Author: Kelly Tyko, USA TODAY

Box full of Barbies and Matchbox cars? Mattel wants your old toys for its new Mattel PlayBack toy takeback program, and you can send them in for free.

Does Trader Joe’s offer senior hours? The retailer has cut the COVID hours at many stores. Costco, Walmart and Target continue to have senior hours.

Is your smoke detector recalled? Kidde TruSense smoke alarms and smoke/carbon monoxide alarms sold at Walmart, Home Depot, Amazon are affected.

Is there a national chicken wing shortage? The nation’s chicken sandwich wars and cravings for comfort food during COVID have made poultry scarce.

Dunkin’ and Chipotle are offering nurses and health care workers freebies for National Nurses Week, which kicks off Thursday with National Nurses Day.

Chipotle, Taco Bell, Hungry Howie’s, Blaze Pizza are among the restaurants celebrating Cinco de Mayo 2021 with deals Wednesday.

What time does free Crocs line start for nurses? The daily healthcare giveaway of 10,000 pairs starts noon ET Monday through May 14 for Nurses Week.

Teacher Appreciation Day 2021 is Tuesday, May 4 and McDonald’s has free McFlurries for everyone with its app and Taco Bell has free crunchy tacos.

What was Chipotle Rose Bowl float? That’s a question in Chipotle IQ trivia game, a contest for free burritos the chain brought back for Cinco de Mayo.

Teacher Appreciation Week kicks off Monday and runs through Friday. But the biggest freebie day for educators is Tuesday, National Teachers Day.