4.) No, Free Cheddar Bay Biscuits Do Not Count as a Meal: On the other end of the spectrum, Red Lobster is the most recent brand to cave to Facebook fan pressure??? but this time it was for a worthy cause. 56-year-old Robert Mills bemoaned on his Facebook page how he couldn???t afford a birthday dinner for himself and thought Red Lobster should offer a free meal deal like other chains do.