Split an Office Lunch or Team Order.Without becoming the accounts department.
One person orders for eight, and then spends two days collecting £9.40 from each of them. Split the food by what everyone ordered, share the delivery fee and tax in proportion, and send each person their exact amount in one message. Free, no signup.
Group expense split calculator
Split an office lunch, a group gift, or a party across everyone chipping in.
Everyone pays the same.
Enter a order total to see the split.
- Person 1$0.00
- Person 2$0.00
- Person 3$0.00
- Person 4$0.00
- Person 5$0.00
- Person 6$0.00
- Order total
- $0.00
- Total
- $0.00
Chasing eight people for money is the worst part.
FamZam sends everyone their exact share and tracks who has paid, so you stop being the group’s accounts department.
Why one person always ends up short
Fees split proportionally, not evenly
Splitting a £12 delivery fee evenly when one person ordered £9 and another £45 is where the quiet irritation starts. Fees should follow the food, because that is how they were incurred.
Exact amounts, not estimates
Copy each person’s precise share into the chat. Vague requests get vague payments, and the organiser absorbs the difference every time.
A running tab for regular orders
If the team orders weekly, a shared balance means one settlement a month instead of forty small transfers. Free, with no ads and no daily limit.
How to split a team order
- 1
Enter the food total
Before delivery, packing charges, service fee, and tax — those go in separately so everyone can see what they are paying for.
- 2
Add the fees and tax
Delivery and packing as extras, GST or sales tax as a percentage.
- 3
Split by what each person ordered
Enter each person’s own items. The fees and tax are then shared in proportion automatically.
- 4
Copy the split into the chat
Each person gets their exact number, tagged, in one message — and the organiser stops chasing.
Collecting without chasing
Send the amounts the same hour
The single largest cause of unsettled group orders is intending to send the numbers later. Attention has moved on by the afternoon.
Apply a coupon discount proportionally
A 20% off code applies to the whole order, so it should reduce everyone’s share by 20% — not be pocketed by whoever found it or applied only to one item.
Round in the group’s favour, not the organiser’s
If the split leaves odd amounts, the person who paid should not be the one absorbing them. Round each person up a few pence rather than rounding the organiser down.
For a regular order, keep a running tab
Weekly team lunches produce fifty small transfers a quarter. One monthly settlement is the same money and a fraction of the friction.
The awkward cases
Shared sides and drinks for the table
Genuinely shared items split evenly across everyone; individual orders split by what each person ordered. Mixing both in one calculation is fine — run the shared items as their own even split.
Someone didn’t eat but was on the order
Remove them entirely rather than giving them a token share. Charging someone for an order they did not eat is how a team stops volunteering to organise anything.
The company is paying for part of it
Subtract the company contribution from the total first, then split the remainder. Applying it as a per-person discount overpays whoever ordered the least.
A group gift where people contribute different amounts
Set a suggested amount rather than a required one, and use percentage or exact-amount mode so people can give what they want without it being visible as a comparison.
One person never pays back
Stop putting their order on your card. It sounds blunt and it is the only thing that reliably works — a visible balance makes it obvious without anyone having to say it.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do you split an office lunch order fairly?
Split the food by what each person ordered, then share the delivery fee, packing charges and tax in proportion to each person’s food total rather than evenly. Splitting fixed fees evenly overcharges whoever ordered least, which is where the irritation usually starts.
How do you split a delivery fee between people?
In proportion to what each person ordered. A £12 delivery fee split evenly between someone who ordered £9 and someone who ordered £45 charges them the same for a service whose cost was driven by the larger order.
How do you apply a coupon discount when splitting an order?
Proportionally across everyone. A 20% off code applies to the whole order, so every person’s share should drop by 20%. It should not be pocketed by whoever found the code or applied to a single item.
How do you collect money for a group order without chasing?
Send each person their exact amount within the same hour, tagged individually, rather than a total and a request to work out their own share. Vague requests get vague payments and the organiser absorbs the difference.
What if the company is paying for part of the lunch?
Subtract the company’s contribution from the total first, then split the remainder among everyone. Applying it as a flat per-person discount overpays whoever ordered the least.
How do you handle a regular team lunch?
Keep a running balance instead of settling each order. A weekly team lunch produces around fifty small transfers a quarter; one monthly settlement moves the same money with far less friction.