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created by spyalien on 09/03/2025 at 20:32 UTC
2094 upvotes, 91 top-level comments (showing 25)
Comment by weeble182 at 09/03/2025 at 20:34 UTC
1574 upvotes, 10 direct replies
I think I peaked in life when I found a fiver in a packet of crisps during lunchtime at Primary school. Never again would I hit those dizzying highs.
Comment by thisiscotty at 09/03/2025 at 20:44 UTC
363 upvotes, 9 direct replies
When they used to game demo disks in cornflakes etc. that was awesome
Comment by bjorn_poole at 09/03/2025 at 20:50 UTC
362 upvotes, 6 direct replies
The free coca cola glasses you used to get at mcdonalds remain a relic of the good old days
Comment by trollied at 09/03/2025 at 20:36 UTC
338 upvotes, 4 direct replies
Have to mention the Hoover promotion: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoover_free_flights_promotion
Utter plonkers.
Comment by ApplicationMaximum84 at 09/03/2025 at 20:45 UTC
227 upvotes, 8 direct replies
Walkers had all the best promos, remember TAZOs from Looney Tunes to Star Wars. Can't think of anything else that comes close.
Comment by No_War_6706 at 09/03/2025 at 20:47 UTC
157 upvotes, 7 direct replies
Cereal prizes! I still remember those rad thermal colour changing cereal spoons with the straw end. I think it was from a box of Coco Pops.
Comment by HerrFerret at 09/03/2025 at 21:09 UTC
138 upvotes, 0 direct replies
PG Tips did a 'Free tea for your entire family for a year' competition, and my mum won!
They seemingly benchmarked the amount of tea a typical Northern household drank because we had so much the larder was stacked. I still remember the potent smell of the wall of boxes and thought we would never have to buy tea ever again.
My mum finished it off in 6 months. Respect.
Comment by ComprehensiveAd8815 at 09/03/2025 at 20:44 UTC
95 upvotes, 9 direct replies
I remember the coca-cola yo-yo phase of the late 80s. Everyone went yo-yo mental. Professional yo-yo people came to our corner shop… madness of course it was all well and good until Susan Carr got concussion from being bonked on the head at school by one and they were banned.
Comment by Mediocre-Speediocre at 09/03/2025 at 20:46 UTC
114 upvotes, 3 direct replies
Fun fact - this promotion wasn't legal in Northern Ireland because the law states that all competitions like this must have a free method of entry. It was going to be a logistical nightmare to separate the NI from the GB stock so they had a workaround. There was a phone number you could ring to enter the competition for free. When you rang the number the person on the other end opened a packet of crisps and told you if you won or not.
Comment by bazzaric at 09/03/2025 at 20:53 UTC
58 upvotes, 2 direct replies
I won a Gameboy from a voucher in a packet of quavers when I was 11. Peaked
Comment by Ricardo_klement at 09/03/2025 at 20:54 UTC
27 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Won a go-pro camera on McDonalds monopoly some years back.
Not needed .. sold on EBay .. nice £250 👍
Comment by Propatomdhi at 09/03/2025 at 20:49 UTC
23 upvotes, 1 direct replies
The Cola italia 90 mini football would take some beating. The legendary gold one was only a.dreqm for the 5 year old me.
Also special mention to Tazos
Comment by RefreshinglyDull at 09/03/2025 at 20:37 UTC
34 upvotes, 4 direct replies
CocaCola did a ring pull collection promo for Euro96, where you could get T-shirts, Drill Tops and CDs. Got the lot, in duplicate. Drill top was very good quality, lasted years. That was cool.
Cherry Coke also ran a promo to get a ring pull shaped earring. Mate got one and had it in his eyebrow. Odd.
Comment by UnfinishedThings at 09/03/2025 at 20:51 UTC
32 upvotes, 1 direct replies
About 30 years ago, Yorkie did one for a "Dirty Day Out", which was a prize for a day doing paintballing, driving tanks and ATVs.
Somehow they managed to produce waaaaaay more winning packets that they intended to. Think they were meant to do 2000 tickets but about 200,000 winning tickets
Comment by cityexile at 09/03/2025 at 21:12 UTC
15 upvotes, 6 direct replies
I am really showing my age now, but two that come to mind where both petrol garage promotions.
First one, 80’s I think. Collect 6 vouchers, would typically get 1 or 2 every fill up, for a free glass. Sherry, Champs, pretty sure there were others. I would only use that chain for them. Still got them. It is difficult to not see them in most charity shops now, and I will always point them out proudly to the Mrs.
Even older. 70s? World Cup ‘coins’, you got one of every time so much was spent. Basically the England World Cup squad that went in a collection folder. I loved them. Still remember my excitement every time my dad, rest his soul, would bring home a new coin.
Comment by Least-Entrepreneur23 at 09/03/2025 at 20:55 UTC
30 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Free packet of salt in the Walkers plain crisps
Comment by wolftick at 09/03/2025 at 22:18 UTC
13 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Still going strong after all these years
Comment by Dear_Speed_4368 at 09/03/2025 at 21:32 UTC
12 upvotes, 1 direct replies
When the phantom menace came out walkers gave away cash or a jar jar binks sticky tongue toy, I must have won at least 5 toys.
Comment by catz_eyes at 09/03/2025 at 21:05 UTC
25 upvotes, 1 direct replies
I loved Five as a teenager.
Cadbury's did a promotion where you could get concert tickets with wrappers.
I can't remember how many bars you needed, but my dad went to Woolworths and got the amount we needed for 2 tickets.
We were eating Boost bars for weeks.
Comment by IamMisterFish at 09/03/2025 at 21:22 UTC
24 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Not a promotion but I opened a bag of cheese and onion discos in primary school,and it was just the flavouring, not a single disco. 20g of pure powder roleplaying as cheese and onion, Best day of my life
Comment by crgoodw at 09/03/2025 at 20:40 UTC
29 upvotes, 5 direct replies
I never eat McDonalds UNLESS Maccies Monopoly is on, and then it's a shameful amount of chips, milkshakes and whatever comes in a box with the stickers on, all for that sweet, sweet dream of getting the dark blues and £100k in cash.
Most I've ever won is a free cheeseburger and I have put on a lot of weight during Monopoly season in past years.
Comment by DedalusDigglesHat at 09/03/2025 at 20:44 UTC
28 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Walkers did one for winning a tenner when it rained, was easy to just pick somewhere in Scotland, think I ended up winning about £50 as a 13yo
Comment by TimH01 at 09/03/2025 at 20:45 UTC
20 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Pot noodle horn.
Comment by DannyMeeksFlint at 09/03/2025 at 20:55 UTC
19 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Spokey-Dokeys and the wee reflective roosters out Cornflakes.
Comment by Kisrah at 09/03/2025 at 21:00 UTC
19 upvotes, 2 direct replies
My first mobile phone was a Coca-Cola branded Ericsson A1018s. £30 and a load of ring pulls (which was easy as my mum drank the stuff daily). My dad had been talking about getting me a phone, so I figured the promo was a good way of making that a reality.
Wasn’t a bad phone for the time either.
