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TREND SPOTTED   06.18.09 9:00 AM PRINT | SEND TO A FRIEND |
Low-Cost, Crowd-Pleasing Catering
As planners keep a closer watch on food costs, inexpensive fare like corn dogs, popcorn, and French fries are popping up on event menus.

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Passed food from Food for Thought at Target's Bullseye Bazaar pop-up in Chicago in May included mini corn dogs and chicken nachos. - Photo: Barry Brecheisen for BizBash
Passed food from Food for Thought at Target's Bullseye Bazaar pop-up in Chicago in May included mini corn dogs and chicken nachos.
Photo: Barry Brecheisen for BizBash
Guests nibbled on dried fruit at People and Time's party at the St. Regis Hotel during the White House Correspondents' Association dinner weekend in May. - Photo: Jason Kempin/WireImage.com
Guests nibbled on dried fruit at People and Time's party at the St. Regis Hotel during the White House Correspondents' Association dinner weekend in May.
Photo: Jason Kempin/WireImage.com
The Cartoon Network's carnival-themed Adult Swim party for Upfront Week in New York in May had branded booths at the Nokia Theatre hawking corn dogs, pizza, peanuts, and hot dogs. - Photo: BizBash
The Cartoon Network's carnival-themed Adult Swim party for Upfront Week in New York in May had branded booths at the Nokia Theatre hawking corn dogs, pizza, peanuts, and hot dogs.

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The Art Gallery of Ontario's Massive Party in April passed hors d'oeuvres like French fries and mini Cubano sandwiches.  - Photo: Nikki Leigh McKean for BizBash
The Art Gallery of Ontario's Massive Party in April passed hors d'oeuvres like French fries and mini Cubano sandwiches. 
Photo: Nikki Leigh McKean for BizBash
At the greater Washington chapter of the International Special Events Society's annual Capital Awards Gala in April, guests helped themselves to a buffet of flavored popcorn by Smoothie Time. - Photo: Yassine El Mansouri for BizBash
At the greater Washington chapter of the International Special Events Society's annual Capital Awards Gala in April, guests helped themselves to a buffet of flavored popcorn by Smoothie Time.
Photo: Yassine El Mansouri for BizBash
Instead of doing its traditional sit-down benefit dinner, New York's Public Art Fund held a bowling night at Lucky Strike Lanes in May with buffet-style food and bottles of beer in Champagne buckets. - Photo: John Minchillo for BizBash
Instead of doing its traditional sit-down benefit dinner, New York's Public Art Fund held a bowling night at Lucky Strike Lanes in May with buffet-style food and bottles of beer in Champagne buckets.
Photo: John Minchillo for BizBash



  —Lisa Cericola
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