You know I think you have a few years left in ya to attend and since you spend enough for plates every year I have an idea. Looking back at my work years our district manager always had a Christmas dinner for all of the workers. sometimes it was a potluck, and everyone would bring a dish other times food was brought in. Well, we had one family when the worker, his wife and children came they each brought cafeteria trays, yes, those big rectangle ones with the beverage place on it. This was a rather a large if you know what I mean and you didn't want to be being them in line, or you might not get some items. The beverage part of the tray was filled with food too. So, @Quillback this being said running out of food isn't going to happen, but you might want to invest in cafeteria trays and save some money in the long run and yearly trips to the grocery store ๐คฃ.