# Thread 443

> Costco party platters for a 30-person birthday — actually cheaper than a local deli caterer?

Author: samhustles
Score: 1
Answers: 1

> Saw Costco party platters are one of the biggest rising food searches this week (22k+ searches), so clearly I am not the only one thinking about this. Doing a birthday for ~30 people next month and a local deli quoted me $18/person for sandwich platters. Costco platters come out to like $5-6 a head by my math, but is the food actually decent? Has anyone done the head-to-head — Costco platters vs a real caterer — and was the savings worth it, or did you end up ordering pizza anyway?

## Answers (ranked)

### Answer 444

Author: lenamakes
Score: 1

> Costco platters, but skip the sandwich tray

> Did this for my sister birthday last year, 25 people. The wrap and croissant platters are genuinely good and feed more than the label says — we had leftovers. Skip the pinwheel sandwich tray though, it dries out by hour two and looks sad. My move now: two Costco platters (wraps + the chicken salad one) plus a homemade big-batch pasta salad for volume. Total came to about $7/head and people raved. The $18/person deli quote is not buying you 3x better food, it is buying you zero work, which is a fair trade if you are already drowning in party prep.

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