Lidl has cheap fresh rolls and croissants. Buy a big bag along with cold cuts, cheese, hummus and dump on a platter with a sliced tomato, pickles, and lettuce.

Anonymous wrote:Have him buy a loaf of 24 Hawaiian rolls. Cut the whole loaf in half, put horseradish cream, roast beef, provolone, and lettuce. Put the top back on and then cut the sandwiches apart. You can keep them right in the cardboard package that the rolls came in, put them back in the bag, and take the whole bag to work. It makes 24 little sandwiches (and you can easily do the same with ham and cheese, etc. if he needs more). And, you don't even need to bring a serving platter.

Refrigeration?

Anonymous wrote:This is really weird. What office/company asks its employs to pay for the group lunch via potluck? The company should be paying for it!

Government?

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Anonymous wrote:1) who brings sandwiches to a potluck.
2) do this: https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/216756/baked-ham-and-cheese-party-sandwiches/

1. Everyone loves a sandwich that someone else made. Fact.

No, but I’d eat a sandwich before I ate some meat that probably has been sitting out for hours.

Anonymous wrote:This is the OP- thanks so much for all the responses! Just to be clear, my son did not ask me to crowdsource, he actually knows what he is going to do, I was the one that was curious as to what others do. I have no idea why he signed up for sandwiches. It is a very nice office (he is the youngest and newest), they have brought in lunch several times since he has been there.

The problem with sandwiches is that your base spread - whether butter, mayo, aioli, mustard, chicken salad, tuna salad, whatever - will soak through the bread with time. So the sandwiches become soggy and no one wants that. Unless he's making sandwiches in the break room right before the event, it's not a great choice. But if he must, use a crusty bread. And keep refrigerated until the last moment.

Anonymous wrote:This is the OP- thanks so much for all the responses! Just to be clear, my son did not ask me to crowdsource, he actually knows what he is going to do, I was the one that was curious as to what others do. I have no idea why he signed up for sandwiches. It is a very nice office (he is the youngest and newest), they have brought in lunch several times since he has been there.

I think it's fine even if you help him! Sheesh, some people get so upset if parents do anything for adult children.

Anonymous wrote:My office used corner bakery quite a bit. It's reliable and he can order a variety of sandwiches.

https://cornerbakerycafe.com/catering/

Yes, these are good and there's something for everyone. Had them many times at wirk events.

Don't get Costco! At least order a good supermarket deli platter.

Have him buy a loaf of 24 Hawaiian rolls. Cut the whole loaf in half, put horseradish cream, roast beef, provolone, and lettuce. Put the top back on and then cut the sandwiches apart. You can keep them right in the cardboard package that the rolls came in, put them back in the bag, and take the whole bag to work. It makes 24 little sandwiches (and you can easily do the same with ham and cheese, etc. if he needs more). And, you don't even need to bring a serving platter.

Bagels, cream cheese, lox, onion, caper. Easy peasy.

This is the OP- thanks so much for all the responses! Just to be clear, my son did not ask me to crowdsource, he actually knows what he is going to do, I was the one that was curious as to what others do. I have no idea why he signed up for sandwiches. It is a very nice office (he is the youngest and newest), they have brought in lunch several times since he has been there.

I don’t blame this guy for asking mom - sandwiches are a weird sign up request for a potluck. So this guy has to buy a sandwich platter for the group, and someone else brings a bag of Lay’s potato chips? Seems unbalanced.

OP, curious if your son has been at the job long enough that he’s been to an office potluck. If so, ask him how the sandwiches have been handled before. If he has no frame of reference, a sandwich platter would be easiest but also expensive for him, and presumably he’s a young guy. An alternative would be to pre-make pulled bbq chicken in a slow cooker (literally he just throws in chicken breasts with a bottle of bbq sauce, cook on high 4 hrs then shred with 2 forks) and bring in with a bag of mini rolls. He could serve the pulled chicken cold or room temp, that’s fine in an office setting.

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Anonymous wrote:Costco is nasty.

+1 It’s all processed garbage.

Oh, where can you get an “unprocessed” deli sandwich platter?

Since when does sandwich = deli platter? Elevate your expectations

This is an office pot luck. Not some farm to table garden party.

Anonymous wrote:This is really weird. What office/company asks its employs to pay for the group lunch via potluck? The company should be paying for it!

Feds for one. Our management will usually pay out of their own pockets for major holiday parties but for occasions like retirement it’s either potluck or everyone chips in.

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Anonymous wrote:This is really weird. What office/company asks its employs to pay for the group lunch via potluck? The company should be paying for it!

Well, the government for one. They don’t use taxpayer dollars for things like this. But maybe that has changed in the past few months. Very possible.

Feds, state, local government.

Anonymous wrote:No. If he is old enough to work in an office then he is old enough to figure this out without having Mommy crowdsource solutions for him. Let him be an adult!

haha. We can crowdsource the lamest things for ourselves but no third party crowdsourcing, right? Asking for a friend.