Food Costs

kirstenalana · January 2011

Does anyone have advice on how to drastically cut down on food costs? We aren't wanting to have the big beef and chicken dinners but still wanting to cut costs.

kaesha · January 2011

Have a morning reception and brunch or an evening wedding and hors d'oeuvres.

leogirl13 · January 2011

Just do hors d'oeuvres and cake or desserts and cake only. Brunch also seems to be cheaper. If your venue allows make things yourself or have family/friends help make them.
BBQ's are also a bit cheaper if your doing the whole dinner thing.

frogurt814 · January 2011

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[QUOTE]Just do hors d'oeuvres and cake or desserts and cake only. Brunch also seems to be cheaper. If your venue allows make things yourself or have family/friends help make them. BBQ's are also a bit cheaper if your doing the whole dinner thing.
Posted by leogirl13[/QUOTE]
OP, if you do an appetizers only or dessert only reception, make sure your reception is at a non-meal time. Otherwise people will be expecting a meal and will go hungry.

Asking your family/friends to make food for your wedding reception is not something I would suggest either as it is fairly rude.

RebeccaB88 · January 2011

Cheapest option: midafternoon reception with just punch and cake. Or spend a little more and add fruit, cheese and crackers, dips, finger sandwiches, light appetizers.

Schedule reception so that it will not be during a mealtime, so that a meal will not be expected.

Have a small guest list. Fewer mouths to feed = less expensive.

Morning wedding with a brunch reception. Casual late afternoon wedding with barbecue reception.

Ditto no potluck! And no cash bar. Whatever you serve, you pay for. It's okay to only serve what you can afford to serve, just schedule it appropriately.

Sue-n-Kevin · January 2011

Check into gourmet food stores in your area that perhaps do catering. There are several in the metro Detroit area that we could choose from, not sure if that's an option where you live. Because they don't make all their profit from just catering, and have fabulous foods on hand all the time, they are definitely an option. We found a much better food selection, and cheaper prices because they were more willing to negotiate because they get great food on hand all the time.

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