Caterers tend to quote per head and leave you to trust them. Here is the arithmetic so you can check it yourself.
Plan on two 200 ml glasses per guest for a dinner function, and three if it is a daytime event in summer or there is no other cold drink on the table. That is roughly 400–600 ml a head.
| Guests | Volume needed | 1000 ml bottles | Bundles |
|---|---|---|---|
| 100 | ~50 litres | 50 | 9 |
| 250 | ~125 litres | 125 | 21 |
| 400 | ~200 litres | 200 | 34 |
| 600 | ~300 litres | 300 | 50 |
| 1000 | ~500 litres | 500 | 84 |
A 1000 ml bundle is six bottles. Notice where 400 guests lands - just under the 35-bundle trade threshold. If your count is anywhere near that line it is worth reading the next section before you order.
Trade pricing starts at 35 bundles and applies to the whole order, not just the bottles above the threshold. It is a flat per-bottle rate:
| Bottle | Retail | Trade (35+ bundles) |
|---|---|---|
| 250 ml | Rs 80 | Rs 60 |
| 500 ml | Rs 130 | Rs 90 |
| 1000 ml | Rs 240 | Rs 170 |
You can mix flavours and sizes to reach 35. The threshold counts bundles, not matching ones. A 400-guest wedding at 34 bundles is one bundle short of a materially cheaper order - rounding up is almost always the better decision.
Full trade terms, including how repeat supply works for shops and cafes, are on the wholesale page.
This decision affects your staffing more than your budget, so it is worth thinking about properly.
Cheapest per litre, and the right answer when there are waiters pouring at tables. One bottle serves a table of five. The downside is that it needs someone to pour, and a part-used bottle standing on a table in June stops being appealing quickly.
More expensive per litre and worth it. Guests take one, nobody queues at a jug, and you have no waste from half-finished bottles. It also looks considerably better in photographs, which at a shadi is not a trivial point.
Splits the difference and works for smaller functions of under a hundred, or as the overflow stock you open only if the evening runs long.
A common split for a large wedding: 250 ml for the welcome and the mehndi, 1000 ml for the seated dinner service.
There is no online checkout for large orders, by design - the details matter too much to leave to a form.
Two weeks' notice is comfortable for a large function. We can usually do considerably less, but flavour choice narrows as the date gets closer, and during wedding season it narrows fast.
Send us the date and the guest count, and we will work the bundles out with you on the call.