Key Takeaways

• Panera just announced a new summer promotion for unlimited free drinks.

• The membership program is free to join, but only for a limited time.

Summer is rolling in fast, and the days are coming when you’ll spend every hour wishing you had a refreshing beverage to stay hydrated. And while PepsiCo has released several new flavors to try this season, including the return of last summer’s hit drink, nothing tastes better than free.

Right now, there’s a way to get free Pepsi and more than 20 other soft drinks for free all summer long. You just need to be close to a Panera—and not already a regular at the chain. Why? Allow us to explain.

Panera and Pepsi’s Summer of Free Sips and Unlimited Sip Club

Panera has partnered with Pepsi to offer free soda in a new campaign it calls “The Summer of Free Sips,” and, yes, it’s exactly what it sounds like. To celebrate, the sandwich chain commissioned Olympian Ilona Maher to announce the free drinks program, with a Starry in hand. 

In addition to fountain drinks, the offer also includes Panera’s coffee and tea to help you round out your sipping schedule. However, the promotion excludes packaged beverages, smoothies, frozen blended drinks, hot chocolate, cold brew iced coffee, and espresso and cappuccino beverages.

But that’s still nearly two dozen Panera and Pepsi brand soft drinks to try for free. Even better: Your right to a free drink resets every two hours, and you even get unlimited refills in-house. So, you really could keep hydrated all day for free at Panera.

Simply by signing up for Panera’s Unlimited Sips Club before July, you’ll get this free deal for three months. Yes, really. 90 days of unlimited, free soda. You can download the app or sign up online.

But there’s a catch.

To get the deal, you have to be a new subscriber. So, if you’ve already been a member of Panera’s Unlimited Sip Club, you’re not eligible. However, if you are a newbie, the Unlimited Sips Club offers advantages beyond free soda, from extra birthday rewards to free delivery on select online orders. Club members even get early access to new limited-time menu items, so be sure to enjoy all the perks of an Unlimited Sip Club membership while you have it for free.

Hurry up and join, though, because while the promotion lasts three months, the window to get them does not. After the new subscriber offer closes, you can still join the Unlimited Sips Club, but it will cost you a monthly fee of $15 or an annual fee of $120.

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