Short answer: For an office lunch, confirm headcount and dietary needs 48 hours out, order 24 hours ahead, plan about 3 slices or 2 slices plus a sub per person, and budget roughly $15–$20 per person with tax.
You’ve been volunteered to order lunch. Here’s how to make everyone happy without blowing the budget.
The 10-point checklist
- Final headcount, plus 10% if people bring guests.
- Dietary needs: vegetarians, gluten-free, allergies. Ask in one message.
- Budget per person. Pizza catering usually lands around $15–$20 with tax. See real prices.
- Variety. Mix pizza with a sub platter and salad so the non-pizza people eat too.
- Order 24 hours ahead, or 48 for 50+ people.
- Delivery or pickup. Our catering delivery is a flat $15 per trip.
- Arrival time. Ask for food 15 minutes before the meeting starts.
- Setup. Clear a table and grab napkins, plates and a serving spoon for salad.
- Label the boxes, especially gluten-free and vegetarian.
- Leftovers plan. Someone always wants to take a slice home.
Let the builder do it
Type something like “lunch for 25 at our office Wednesday at 12:30, 5 vegetarians, deliver” into our catering builder. It picks the pizzas, sub platters, salad and knots and shows the total with tax.
Recurring lunches
Doing this every week? Mention it in your order notes and we’ll set up a schedule with you. Office lunch catering details →