Where kids can eat for free – or for £1 – in and around Shropshire

During the cost of living crisis, restaurants and cafes in the area are offering children’s meals for just £1 – or in some cases, free.

With mid-term in sight – Monday May 29 to Friday June 2 – supermarkets and restaurant chains are once again offering budget meals. To date, 1.6 million children have received a £1 meal from Asda alone.

From supermarket cafes to pubs and pizza places, here are all the places kids can eat for cheap or nothing at all:

Morrisons cafes offer free meals to children under 16 when an adult spends £4.99 or more on a meal. The offer is valid all day, every day.

• Whitchurch Road, Shrewsbury

• Maer Lane, Drayton Market

• Berriew Street, Welshpool

• Shrewsbury Road, Oswestry

Asda will continue its ‘Kids eat for £1’ offer during the May half term, and it does not require any additional purchases, such as an adult’s main meal. Children can enjoy a hot meal for £1 with a piece of fruit, or they can have a cold selection – sandwich, drink, fruit and jelly or crisps – for £1.

• Wrekin Shopping Park, Whitchurch Drive

• St. Georges Road, Telford

During school term, children can eat for £1 with the purchase of an adult meal from £5.20.

Sainsbury’s cafes nearby:

• Shopping Park, Plas Coch Road, Wrexham

• Middlewich Road, Nantwich

Children aged 2 to 11 can eat for £1 with each adult meal purchased between 4pm and 6pm, Monday to Thursday. The deal includes three courses and a Cawston pressed fruit water for £1.

Bella Italia locations nearby:

• Shropshire Street, Drayton Market

• Wednesfield Way, Wolverhampton

Every Monday Hungry Horse pubs offer a small chicken burger or kids lasagne for £1, and tacos, large strips of chicken, mini fish and chips, dirty beef burger, large chicken burger , children’s chilli or a large meal of chicken wings for £1.50. Offer is available for up to two children with each adult paying full price.

Hungry Horse pubs nearby:

• Bridge Builder, Wrekin Retail Park, Arleston

• Giant Wrekin, Southwater Square, Telford

• Cuckoo Oak, Bridgnorth Rd, Madeley

• Bradmore Arms, Trysull Road, Wolverhampton

From Monday, May 29 through Friday, June 2, Bills will serve free meals for up to two children per adult, with the purchase of a main dish. The offer will be available all day with a number of dishes to choose from, such as buttermilk pancakes, mac and cheese and fish fingers and fries.

• Bullring, Birmingham City Center

With the purchase of a buffet breakfast for adults – which costs £9.99 and includes bacon, sausages, eggs, hash browns, cereals, fresh juices, tea, Unlimited Costa coffee and drinks – two kids eat free.

Brewers Fayre pubs nearby:

• Clock Tower, Donnington Wood Way, Donnington

• Redhill, near Spitfire, Stafford

Beefeater pubs are offering up to two free breakfasts for children with every adult breakfast purchased for £9.99. The offer is valid from 6:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. midweek and from 7:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. on weekends.

• Euston Road, Euston Road, Telford

• Three Fishes, Stafford Road, Newport

West Midlands Railway also offers discounted travel fares, where children can travel to London for £1 with a family ticket.