3 Coborn’s Deals Minnesotans Only Get If They Order Ahead
Coborn’s opened its flagship Market & Table store in Plymouth on March 12, 2026, according to Bring Me the News, with three sit-down restaurants built right into the grocery aisles.
That’s a reason to stop in. But saving money sometimes starts before you get there.
If your usual Coborn’s routine is to grab a cart and browse, you could be missing deals worth planning around.
These are the Coborn’s deals Minnesotans only get if they order ahead.
1. Special Occasion Packages
Coborn’s Special Occasion Packages run on the same order-ahead habit as its flagship Plymouth store.
That store anchors The Boulevard development at I-494 and Bass Lake Road, with three restaurants under one roof.
One flat price covers a whole party instead of a cart of separate items, and none of it sits on a shelf.
Four options run $124.99 apiece and feed 20 guests each.
They break down into a sandwich package, a barbecue (BBQ) package, a taco bar, and a boneless wing pack.
One price, no math.
The sandwich version bundles three pounds of sliced ham and turkey, two pounds of cheese, three dozen buns, and five pounds of potato salad.
The BBQ package swaps in five pounds of smoked pulled pork or chicken with coleslaw or potato salad.
The wing pack piles on ten pounds of sauced boneless wings with five pounds of mac and cheese.
A Medium Fresh Fruit Tray alone, enough for 25 people, costs $65 on that same order form.
The Taco Bar Package prices the whole spread for 20 guests, meat, shells, lettuce, cheese, salsa, and a fruit course together, for $124.99.
That’s about $60 more than a Medium Fresh Fruit Tray costs alone.
Six dollars and a quarter a plate for a full meal, locked in only once the order goes in ahead of the date on the calendar.
What “Sold Cold” Means for Coborn’s Packages
Three of Coborn’s four Special Occasion Packages, the BBQ, the taco bar, and the wing pack, arrive sold cold and need a thorough reheat before serving.
Only the Dollar Bun Sandwich Package skips that step, since sliced meat and potato salad are meant to stay cold anyway.
2. Party Trays’ Size Discount
Coborn’s prices five of its party trays, cheese and sausage, meat and cheese, fresh fruit, vegetable, and create-a-sandwich, in three sizes, and the per-serving cost drops with every step up.
The Fresh Fruit Tray runs $55 small, serving 15, or $3.67 a head.
Order the medium instead, and 25 servings cost $65, or $2.60 a head.
The large jumps to 35 servings for $75, about $2.14 a head, roughly 42% less per plate than the small size.
Bigger is cheaper here.
Coborn’s smaller trays skip the size choice and post one flat price instead.
The Dollar Bun Tray and the nine-inch Fiesta Dip Tray both run $45 for 15 servings.
The Spinach Dip Tray costs $30 for 25 servings, and the Hyeroller Tray runs $50 for that same head count.
The Sandwich Topper Tray rings up at $30 for 20 servings.
Coborn’s requires 48 hours’ notice on these trays, posted right on the order form, so the size decision, and the savings, has to happen before the day of the event.
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3. Sushi Trays' Piece Discount
Coborn's sushi menu charges by the piece, and the price per piece keeps falling as the tray grows.
A 32-piece Karma and Enlighten Sushi Tray costs $39.99, about $1.25 a piece.
Step up to 48 pieces for $49.99, and the price lands closer to $1.04 a piece.
The 64-piece version costs $59.99, under 94 cents a piece, roughly 25% cheaper than the smallest tray.
Volume beats variety here.
Coborn's also sells preset combinations that don't scale the same way.
The 32-piece Basic Tray costs $29.99, and the 48-piece Advanced Tray runs $49.99.
The 64-piece Expert Tray costs $69.99, each tier built from a different, pricier mix of rolls rather than more of the same roll.
Every tray is built to order once a shopper picks a roll for each section, so the count and combination lock in before pickup, not after.
Rewards Trade-Off
Coborn's draws a hard line around MORE Rewards, its loyalty program, the moment an order runs through the special-order desk instead of the regular checkout.
MORE Rewards, MORE Fuel Rewards, and digital coupons don't apply to a Party Tray, Graduation, Sushi Tray, or Floral order placed online.
That's Coborn's posted policy on its ordering site.
No stacking allowed.
That's the trade.
Shoppers give up stacked rewards points in exchange for one flat catering price.
The penalty is tied to one word in that policy, online.
The same trays and packages ordered by phone or in person at the store may not carry that same rewards exclusion.
MORE Fuel points still rack up on every regular grocery run, just not on a catering order placed through that same online system.
The Cake and Floral Detour
Coborn's routes its custom cakes through a separate ordering system, Cakes.com, rather than the same order form as its trays and packages.
A shopper picks a size, flavor, and message there, days before a local store ever sees the request.
Floral works differently too: Coborn's offers custom arrangements only "at select locations," not every store in the chain.
Location decides the answer.
A quick call to the local store confirms whether floral is even on the order desk before the rest of a Coborn's order goes in.
