Struggling to buy sweets for wedding!!

[boyofford]

So the Mrs has left me with task of buying sweets for wedding.... and I don't really eat sweets!

We have decided to get these jars from IKEA www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/00030262/ which are 1.8l.... probably have  6-10 Jars.

And Mrs has told me to get sweets from the vaguest of descriptions lol!
But think I've figured out what she wants... just can't figure out how much!!!

I've found a place that does 3kg cheap online, only slightly more expensive than ebay prices for 1kg...... but would that be too much?
Minimum order is 6 items.... so would be 18kg of sweets, between about 75 adults and 20 kids(mostly babies/toddlers?

And how much would fit in a jar anyway!? guessing we are gona put jars on side so would be at most half full.

I'm so confused!!!!!

[Chris]

At a wedding - can you have too many?

Worst case scenario (provided you can afford it) would be that the kids take home loads of sweets and love you forever.

Imo - buy loads and some paper bags for people to take some away.



To compare though:
Once you have picked your sweets - go to local supermarket, find some bags of loosely comparable sweets, read the weight on the bag then you will have a feel for the size.

[boyofford]

Most of kids probably won't eat them as too young I would of thought........ we only let are toddler recently have bit of cookie etc... so he would only get couple of sweets.

I don't eat them often... maybe once a month at most and even then one or two and I'm done, mrs eats them more but still several kg of left overs might be too much!!!!

Think your right, I need to look at some bags, or even go to a sweet shop to get a feel for what I'm buying volume wise methinks

[boyofford]

Another problem is I've kinda left purchasing these a bit late.... wedding is week on saturday so need to get a move on!

[Chris]

May 13, 2014 22:09:34 GMT boyofford said:

Another problem is I've kinda left purchasing these a bit late.... wedding is week on saturday so need to get a move on!

A week to buy sweets? Nah mate, maybe if it was something rare, but you could get them all in a few hours if needed, chill out you are doing just fine. 

If you have that many spare sweets left over, take them to your local youth club they will be more than grateful to hand them out to some nice kids for you.

[Chris]

May 13, 2014 22:03:23 GMT boyofford said:

Think your right, I need to look at some bags, or even go to a sweet shop to get a feel for what I'm buying volume wise methinks

Might be worth just taking a jar into local sweet shop and paying the bit extra for the service. Sure they will sort you out a treat.

[boyofford]

May 13, 2014 22:14:51 GMT Chris said:

May 13, 2014 22:09:34 GMT boyofford said:

Another problem is I've kinda left purchasing these a bit late.... wedding is week on saturday so need to get a move on!

A week to buy sweets? Nah mate, maybe if it was something rare, but you could get them all in a few hours if needed, chill out you are doing just fine. 

If you have that many spare sweets left over, take them to your local youth club they will be more than grateful to hand them out to some nice kids for you.

Yeah your right, someone will eat them I suppose even if can't get everyone to take some with them!

[Postmodern Smoking]

My guess (and it is a guess is as follows):


A quarter pound bag of sweets is 0.11kg X 90 people (as you say some are too young for loads of sweets) = about 10kg
Not everyone will eat them / some will eat more than others.

10kg would probably fill 6 jars on their sides, depending on the type/shape of sweets.

Probably better to have too many than not enough though, so I would buy at least 11-12kg and know to expect some over.

[Reiterating again I'm not a sweet expert this is just my 'best guess']

[boyofford]

May 13, 2014 22:16:07 GMT Chris said:

May 13, 2014 22:03:23 GMT boyofford said:

Think your right, I need to look at some bags, or even go to a sweet shop to get a feel for what I'm buying volume wise methinks

Might be worth just taking a jar into local sweet shop and paying the bit extra for the service. Sure they will sort you out a treat.

There is a great looking little sweet shop on my way to work, and I've tried to look in twice but the dam place is only open certain days of the week and I forgot both times, only open for 5 hours in middle of day too!

[boyofford]

May 13, 2014 22:28:09 GMT Postmodern Smoking said:

My guess (and it is a guess is as follows):


A quarter pound bag of sweets is 0.11kg X 90 people (as you say some are too young for loads of sweets) = about 10kg
Not everyone will eat them / some will eat more than others.

10kg would probably fill 6 jars on their sides, depending on the type/shape of sweets.

Probably better to have too many than not enough though, so I would buy at least 11-12kg and know to expect some over.

[Reiterating again I'm not a sweet expert this is just my 'best guess']

At least its a guess..... I truly have no concept of how much a bag of sweets weighs! but that makes sense.
Cheers Bud

[boyofford]

May 13, 2014 22:16:07 GMT Chris said:

May 13, 2014 22:03:23 GMT boyofford said:

Think your right, I need to look at some bags, or even go to a sweet shop to get a feel for what I'm buying volume wise methinks

Might be worth just taking a jar into local sweet shop and paying the bit extra for the service. Sure they will sort you out a treat.

Went to the sweet shop, very useful, actually recommending other places and how much I should get!

She said could do something but would be more expensive from her and should get a few mixed bulk things from wholesaler in 3kg instead.

She reckoned 6kg would easily be enough but to get the variety should probably just get twice that from wholeseller and give it away like you said as would still be cheaper!

[Chris]

May 14, 2014 16:25:39 GMT boyofford said:

May 13, 2014 22:16:07 GMT Chris said:

Might be worth just taking a jar into local sweet shop and paying the bit extra for the service. Sure they will sort you out a treat.

Went to the sweet shop, very useful, actually recommending other places and how much I should get!

She said could do something but would be more expensive from her and should get a few mixed bulk things from wholesaler in 3kg instead.

She reckoned 6kg would easily be enough but to get the variety should probably just get twice that from wholeseller and give it away like you said as would still be cheaper!

Glad to help

Now relax and enjoy your wedding....night.

[clivealive1]

sugar coated almonds , always nice for a wedding lol

[zeldamum]

Do you have a Booker cash and carry near you, they do loads of sweets wholesale at very reasonable prices.

[tracerace1]

100 grammes is roughly one quarter of sweets in old money lol x 90 people max? 10 kg would be ample
10 x 100 = 1000g 0r 1 kg

therefore 90 x 100g = 9 000 g 0r 9 kg therefore if you get 18kg s hun nearly twice as many as you need
hope that helps