2023-10-02 11:35:36
The minister “several months ago commissioned the Competition Authority to see if the operation of the meal voucher market was fair”. BERTRAND GUAY / AFP
The government is accelerating administrative dematerialization. Guest of FranceinfoMonday October 2, the Minister Delegate responsible for small and medium-sized businesses and trade, Olivia Grégoire, announced the dematerialization of meal vouchers « avant 2026 »in particular, to make the procedure less costly for restaurateurs.
According to her, five million employees today use meal vouchers, but “a quarter of restaurateurs refuse them because it’s too complicated [de jongler entre papier et carte] ». “The commissions are too high and the procedures much too cumbersome” for restaurateurs who “lack of cash”she adds.
The minister has “missioned the Competition Authority several months ago to see if the operation of the Ticket Restaurant market was fair”. The result of this investigation is awaited ” in the coming days “ et “if there was a proven market dysfunction”the minister would not hesitate to “cap commissions”located today between 3% and 5%, she assured. “And we will rather cap them on the floor than on the ceiling”specified the minister.
Restaurateurs pay a commission to the companies issuing meal vouchers, taken from the amount paid to them by their customers. Thus, for a meal paid for 10 euros in meal vouchers, with a commission between 3% and 5%, the restaurateur pays between 30 cents and 50 cents.
The companies issuing meal vouchers Edenred, Up, Natixis Intertitres and Sodexo were ordered in 2019 by the Competition Authority to pay 415 million fines for anti-competitive practices, and the appeal decision should be rendered this year.
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