Currently at 19 euros per day, the ceiling for restaurant tickets could increase to 25 euros per day. The 6 euros of additional purchasing power do not displease Reunionese.
In the process of moving to 25 euros per day, the maximum lunch vouchers will experience a rise of 6 euros.
A welcome increase
This increase is welcome for regular users of meal tickets: “Today it is something that is super practicalexplains a man, especially when you have quite tight budgets for the meal after work“. Another adds: “It allows us to spend more restaurant tickets and therefore reduce the cost“.
Distributed by employers to their employees, restaurant tickets are used to restore but also for grocery shopping food: “At noon when I use a lunch voucher, I don’t have any for this amountexplains a mother, and as the supermarkets accept it, it’s interesting to spend 25 instead of 19, that’s a few small additional purchases“, she indicates.
More purchasing power
New ceiling does not mean more money but more purchasing powerwhich would benefit restaurateurs, suffering from inflation, as Françoise Lock Kang, restaurateur, explains: “This is very important because around our establishment we have many offices and these are their main means of payment. Going from 19 euros to 25 euros, it allows us to have 6 euros more in average tickets and it is still a good boost for us restaurateurs after all that has happened“, she concludes.
the government says to himself favorable to this increase, the ceiling for lunch vouchers should be revised upwards from September 1st next.
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