Is there any change coming for your meal vouchers? Olivia Grégoire, Deputy Minister for Business, Tourism and Consumer Affairs, announced on BFM this weekend that she wanted a law to be put in place to maintain their use in supermarkets.
Good news coming for all meal voucher users? As a reminder, since 2022, it has been possible to use restaurant vouchers to purchase non-directly consumable products on the shelves (flour, pasta, rice, meat, etc.), whereas they are normally reserved only for directly consumable products. consumables in addition to restaurants. The measure, initially supposed to end on December 31, 2023, was finally extended until the end of 2024.
A new law in September?
After that? The measure could finally be taken. In any case, this is the wish of Olivia Grégoire, Deputy Minister in charge of Business, Tourism and Consumption. Friday April 12, on BFMTV, the minister explained that a text of law could come to finalize the system in September.
There are four actors who benefit from meal vouchers: employees, employers, restaurants and promoters. It is not the minister alone in her office, nor the parliamentarians who must decide, she adds, insisting on the fact that she has been consulting them for several months, as noted The Parisian.
One thing is certain: the French are largely in favor of this measure. According to a ViaVoice study carried out for the national commission for meal vouchers, 96% of French people are in favor of extending the system. Difficult, therefore, for the minister to say no to this.
Olivia Gregoire will, however, have to deal with the concerns of restaurateurs, some of whom are observing a decline in the use of meal vouchers in their establishments. Proposals are on the table, do we need 25 euros in restaurants and 25 euros in large and medium-sized stores? There are ideas for double ceilings which are currently being discussed, assures the minister at the microphone of BFMTV.
Finally, Olivia Grégoire is pushing for the dematerialization of meal vouchers. While 30% of restaurant vouchers are still in paper format, these, according to the minister, lose nearly 40 million euros per year in consumer purchasing power. We often forget it in our bag, we leave it in a coat or we put it in the washing machine, estimates Olivia Grgoire BFMTV.