Festive Season Platters Now Ready at Sandwich Baron

Year-end catering duty tends to land on one unlucky person in every office, and right now plenty of them are trying to work out what to serve at the break-up party. Meanwhile, households across the country are tallying up visiting relatives and asking how to keep everyone fed over December without being stuck at the stove. Sandwich Baron, South Africa's largest sandwich franchise, is spending November pitching its platters as an easy fix for both, with all sixteen of its stores geared up for the end-of-year stretch of team lunches, family get-togethers and break-up parties.

Hosting gets hectic at this time of year. Company calendars fill with award lunches, farewell functions and strategy days. Schools close for the year, sports clubs gather one last time, and neighbours finally hold the braai they have been talking about since winter. Whatever the event, hosts want the same thing: fresh food that looks good when it is laid out and that does not turn them into a full-time caterer.

What makes platters a smart choice for year-end events

A good platter takes care of several hosting problems in one go. It comes ready to serve, so nobody has to cook or plate anything on the day. Guests help themselves and go back for seconds, which works well at a function where people mingle and talk instead of sitting down to a formal meal. It also holds up on the road, which helps when the event is in a boardroom across town or a relative's garden on the far side of the city.

On its kitchen blog, Sandwich Baron argues that a well-made meat platter does more than feed a crowd. It calls the platter an easy, fuss-free way to impress guests at anything from a relaxed get-together to a formal dinner, which is pretty much what most year-end functions call for.

Options for every kind of guest

At a year-end gathering, guests seldom all eat the same way, and the Sandwich Baron menu is built with that in mind. Sandwiches come on white, brown, wholewheat or health bread, plain or toasted, and bigger appetites can go for French bread or a footlong. The menu also covers wraps, tramezzini, tacos, salads and baked potatoes, plus a Banting menu for anyone cutting back on carbohydrates.

That range also applies to the brand's platters, so hosts can combine different items and give meat eaters, vegetarians and anyone watching their diet something to eat. The Sandwich Baron blog has also written about the growing number of people choosing plant-based meals and about how to build platters that look and taste good for them, which helps any host catering for a mixed group.

Stress-free food for the office

Corporate teams face one function after another through November and early December. According to Sandwich Baron's blog, hunger is one of the biggest distractions in long meetings, and a good lunch keeps teams alert and engaged. That holds true for a year-end strategy session or an afternoon of reviews before the office shuts for the holidays.

Platters make these events easy to handle. One order can feed an entire team, and with online ordering it takes a few minutes to arrange from a desk. Businesses with several events across the season can build a relationship with their nearest Sandwich Baron store, so the catering for each function stops being something to worry about.

Quick meals between the big occasions

Plenty of December meals are not special occasions at all. Between parties, shopping and last-minute errands, a lot of South Africans just want a fresh, filling lunch in a hurry. That is where Sandwich Baron's takeaways come in: a toasted sandwich on the way to the mall, a wrap between meetings, or a salad to take along to the beach or the pool. Customers who would rather sit down for a few minutes can dine in at the stores.

Delivery at no charge and points for loyal customers

Online orders from Sandwich Baron, including fresh sandwiches and platters, come with free delivery. In a busy season, that is one of the most useful parts of the service for hosts who would rather not fetch a big order themselves.

Loyal customers also collect loyalty points with every order. The points can be used for free sandwiches, catering discounts and exclusive deals at all sixteen stores across the country, so they add up for families and businesses that order several times over the festive season.

Get December orders in early

Every kind of catering gets busiest in the final weeks of the year. Sandwich Baron encourages hosts who already know they will need platters for a late November or December function to order early, so their local store has time to prepare and confirm the details. Ordering early also leaves hosts time to decide on the mix of items and how many guests they need to cater for.

For families with visitors over the holidays, a platter on arrival night or a takeaway lunch on a busy shopping day can ease the load at home and free up more time to spend with the guests.

A homegrown South African brand

Sandwich Baron calls itself proudly 100% South African, with a menu created and loved by South Africans. It has grown from one store to sixteen nationwide, built on its franchisees and loyal customers in Gauteng and beyond. Every sandwich is made fresh, and the brand aims to treat every customer like family, which suits a season built around family gatherings.

Anyone planning year-end functions, office lunches or family get-togethers can view the menu, locate their nearest store and find out more at https://www.sandwichbaron.co.za/.

About Sandwich Baron

Sandwich Baron is South Africa's largest sandwich franchise and has sixteen stores across the country. It makes sandwiches, wraps, tramezzini, tacos, salads, baked potatoes, Banting meals, lunch boxes and platters fresh to order, and offers dine-in, takeaway, free online delivery and platter catering. Through its loyalty programme, regular customers earn points towards free sandwiches, catering discounts and exclusive deals. Sandwich Baron Franchising has its head office in Alberton North, Gauteng.