We rounded up this week's dining freebies and discounts in New York and New Jersey for the second week of October. With code SCARYGOOD, Shake Shack gives a free Chicken Shack with orders of $10 or more through the 11th, then switches to a cheeseburger (12th–18th) and a ShackBurger (19th–31st). Through the 18th, Grubhub offers buy-one-get-one deals on Pizza Hut Personal Pan pizzas and Marco's small pizzas, and Panera adds a free bakery item to delivery orders through the 11th. Taco Bell's $4 bundle, a free Snacker with KFC app orders and 7-Eleven's two pizza slices for $5 are also valid this week.
With dining out costing so much this fall, a wave of promotions in New York and New Jersey this week can turn a meal into a freebie once you download an app and enter a code. Most require only a chain's app or delivery-app membership. We have listed them starting with the ones that expire soonest. All apply at participating locations only, so check in the app that a deal applies before you order.
Shake Shack: Free sandwich with orders of $10 or more (all October; item changes weekly)
Shake Shack's Halloween promotion, "Scary Good Deals," runs all month in October. Enter code SCARYGOOD at an in-store kiosk, in the app or on the website and add $10 or more in food and drinks to get a free sandwich. The free item changes by date: Chicken Shack or West Coast Chicken from Oct. 1 to 11, a Single Cheeseburger from Oct. 12 to 18, and a ShackBurger from Oct. 19 to 31. The $10 minimum excludes the free sandwich, gift cards, taxes and delivery fees, and the offer is limited to one per order. The free Chicken Shack ends this Saturday, the 11th.
Grubhub: Pizza Hut Personal Pan BOGO, Marco's small pizza BOGO (through Oct. 18)
October is National Pizza Month. Through the 18th, delivery app Grubhub is offering deals with five pizza chains. Buy-one-get-one deals on Pizza Hut Personal Pan pizzas and Marco's small pizzas have no minimum order. Blaze Pizza adds a Mystic Margherita pizza to orders of $15 or more, and Cicis adds a classic pizza to orders of $12 or more, while Sbarro offers buy-one-get-one on orders of $35 or more. A second round runs from the 19th through the 31st, with Papa Johns (free medium pepperoni pizza with $20 or more), Little Caesars (free pizza with $20 or more) and, in New York City only, a buy-one-get-one deal on cheese pizza from Joe & Pat's, the well-known Staten Island pizzeria. The offers appear automatically when you open a participating restaurant in the Grubhub app.
Panera: Free bakery item with delivery orders, 20% off gift cards (through Oct. 11)
Through the 11th, Panera Bread gives MyPanera members one free bakery item with a delivery order. Select the coupon from your rewards wallet at checkout. During the same period, gift cards bought online are 20% off, and each daily purchase earns 100 bonus points (up to 700 points). The Mix & Match menu, which lets you pick a half-size soup, sandwich or salad for $4.99, continues.
DoorDash: Free 10 Buffalo Wild Wings boneless wings with orders of $30 or more (through Oct. 11)
Through the 11th, DoorDash gives DashPass members 10 free boneless wings with orders of $30 or more from Buffalo Wild Wings. Non-members get $6 off under the same conditions. College students can sign up for a free student DashPass through the 12th, and through Nov. 1, code COSTCO26 takes 20% off (up to $50) Costco grocery orders of $100 or more placed through DoorDash. Limit one per person.
Insomnia Cookies: Buy 6, get 2 more (through Oct. 11); BOGO on weekday afternoons
Insomnia Cookies, which has stores near Manhattan campuses and in Jersey City, gives rewards members 2 extra cookies when they buy 6 classic cookies at full price through the 11th. The deal works in stores, in the app and online, and is limited to one per member. Separately, a buy-one-get-one cookie deal runs permanently during happy hour, 2 to 5 p.m. Monday through Thursday.
Taco Bell $4 bundle (through Oct. 12), free items with KFC app orders
Through the 12th, Taco Bell sells the $4 "Duo's Usual" bundle, which includes a Doritos Locos Taco, a soft taco, Cinnamon Twists and a medium drink. At KFC, rewards members who order $10 or more in the app or online get a free Chicken Tender Snacker, and those who order $15 or more get 10 free Double Crispy Hot Wings. You must add the coupon from your rewards account before paying, and the limit is one per transaction. On Wednesdays, the Country Fried Steak meal is $4.99.
7-Eleven two pizza slices for $5, $2 off Little Caesars Webberoni, free Applebee's wings (6) every week
Through the 17th, 7-Eleven sells any two slices of cheese, pepperoni or 3-meat pizza for $5, and through the 27th, 7Rewards members can get a slice of pizza and a 20-ounce drink for $4. Through the 9th, Little Caesars takes $2 off the "Webberoni," a spider-web pepperoni pizza ($8.99), with code WEBBERONI on orders totaling $10 or more, and includes a Spider-Man poster. At Applebee's, Club members who sign up for the "NFL Season Wing Ticket" receive a code every Sunday through Jan. 10 of next year; ordering $15 or more online from Sunday through Thursday that week gets you 6 free boneless wings. Dunkin' is also selling a limited-time $6 breakfast bundle of a bacon, egg and cheese sandwich, hash browns and a medium coffee.