Publix Sub Platter Prices Next to Buying Whole Subs

A Publix sub platter costs less than the same subs bought whole. A small Publix Deli Sub Selections platter is $28.99, and the four whole subs it adds up to would cost $39.96.

The trade-off is time. A platter needs a day’s notice, while a whole sub can be ready in 30 minutes.

Sub platter prices by size

Publix makes four sub platters, two Boar’s Head hero platters and a Cubanitos platter, each for about 10, 18 or 28 people. These are the prices on publix.com, starting from its sandwich platters page, for Publix’s Southgate Shopping Center store in Lakeland, Florida (#1270), on October 24, 2026.

Prices vary by store. The Cubanitos platter also comes in a mini size for about 4, at $15.99.

On either Sub Selections platter you pick three kinds of sub from turkey, roast beef, ham, Ultimate, Italian and veggie, each with its own bread and cheese. The breads are white, wheat, Italian 5-grain or a soft sub roll, and lettuce, tomato, mustard packets and mayo packets are checkboxes.

Publix’s version adds jalapeño pepper jack to the cheese list, and Boar’s Head’s adds smoked and chipotle Gouda. The Bold platter swaps in Boar’s Head jerk turkey, chipotle chicken and Cajun turkey.

The hero platters come as set recipes. The Sophisticated Delight pairs SmokeMaster ham and Cracked Pepper Mill turkey with cream Havarti and Pepperhouse Gourmaise, and the Crowd Pleaser stacks maple honey turkey with fontina, bacon and honey mustard.

What the same subs cost whole

Publix doesn’t say how many subs come on a platter, but its calorie figures do. Each sub on the Publix Deli Sub Selections platter is listed at 130 to 290 calories and the small platter at 2,080 to 4,640, which works out to 16 subs. The medium holds 24 and the large 36.

The bread on each platter sub is 120 calories, against 470 for a whole white sub roll, so four of them make about one whole sub. The cheese and meat work out about the same.

Whole Publix Ultimate, turkey and Italian subs cost $9.99 each at the Lakeland store. Against them, the platter saves $10.97 at the small size, $9.95 at the medium and $19.92 at the large.

With Boar’s Head meats the gap is wider, since nine whole Boar’s Head Ultimate subs at $11.49 come to $103.41, against $79.99 for the large Boar’s Head platter.

Whole subs win on speed and choice. Every sub on the Publix sub menu shows “Ready as soon as 30 minutes,” and you get the full list of toppings and condiments, while platter subs come with lettuce, tomato and packets only.

A whole sub would have to cost less than $7.25 for four of them to beat a small platter, so a weekly sale rarely changes the answer. Our Publix sub of the week page tracks how low the deal goes.

With a day to spare, we’d take the platter. It’s cheaper, it arrives cut and plated, and it mixes three kinds of sub. Buy whole subs when the party is today.

The Cubanitos platter is the bargain

The Publix Deli Cubanitos Platter costs $30 less than a large Sub Selections platter, $39.99 against $69.99 for about 28 people. The little sandwiches are Cuban bread with sweet ham, roast pork, Swiss cheese, dill pickles and Publix’s mayonnaise mustard mix.

Publix’s calorie counts suggest it isn’t less food. The large Cubanitos platter is listed at 7,130 calories, in the middle of the 4,680 to 10,440 for a large Sub Selections platter.

At the small size the gap shrinks to $2, so the savings grow with the crowd. For a big party with no one avoiding pork, it gives more food for the money than any of the sub or hero platters, going by Publix’s own calorie counts.

Ringleaders and meal wheels for smaller groups

Publix’s sandwich wheel page sells ring-shaped party sandwiches in two sizes. A Ringleader serves about 10 and a meal wheel about 5, though Publix uses both names, and sandwich wheel too, on the same page.

• Publix Deli Ringleader in Ultimate, turkey, ham, Italian, chicken or roast beef, $24.99, or $20.99 for the veggie
• Boar’s Head Ringleader, $29.99
• Publix Deli Meal Wheel, $15.99, or $12.99 for the veggie
• Boar’s Head Meal Wheel, $17.99

Both can be cut in slices, a checkbox on each product page. Publix counts a serving of the Ultimate Ringleader as 330 calories, half the lightest whole Ultimate sub at 660, so its “serves 10” assumes a light lunch.

The same page puts medium and large sandwich platters at 15 to 25 guests, fewer than the 18 and 28 on the order buttons, a mismatch our guide to how many people Publix platters feed walks through. It also invites you to the deli counter to sample meats and cheeses before you order.

Wraps, sliders and the other sandwich platters

The Wrap Variety platters work like the Sub Selections ones, with three kinds rolled in white, wheat, spinach or tomato wraps, and the Boar’s Head version adds a keto wrap and a gluten-free white wrap. Publix’s costs $28.99, $49.99 or $69.99 and Boar’s Head’s $32.99, $59.99 or $79.99.

Two Boar’s Head naan platters, Mediterranean with lemon pepper chicken and hummus, and chicken bacon ranch, run from $14.99 for about 4 to $39.99 for about 28. The Boar’s Head Turkey Slider Trio puts three turkeys on sweet rolls for $19.99 to $75.99, and a small Boar’s Head Chicken Lettuce Wrap Platter for about 10 is $19.99.

The Classic Slider Trio and the croissant Entertainer platter sit with the cold cut trays in our list of deli trays, from cold cuts to croissants.

Ordering a sub platter

Every sub and sandwich platter shows “Ready as soon as tomorrow,” and the product pages ask for 24 hours’ notice and say to call your Publix store if you need it sooner. Choose your store first on publix.com, because the prices shown follow the store you pick.

Fruit, vegetable and chicken platters round out the table. Our look at what a Publix fruit tray costs per pound covers the produce side, and the chicken platters are in our rundown of the Publix catering menu.