Snacks

To get free snacks, check out the big supermarkets, such as Carrefour Supermarket in Beijing and Carrefour Lotus Flower Supermarket in Shanghai. There are two ways you get free snacks in these supermarkets.
One is try the special tasting promotions during the weekends, which you'll usually see at those supermarkets. They display new snacks or drinks and invite customers to have a free taste. Some of the food offered include new kinds of yogurt, bread, biscuit and soup

Big supermarkets usually have open counters selling nuts, Chinese dates, and hawthorn rolls. If you are interested in buying food from these counters, you can taste them before deciding whether to buy them or not.

Beijing

Carrefour Supermarket
Location 1: Zhongguancun Plaza, No.15 Zhongguangcun Dajie, Haidian District
Tel: 010-51721516

Location 2: No. Yi 6, Beisanhuan Donglu, Chaoyang District
Tel: 010-84601013

Shanghai

Lotus Flower supermarket
Location 1: No.168 Lujiazui Xilu, Pudong Xinqu
Tel: 021-50470648

Location 2: No.1218 Wuzhonglu, Minghang District
Tel: 021-64462118

Free big meals

It sounds impossible to get big free meals, but you can.

Some fashion magazines have columns dedicated to restaurants. They need fresh and convincing restaurant reviews to introduce these eateries to their readers. Sometimes these magazines organize activities calling for readers to be food critics. If you'd love to try new food, you can apply. The magazines will pay for the meals.

Big websites, like sina.com and sohu.com have bulletin board systems (bbs) with food listings, where lots of foodies post their restaurant reviews. These bbs organize regular parties for their members try new restaurants.

Edited by Alice Yang

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