Why offer €15 meal vouchers per day to your employees?

The cost of lunch has naturally evolved over time. A meal voucher amount that met workers’ needs a few years ago may now be worth reassessing. In a context where companies are seeking to remain attractive, gradually aligning employee benefits with market realities represents an interesting opportunity.

Discover 10 good reasons why, as an employer, you have every interest in switching to €15 Edenred Meal vouchers per day.

1. A major asset for attracting and retaining talent

In today’s job market, it’s essential to have good HR levers to attract and retain talent. Younger generations, in particular, attach great importance to these benefits. Maintain your competitive position by implementing this increase and attract the best talent.

2. Excellent tax benefits for you and your employees

Here’s why meal vouchers are advantageous:

• Meal vouchers are 100% tax-deductible for the company
• They are 40% cheaper than a salary increase
• Your employees benefit from 100% of their net value

3. A Concrete purchasing power advantage

With rising food prices, every euro counts, both for families and for workers living alone. Thanks to this benefit, you offer your workers up to €3,235/year! They immediately feel the effects in their wallet.

4. Simple to Implement

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5. More options for healthy eating

A balanced diet improves concentration, reduces fatigue and increases productivity. By enabling your employees to access better quality meals, you’re investing directly in their performance.

Moreover, by facilitating access to better nutrition, you contribute to the prevention of numerous health problems (obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases) and, by extension, to reducing absenteeism.

6. Better team spirit

The lunch break isn’t just a time to eat: it’s a privileged moment for exchange where bonds are forged between colleagues, where ideas emerge informally, where company culture is naturally transmitted.

Teams that regularly lunch together develop better communication, more mutual trust and smoother collaboration. It’s an indirect but powerful investment in your company culture.

7. A Stronger Employer Brand

Enhance your employer brand by demonstrating your commitment to your team’s daily needs in a context where a company’s reputation spreads rapidly via social networks and platforms like Glassdoor.

Potential candidates scrutinize testimonials from current and former employees, and employee benefits are among the most commented-on criteria.

Your satisfied employees become your best ambassadors. They’ll spontaneously talk about this benefit in their network, facilitating recruitment by referral and improving your overall image.

8. Daily recognition

Salary is perceived as something owed, a normal exchange for work provided. Employee benefits, on the other hand, are interpreted as additional marks of attention, proof that the company genuinely cares about its teams’ well-being.

By investing €15 per day in your employees’ food, you’re concretely telling them:

• “Your well-being matters to us”
• “We recognize your daily contribution”
• “We’re investing in your quality of life”

Employees who feel valued are 31% more engaged (according to Gallup) and 87% less likely to leave the company. This daily recognition creates a virtuous circle of motivation and loyalty.

In a context where salary increase budgets are often constrained, increasing meal vouchers represents a concrete and immediately perceptible action that demonstrates your commitment better than any speech.

9. Flexible use

Meal vouchers are flexible, as your workers can use them in restaurants as well as in supermarkets and local shops. By granting meal vouchers to your workers, you also support local merchants, the restaurant sector and short supply chains.

10. Stronger together with Edenred Meal

Edenred is not just a partner in employee benefits:

🔺 Edenred meal vouchers are usable in the widest network of merchants
🔺 Ultra-simple payment with your smartphone or smartwatch using Apple Pay and Google Pay.
🔺 Future-proof thanks to innovative Mastercard technology.
🔺 Card manufactured in Europe from 100% recycled PVC.

Provide a concrete response to inflation, stand out from the competition and invest in what really matters: the well-being and loyalty of your talent.