If I have a budget of say one hundred thousand dollars, how much should I expect to spend on catering for breakfast and lunch on my film production with crew numbered at 25 and actors (including extras) numbered at 100 and we're filming in NC?
How many days are you shooting? Are you really having 100 people every day?
Catering is generally priced per person, reasonably you can expect that to be anywhere from about $10-100+ per person, depending on how extravagant you get with meals. If you keep it simple, you can probably get by at the lower end of that price without people feeling like they're being fed crap.
Craft services, all the snacks, water, coffee, etc that's just there all day long, again it's going to be dependent on the number of people on set (cast and crew) on any given day, but a lot of it can be carried over to the next day if it's unused the first day, for little bags of chips and the like anyway.
Assuming an average of 28 people per day, you're probably realistically looking at a couple hundred dollars/day for craft services stuff. More on the heavier cast days.
That's usually the case. Not always. Do it right once, avoid having to pay for it twice (or three times as I've seen happen).
I think they have Costco in Australia, yeah? Basically the same thing. Big membership-based warehouse type store where you can buy all sorts of things in larger quantities for less. Like a 4 litre jug of mayonaise, for example.While I'm not sure what Sams Club is, yeah sure, why not.
Anyway, yes I think I will get the food and get my brothers - (they're excellent cooks) to cook the food, I think in my mind, that would be cheaper than catering....
I think they have Costco in Australia, yeah?