Work out quantity per person, per day, first
Group camps fail on food in one of two ways: running out on day two, or coming home with three unopened boxes of biscuits. A rough planning number that works for active teenagers and adults is 500-600g of food per person per day, spread across three meals and one snack round. Scale from there once you know your headcount.
Buying in bulk changes what you should choose
When you're feeding 20 or 40 people instead of 4, the calculation changes. Individually wrapped snacks cost more per gram and create more rubbish to carry out. A bulk box of dates splits into ration bags on-site with a kitchen scale in about twenty minutes, and what's left over keeps for the next camp instead of expiring in someone's cupboard.
Storage for a multi-day camp
Dried food needs to stay dry more than it needs to stay cold. Keep bulk stock in a sealed container, off the ground, away from direct sun — a wet cardboard box by day two is a bigger problem than a slightly warm snack. Rotate older stock to the front so nothing sits past a camp or two.
Assign one person to portioning
The single biggest cause of running short is nobody controlling portions — food disappears fastest when it's sitting loose in a communal tub. Have one person split the bulk stock into daily bags before the camp starts, not during it.
What this looks like for a troop or school group
A standard scout troop weekend — 2 nights, 3 days, 30 people — typically needs 8-10kg of mixed dried snacks including dates, on top of regular meals. Our pemborong kurma and wholesale dates stock is sized for exactly this kind of order, and one larger box costs less per kilo than several small ones.
Plan by weight per person, buy in bulk once the headcount is set, and portion everything before the trip — not once everyone's already hungry.