Top Six Ways to Avoid Eating Full Price Meals

Alexandria Koenig
Alpha Delta Pi

1. 

Student Insider- They gave these away in the co-op at the start of the semester, but luckily they are online too.  Most of it involves buying two of one good for the price of one, so bring your buddy and chow down at a restaurant in the booklet or what is provided online.  I’ve never paid full price on Tiff’s Treats because of it. 

2. 

Super Saver Tuesdays- Flip open the Daily Texan on Tuesday and you may find a yummy treat you always wanted at discounted prices.  A lot of the times they have discounts on haircuts and car oil, but you can luck out and get some food coupons as well.  Plus, these are online throughout the week in case you forget on Tuesday.

3. 

Bevo Bucks Merchant of the Week- As the title suggests, those that still have bevo bucks lingering on their student ID could go to the merchant of the week to get discounted food.  This week is Arpeggio Grill, and although many times it is food, they occasionally allow Resurrected Games to have a discount week. 

4. 

Target Text Coupons- I signed up to get texts from Target,  which is one of the few ways to get coupons there so that every week or so they send me a list with pictures of their product discounts.  And if it is close to the discount period ending, they send another reminder about using them, which can be a sweet deal if you have a car. 

5. 

Go to a meeting- Free pizza is everywhere on campus, if you don’t care about the healthiness of it.  Going to a meeting on some research or discussion may be a solid use of your time if a free meal is to come of it. 

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You could go to the hardcore websites like allacrosstexas.com or Valpak.com, but those are for crazy couponing people who have the time to search through 300 pages of coupons for something that might be in their area.  These usually don’t have much use on campus, but if you feel inspired to travel off campus to eat, there are some colorful restaurants discounted. 

I personally always get mad at myself for eating anything that is full price when there are tons of options to avoid it.  The hard part is not waiting until you are hungry to figure out where and when you will eat. 

Alexandria is a freshman studying accounting. You may contact her at avkoenig@utexas.edu.