nextel - 800-639-6111

Verizon - 800-865-1825

Retailers, Restaurants Give Vets Day Discounts - Nashville News Story - WSMV Nashville

[Guest ArmyVeteran37214]

If anyone on here knows of other places that offer discounts to active-duty military members, National Guard and reserve members, retirees, honorably discharged veterans please post them up.

[Guest db99wj]

Interesting. Lots of folks are giving discounts. Never thought about asking about the discounts, all I have is 6 active NG with 2 inactive (1990-1998). No ID but I do have a DD214.

The only place I have ever gotten one, was at Sport Clips, they offer them. The person who cut my hair is a friend and new of my former service.

[Guest ArmyVeteran37214]

Interesting. Lots of folks are giving discounts. Never thought about asking about the discounts, all I have is 6 active NG with 2 inactive (1990-1998). No ID but I do have a DD214.

The only place I have ever gotten one, was at Sport Clips, they offer them. The person who cut my hair is a friend and new of my former service.

I'm pretty sure a DD214 would work as proof of service at most if not all places listed.

[LagerHead]

When I was in AIT at Goodfellow AFB in San Angelo, TX just about every business in the town gave a military discount. It was the most military friendly place I've ever been. People would even stop you to thank you for your service. And that was well before 9/11. The first time it happened I almost fell over.

To all you vets and vet families out there, thank you so much for your service and sacrifices. God bless America.

[Guest Ae-35]

The OUTBACK in JC, is posted, so I don't care if there giving us free sides of beef, I'll pass !!!

[Guest ArmyVeteran37214]

The OUTBACK in JC, is posted, so I don't care if there giving us free sides of beef, I'll pass !!!

I'm gonna pass on going to Outback also. Instead, I rather go to Applebee's a couple times throughout the day. Call me greedy if you want, but there's more than one Applebee's here in Nashville. They'll never know when and where I'm gonna show up.

[vontar]

Yea, I find it interesting that places that are Posted are making offers. They are getting cheap advertising but if a Vet with a HCP wanted to carry in they would be in violation of the law, how nice of these posted restaurants.

[kb4ns]

For the guys in Memphis, I saw on Facebook today that RangeUSA will be giving all vets and current military members free range time on Veterans Day.

[Guest ArmyVeteran37214]