It can be hard to know what to do with all our plates.  It starts off easily enough, when we are young and living away from our family for the first time there is only so much crockery that we have, and so storing it isn’t an issue.

But as we get older finding a way of safely storing away crockery that we don’t use everyday – whether it be simply party crockery we only want people seeing when we have large gatherings, or our ‘best china’ when we have important guests, those that we want to impress – can get difficult.  Which is where the plate caddy comes in.

Plate Caddy

What is a plate caddy?  Simply put a plate caddy is a piece of equipment that is designed to safely store plates, whether it is high numbers or simply a few special ones.  They can come in all sorts of shapes and sizes, depending on what your needs are.

A common version of a plate caddy is that which is often seen in restaurants and other large dining areas – such as the cafeteria in a large business building or hospital.  This sort of plate caddy is usually a large plastic item that can hold dozens of plates if needed.

Usually they are wheeled to allow it to be moved around to where needed, and stored easily.  Obviously plates can weigh a lot, and the more plates the more difficult the plate caddy becomes to move – so wheels on it are essential.

There are plenty of other types of plate caddy – one many people will be familiar with is the box plate caddy that they may have looking after their best china, small and easily stacked on a shelf.  But that is just one type – there are many more styles of plate caddy available.