Chipotle Sundays 2026: Promo Code, Dates & How It Works

Chipotle’s promo code is SUNDAYS, it works on three dates, and — despite how it is being written up almost everywhere — it is not a buy-one-get-one.

You have to buy two entrées to get a third one free, the order has to be placed in the app or on the website for pickup, and it has to be after 3 p.m. local time.

There is a genuine BOGO in the same announcement. It is a different promotion, on a different day, with rules that are the exact opposite of these. Both are below.

What is the Chipotle Sundays promo code?

It is SUNDAYS, entered at checkout.

Chipotle announced it on 17 August 2026 as part of a back-to-school push, leaning on what its own press release describes as a TikTok habit of ordering Chipotle to reset before the week starts. Stephanie Perdue, the company’s senior vice president of brand marketing, framed it as “resetting with Chipotle on a Sunday”.

The code is not a secret, a referral or a one-time link. It is published in Chipotle’s own announcement and works for anyone who meets the conditions.

What are the Chipotle Sundays dates?

Three Sundays, and only those three.

The offer runs from 3 p.m. until close on each of those days, during regular business hours. There is no variation between the three — Chipotle’s “full Chipotle Sundays schedule” is simply the same offer repeated on three consecutive Sundays.

It is valid in the United States and Canada.

Is Chipotle Sundays a BOGO?

No. It is buy two, get one free.

This is the single most misreported thing about the promotion, and Chipotle’s terms are not ambiguous about it:

“one free regular entrée item with the purchase of at least two other regular menu entrée items”

So the maths is: pay for two entrées, receive three. That is at most a 33% discount on a three-entrée order — and only if all three cost the same, because the free one is the cheapest of the three. A true buy-one-get-one takes 50% off a two-entrée order.

It is a good deal if you are ordering for three people, or for two people who want leftovers. It does nothing at all for one person buying one burrito.

How do you actually use the code?

Order two entrées in the app or on the website, add the third, and enter SUNDAYS before you pay.

1. Open the Chipotle app or chipotle.com. Not a third-party app, and not the counter.
2. Order on one of the three Sundays, after 3 p.m. local time.
3. Set the order to pickup. Delivery does not qualify.
4. Build three entrées — you will be charged for two.
5. Enter promo code SUNDAYS at checkout.
6. Everything has to be in one transaction. You cannot split it across two orders.

What counts as an entrée?

Five things, and two common orders that do not.

Chipotle’s terms define a “regular menu entrée item” as:

And explicitly excluded:

• Kids’ meals do not count toward the two-entrée requirement
• Single tacos do not count
• Extra protein, guacamole and queso blanco are not entrées — they are toppings, and adding them does not get you closer to the threshold

There is a second sting in the same clause. Guacamole, queso, extra meat and other modifiers still cost extra, including on the free entrée. The only exception Chipotle names is guacamole on veggie entrées, which is free as usual.

Which entrée do you get free?

The cheapest one. You do not choose.

The terms say the free item “will be applied to lowest priced regular menu entrée item.”

That matters more than it sounds. If you order a steak burrito, a chicken bowl and a veggie bowl, the veggie bowl is the free one. Loading the most expensive entrée with extras will not make it the discounted one — it will simply make your bill bigger.

If the three people ordering want roughly equal value out of the deal, the practical move is to keep the three entrées at similar price points rather than pairing one premium order with two cheap ones.

What voids the deal?

Six things, all of them in the terms.

Two more worth knowing: redemption is “subject to availability”, and the offer is void where prohibited — standard language, but it means a store can run out.

What about the School Spirit BOGO on 20 August?

That is the real buy-one-get-one, and its rules are the mirror image of the Sundays offer.

On Thursday 20 August 2026, anyone wearing school apparel or accessories can buy an entrée at a participating U.S. Chipotle from 3 p.m. to close and get a second entrée free. Chipotle’s release lists middle and high school spirit wear, college tees, sweatshirts, jerseys and hats as qualifying.

Read that table twice before you leave the house. The channel rules are inverted: the BOGO is void on mobile, online and delivery orders, and the Sundays code is void in the restaurant. Turning up at a counter on 23 August with the code in your phone gets you nothing.

Two more details on the BOGO: the free item requires the purchase of an entrée of equal or greater value, and it “may be used only by the customer wearing school apparel or accessories, as determined by the restaurant”. The staff member at the till makes that call.

Does Chipotle do this often?

Often enough that the structure is predictable, even though the dates are not.

Looking at 2026 so far, Chipotle’s promotions fall into two clean shapes:

The pattern: “wear something” promotions are in-restaurant and are true BOGOs; “enter a code” promotions are digital and are not. Both start at 3 p.m. local time.

Two data points on one side and one on the other is a pattern, not a rule — but if a future Chipotle deal asks you to wear something, expect to have to go in, and if it gives you a code, expect to have to use the app.

There is also a standing option for students that is not a limited-time promotion at all: Chipotle U Rewards, which gives college students enrolled in Chipotle Rewards 1,000 bonus points at sign-up and 20% more points on every purchase, with enrolment verified through ID.me.

Before you order

• Check the clock as well as the day. It has to be one of the three Sundays and after 3 p.m. in the restaurant’s local time zone — which is not yours if you are ordering across a zone.
• Set it to pickup. This is the rule most likely to catch people who default to delivery.
• Count your entrées. Three, none of them a kids’ meal, none of them a single taco.
• Do not assume your priciest order is the free one. Chipotle comps the lowest-priced entrée, and guacamole, queso and extra meat are charged on every entrée including that one.
• Have the code ready. SUNDAYS, entered at checkout, before you pay.
• Do not rely on it being there. Redemption is subject to availability, and the offer ends after 6 September.

Sources

Checked 20 August 2026.

No affiliate links, and no payment was received for any link on this page. SUNDAYS is Chipotle’s own published promotional code. Offers are run by Chipotle Mexican Grill and can be changed or withdrawn by the company at any time; the terms on Chipotle’s own site govern.