Panda Express 12-16 person Party Bundle

The 12-16 person Party Bundle is the entry catering package at Panda Express: two party tray entrees, two party tray sides and fortune cookies for $119.00. It is the first order size where per person cost drops well under a single Plate, landing between roughly seven and ten dollars a head depending on how far you stretch it.

Party trays are the difference from a Family Meal. Each tray serves a group rather than a household, arriving in half sized aluminum pans that hold heat for a service window. Two entrees and two sides is the standard ratio for a mixed crowd, and choosing one battered entree alongside one wok dish covers most preferences without asking anyone to compromise.

The brand publishes a calorie range for the bundle rather than a single figure, since the contents are chosen. That range is wide by design, and the honest way to plan a real order is per tray rather than per bundle. Both the catering calculator on this site and the item pages for each entree carry the numbers to work from.

How much is the 12-16 person Party Bundle? $119.00 nationally, which works out to about $8.50 per person at the top of its range. Premium entrees carry upcharges, and stores want lead time on trays, usually a day.

It suits office lunches, team events and family gatherings around a dozen people. The 18-22 person bundle at $168.00 and the 26-30 person bundle at $211.00 scale up from here, both dropping the per person figure further.