Go back to your subreport idea - Does this really need to be in the detail or can it be in the header? Link it based on the group info instead of the details, put the formula that concatenates the data in the subreport report footer and suppress all of the other sections.
If the data must be in the detail line, leave the subreport in the group header and do the following:
1. Make the subreport tiny or make the text in the subreport white so that the data doesn't actually appear in the group header.
2. In the main report, create formula with a shared variable that will contain the concatenated data.
3. In the subreport, set the formula that concatenates the data to use the shared variable from the main report.
4. Put this new formula in the detail section of your main report.
-Dell