People are always trying to find more ways to save money. These same people are usually paying for lunch at work everyday. They order from their local take out place and usually end up spending $7 to$10. There is a way to help everyone at work save some extra money once a week. You can plan a potluck lunch at work. This will help everyone save money and enjoy different types of cuisine. Having a potluck lunch is also a great way to build team spirit at work. This is a simple step by step process to plan a potluck lunch at work.
Step One
Decide upon a day to have the potluck lunch. The best potluck lunches either takes place on a Friday or a Monday. A Friday potluck lunch at work will give everyone a way to celebrate the coming weekend. Monday is a good choice because it will give your coworkers time to cook on Sunday.
Step Two
Take inventory about what your work lunchroom has to accommodate for a potluck lunch. You will need a way to keep the food cool until lunchtime, a way to warm up food at lunch, and a large table to spread out all the goodies that your coworkers bring in. You will also need paper plates, napkins, cutlery, and cups. You can choose to put yourself in charge of bringing any of these items that your work does not have in for the potluck lunch or assign the task to another coworker.
Step Three
Make a sign up sheet to hang in the lunchroom to tell all of your coworkers about the potluck lunch. You should post the list at least two weeks in advance. The sheet should list the time and date of the potluck lunch. There should be a list of food items that will be needed with a line next to them for people to sign up for. For example there may be 3 slots for entree, 3 for side dishes, 3 deserts, 1 for drinks, and so on. Be creative with what you list, maybe you would like to have appetizers that will be set out during the morning before the potluck lunch for people at work to snack on. You are listing types of foods so that you do not end up with everyone bringing desert to your potluck lunch.
Step Four
Check the list often during the time leading up to the potluck lunch at work to make sure that people are signing up for the different foods. Send out an email to everyone at work a week before the potluck lunch to remind them to sign up in the lunchroom. The day before the potluck lunch you will want to email everyone to remind them to bring the food in the next day. With so many things going on at work it is easy for people to forget.
