$8 Starbucks Power Lunch Offer Extended again [updated]

UPDATE 8/8/16: the $8 Power Lunch continues, it looks like it may have been extended indefinitely or became a part of their regular rotation!

UPDATE 6/8/16: this promotion is now featured as the headliner of the Starbucks Menu mini-site. This is a temporary page, not a permalink so if you are reading it in the future, you will likely see different things (depending on what is the then featured menu promotion).

UPDATE 6/1/16: Good News, this promotion has been extended until 6/26/16!

CORRECTION: this offer ends on 5/30/16, not 5/31/16!

There is an interesting promotion running at Starbucks brick and mortar stores. You pay $8 and for that you get four items. Three of the four items you have choices. The fourth is a bottle of Ethos water. You also get a Starbucks paper bag with handles to carry them.

The options are:

  1. A Bistro Box or a Salad or a Sandwich aka The Main Dish
  2. Chips or Popcorn or Pretzels aka The Side Dish
  3. Fruit Bar or Banana or Cookie Straw aka The Dessert
  4. 700 ml bottled Ethos water (around 24oz) aka The Beverage

Strategically of course you get the more expensive item you LIKE for each of the three categories. Bananas are easy to find at good prices in grocery stores (eg 19c each at Trader Joe), so you are better off getting the Fruit Bar. The Side Dish options are close in price, so there you probably should get whichever one you like.

The main dish makes sense if you get some of the more expensive items. If you get a $4 item, it is too close to call. On the other hand if you get one of the $6+ items, then you are coming out well ahead. The extra $2 essentially get you the Side Dish, the Dessert and the Water!

This offer expires 5/30/16 {corrected}. No coupon is needed. They scan the items individually and the register adjusts the prices. If you are in a State with recycling fees/taxes, you may pay an extra $0.05 or so (for the water bottle).

As usual, please note that I can’t check every single Starbucks store or region, so there’s always a YMMV component to these type of deals.