Author: Kelly Tyko, USA TODAY

If you want your Christmas gifts to arrive on time, here are the key dates you need to know for the U.S. Postal Service, UPS and FedEx.

The Cheesecake Factoryis partnering with DoorDash to give away 40,000 free slices of cheesecakeon Wednesday, Dec. 5.But this deal will go fast.

Craving a Whopper? You’ll want to makea detour to McDonald’s first to take advantage of Burger King’s new promotion.

Dec. 4 is National Cookie Day and businesses are celebrating with freebies and deals. It’s also National Dice Day and National Sock Day.

Move over, Swedish meatballs. Ikea has added salmon balls to its “(m)eatball” lineup.

Here’s an early holiday gift: A roundup of meal deals and freebies for December.

Subway’s kids meal deal is supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. Kids get free tickets to see “Mary Poppins Returns” with a kids meal purchase.

Have it your way or fur way? Burger King is introducing flame-grilled dog bones, free for a limited time with purchase of a Whopper through DoorDash.

Starbucks has a new winter drink, the Juniper Latte, plus the coffee giant has announced the return of its popular Starbucks for Life contest.