Corner Bakery Cafe announced on April 13, 2026 the expansion of its Choose Two for $6.99 offer, now available all day at participating locations through May 31, 2026. The offer was previously available only during limited dayparts and is being broadened in response to what the company describes as strong customer demand. Corner Bakery Cafe is a fast-casual restaurant chain operating in 18 states and Washington, D.C., founded in 1991 in downtown Chicago and currently owned by an affiliate of SSCP, a Dallas-based restaurant enterprise.
What the Offer Covers
Eligible guests can select any two items from a menu spanning soups, salads, sandwiches, cafe pastas, and panini for $6.99. Redemption requires visiting the Corner Bakery Cafe website, navigating to the Our Story page, clicking a coupon link at the bottom of the page, and presenting that coupon at checkout. The offer is valid at participating locations and pricing and menu availability may vary by location.
The announcement includes four suggested pairings to illustrate the range of combinations available: Uptown Turkey Avocado Sandwich with Roasted Tomato Basil Soup; Chicken Pomodori Panini with Turkey Avocado Cobb Salad; DC Chicken Salad Croissant with Lemon Chicken Orzo Soup; and Pesto Cavatappi Pasta with Mixed Greens Salad. The pairings span all five eligible categories, demonstrating that guests can mix protein and vegetable builds across formats as freely as they choose.
Erin Hasselgren, President of Corner Bakery Cafe, stated in the announcement:
“The evolution of the Choose Two offer is a direct reflection of the conversations we’ve had with our guests and our commitment to making great meals more accessible throughout the day.”
About Corner Bakery Cafe
Corner Bakery Cafe traces its origin to a single neighborhood bakery in downtown Chicago in 1991 focused on artisan breads and freshly baked sweets. The brand has operated for over 30 years and positions itself around fresh ingredients, artisan-inspired seasonal menus, and a bakery-centered dining experience in neighborhood settings. SSCP, a Dallas-based restaurant operator, currently owns the brand.
The chain’s most recent press releases alongside this announcement include a 15% catering discount for Tax Week and a $30 catering discount for March Madness events, indicating that catering and promotional value offers are the brand’s current primary marketing levers.
The All-Day Daypart Expansion and What It Signals
The structural detail of this announcement is the removal of a daypart restriction, not the introduction of a new price or new menu items. The $6.99 Choose Two price existed before this press release. What changed on April 13, 2026 is that the offer now applies across the full operating day rather than within a limited window.
This distinction matters for what it reveals about where Corner Bakery Cafe sees friction in its current traffic patterns. Fast-casual bakery-cafe chains like Corner Bakery historically generate high breakfast and midday lunch traffic but face meaningful afternoon and dinner traffic softness. The Choose Two format is a combination meal construct that makes most sense for lunch or dinner occasions when a guest wants both a main item and a soup or salad. Restricting it to a specific daypart limits the offer’s reach to the guests who are already most likely to visit during the chain’s peak period. Expanding it all day signals that Corner Bakery is trying to close the traffic gap during shoulder hours by giving afternoon visitors the same value proposition available at lunch. At $6.99 for two items spanning soup, salad, sandwich, pasta, and panini categories, the offer is priced to compete directly with QSR value meals without requiring the guest to sacrifice the quality and variety perception that separates Corner Bakery from fast food.
Why It Matters for Fast-Casual Ingredient Suppliers and Foodservice Co-Manufacturers
The Choose Two $6.99 all-day expansion is a sustained volume commitment to the soup, salad, sandwich, pasta, and panini ingredient categories across a full operating day rather than a peak window. When a fast-casual chain restricts a value offer to lunch only, the incremental ingredient volume from that offer is concentrated in a two-hour window where kitchen throughput is already constrained. Expanding the offer all day spreads demand across more hours, which reduces peak-period throughput pressure and increases total daily volume for the ingredient categories eligible under the offer. For produce suppliers delivering mixed greens, avocado, and tomato inputs for Corner Bakery’s salads and soups, and for protein suppliers providing chicken, turkey, and deli proteins for sandwich and salad applications, the all-day expansion represents a broader daily consumption window for their SKUs across the chain’s locations in 18 states and Washington, D.C.
The four featured pairings anchor the offer’s marketing narrative around its highest-margin and most operationally efficient combinations. The Roasted Tomato Basil Soup, Lemon Chicken Orzo Soup, Turkey Avocado Cobb Salad, and Mixed Greens Salad all represent menu items with relatively controlled ingredient costs and consistent prep requirements. None of the four featured pairings include a catering-scale item or a format that adds significant kitchen complexity. For foodservice suppliers reading the featured pairings as a demand signal, the Roasted Tomato Basil and Lemon Chicken Orzo soups together suggest that tomato-based and orzo-inclusive soup bases are among the chain’s core volume SKUs, while the Turkey Avocado Cobb and Mixed Greens Salads anchor the salad category with familiar protein and produce inputs.
Corner Bakery’s bakery heritage and fresh ingredient positioning create sustained demand for the artisan bread, croissant, and specialty dough formats that serve as the base for its sandwich and panini menu. The DC Chicken Salad Croissant featured pairing highlights the croissant as a signature sandwich carrier for the brand. The Chicken Pomodori Panini requires a specialty panini-pressed bread format. The Uptown Turkey Avocado Sandwich uses a proprietary bread build. For artisan bread manufacturers, specialty dough co-producers, and bakery operations supplying the fast-casual sandwich segment, Corner Bakery’s positioning as a 30-year-old bakery-heritage brand with fresh ingredients means the bread component of every sandwich and panini on the Choose Two menu is a visible brand signal, not just a commodity input.
FAQs
What is the Corner Bakery Cafe Choose Two $6.99 offer? A promotional offer allowing eligible guests to select any two items from the soup, salad, sandwich, cafe pasta, and panini categories for $6.99. Available all day at participating locations through May 31, 2026.
How do guests redeem it? By visiting cornerbakerycafe.com, navigating to the Our Story page, clicking the coupon link at the bottom of the page, and presenting the coupon at checkout. Offer valid at participating locations; pricing and menu availability may vary.
What changed from the previous version of the offer? The offer previously carried a daypart restriction. It now applies all day through May 31, 2026.
What categories are eligible? Soups, salads, sandwiches, cafe pastas, and panini.
Who owns Corner Bakery Cafe? An affiliate of SSCP, a Dallas-based restaurant enterprise. Corner Bakery was founded in 1991 in downtown Chicago and operates in 18 states and Washington, D.C.
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