We were paying for wine by the bottle, rather than a 5hr drink package, when it came time for the speeches and toasts no-one asked for the bubbly to be served, so all toasts were done with wine. I only realised after we had gone home, so it wasn't such a big problem, though a little dissapointed as what is a wedding without Champagne?
The other was I had a 3 tire cake, the top layer being fruit, the bottom 2 chocolate mud cake. The fruit cake was for the few traditionlay rellies who like fruit cake, which I don't. Anyway I assume they served up all the cake, as I didn't have any to take home after, I don't know if they had some left over out the back, either way they never gave it back to me. I didn't have a large wedding either.

I also have a friend who was buying wine by the bottle, over a drinks package and her reception centre kept clearing away her half full/empty wine glass whenever she walked away from it to socialise with guests. At one point she left a note on it asking for it the be left and it was still cleared away. She was annoyed at the thought that if this was happening to many guests, that she was paying for alot of wine to be thrown out.