More than 80% of the employees consider it necessary to increase the restaurant ticket amount due to inflation

In recent months, the Spaniards have made changes to their domestic economy to deal with the constant price increases due to inflation, however, this adjustment must be made at all levels. Similarly, at the start of the income campaign at the beginning of April, the government was asked from the Register of Tax Consulting Economists (Reaf) to update the exempt amount of travel expenses and restaurant ticket that companies give to their teams since the amounts, which have not changed since 2005 and 2018 respectively, are outdated.

Currently, travel expenses are €0.19 per kilometer while restaurant vouchers remain at €11 per day – that’s €220 per month – despite the fact that today’s daily menu costs from €12 onwards for almost 8 out of 10 people according to its latest study kobe, The first European digital platform to manage employee benefit plans in a flexible and fully automated way.

Similarly, nearly 9 in 10 people said they had seen a rise in prices for daily or à la carte menus in restaurants in their area in the past year, leading 58% of employees to believe that the amount set by law corresponds to €11 per day. It coincides with the inflationary situation we are witnessing, and 83% of those consider it necessary to raise the mentioned daily amount.

Restaurant ticket is one of the most used benefits by employees

Despite this situation, the restaurant check has recently become one of the most used benefits by teams, specifically the third most used (41%), after health insurance (48%) and training. (41%). Thus, 35% confirm that they usually use this feature while 47% of the population do not have access to this resource, but would like to have it.

And it is that Spanish families are thinking more and more about eating out during their working day. Most of the workforce usually does not have time to eat at home during their working day. This means that they have to plan the menus in advance and prepare the food the day before. But sometimes this is impossible or we feel lazy, so in the end we end up eating out or ordering fast food. Hence, restaurant inspection has become a must-have among the employees, as they can also make significant savings thanks to the tax advantages that it entails. However, the figures must be updated according to Spanish realities, because in cities like Madrid or Barcelona it is almost impossible to find daily menus for less than 13 euros, ”points out Jaime Sanchez, director of Cobee Marketplace.

And it is that Spanish families are more and more considering eating out during their working hours, given the constant increase in food prices and the time it takes to think and prepare food in advance so that they can take it to the office makes employees increasingly choose to eat out of the office or order food at home.

In fact, after analyzing the various prices carried out by OCU, the organization was able to verify the occurrence of the largest price increase in 34 years, with an average cost increase of more than 15% for the products that make up our basket, namely milk, cheese, eggs, oils, fats and meat, These are the products for which the price hike has been significant, as evidenced by the National Statistical Institute.

In the words of Roberto Ruiz Ra, Restaurant Consultant, “It is important for the new hotel industry to be able to collect and measure the impact of inflation in the cost of their menus in order to implement the necessary levers that allow them to continue to sustain their growth, such as a restaurant check.”

Thus, it is not surprising that only a third of workers take their Tupperware to the office, while 4 in 10 people admit to eating almost daily in restaurants if they go to the office, the company notes, and 31% usually order delivery when working remotely or in the office, a number that rises in the case of millennials to 51%.

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