Four ounces is considered the normal serving. For 150 to 200 people you will need 40 to 50 pounds. If they are hungry you may want to go more than that!
That is 87.5 pounds
The normal serving of potato salad should be around 4 ounces. 1 pound would feed 4 people, so you would need 33 and 3/4 pounds to feed 135 people.
Since 25 pounds feeds 100, you'll need 106 1/4 pounds of potato salad.
1 Gallon of potato salad feeds about 30 people, so 3.33 Gallons.
how many pounds of potato salad do I need to feed 100 people
I would make 12 pounds
To serve 300 people, you will need about 9.375 gallons of potato salad. This is based on one gallon being 16 cups, so, if you figure 1/2 cup per serving, one gallon should serve 32 people.
I would use 50 pounds. I would serve 4 oz portions.
As a guide allow 4 ounces of potato salad per person.4oz x 50 equals 200oz, that's 12.5 pounds of potato salad.Some folk may take a little more, some folk won't take any as they might not like potato salad.Therefore 12.5 pounds should be enough for 50 people.
Generally speaking, 5 lbs of potato salad will fee 30 people. 12 people would be a little over half of that, so around 2.5 lbs of potato salad.
Between 30-35 pounds should serve 130 people.
about 16 people. If they are big eaters, 12 people.