If a fountain drink or coffee run is a regular occurrence for you, there are coffee subscriptions and beverage memberships that are right up your alley.
A growing number of restaurants are offering unlimited beverages for a monthly fee. Although Starbucks unlimited coffee isn’t a thing just yet, and the Burger King coffee subscription has gone extinct, plenty of other players are making it easier than ever to get your daily caffeine fix.
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1. Panera Coffee Subscription: $11.99/month
The Panera Unlimited Sip Club subscriptions normally costs just $11.99/month and let you order any sized coffee, tea, fountain drink, or Charged Lemonade inside one of Panera’s 2,000 stores or via takeout/drive-thru. And you can come back every 2 hours.
But Panera is thirsty for you to sign up, so they’re always running promos. Like, they offer two months free during the summertime. To grab this offer, simply head over here to sign up. You can cancel before the trial is up if you don’t want to pay $11.99 per month afterwards.
Here’s everything you need to know about how Panera is giving away coffee.
It takes about 6 drinks per month to cover the $11.99 subscription.
2. Circle K Polar Pop Subscription: $9.99/month
Something strange is afoot at the Circle K. The 9,800 locations would like to see you every day, and you’ll pay $9.99/month for one free coffee, tea, slushy, or Polar Pop fountain drink of any size every day.
With the “Sip & Save” program, it’ll only take a handful of beverages for the subscription to pay for itself. For example, a 24-oz X-Large coffee or tea costs $2.09; five of those per month will cover the $9.99.
For more information about this, check out our overview of the Sip & Save program.
It takes between 5-14 drinks per month to cover the $9.99 subscription, depending on what you order.
3. Pret a Manger Unlimited Coffee Pass: $30-$40/month
Yep, this is on the pricier end of things, but if you’re a fan of the bougie coffee shop Pret a Manger, you’ll probably be interested in their coffee subscriptions, which are housed in the restaurant’s app. You’ll get up to 5 drinks a day in any size, so long as you pace yourself — they require 30 minutes between redemptions. You can also get free plant-based milks, and one extra add-on per order.
Coffee drinks at Pret cost between $2.99 for a standard drip coffee, and go upwards of $7.00 for the more complex espresso drinks. They’ve got a handy little calculator that helps you determine whether the $30/month Classic plan or the $40/month Premium plan makes sense for you.
The $30/month “Classic” plan includes all Pret’s organic coffees (classic, single origin) and all organic teas (English Breakfast, Peppermint, Early Grey, Black Tea, Green Tea). Even if you got the lowest-priced items on the menu (say, a $2.99 decaf drip coffee), you’d only have to get 10 of them to pay for the $30/month.
The $40/month “Premium” plan includes all barista-made drinks, cold brew, and all of the organic coffees and teas of the Classic plan — plus their handcrafted iced teas and lemonades. If you average $5 a pop on Pret drinks, you don’t have to go every day — just 8 visits will do. Imagine how much you could save if you maxed out the 5/day!?
It takes roughly between 5-10 drinks to pay for the $30 subscription, and between 6-14 drinks to cover the $40 subscription, depending on what you order.
4. Great Harvest Bread Co. Coffee Subscription: $8.99/month
Although Great Harvest Bread Co. has 200 locations nationwide, only the following locations offer the Bottomless Coffee subscription for drip coffee (so far):
- Arvada, CO
- Colorado Springs, CO
- Elkins, WV
- Frisco, TX
If the program is in your area, sign in to your loyalty account (or sign up for one), and click the Subscribe button on the dashboard page. The “Bottomless Coffee” subscription will charge you $8.99 automatically each month until you cancel.
It takes between 5-6 drip coffees to cover the $8.99 subscription.
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