31 August 2020

Food expenses: save and enjoy healthy menus

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The food expenses are among those that have the greatest impact on the family economy. The company's management is also aware of this and knows that its employees spend a significant proportion of their salary on the costs of feeding their families.

Often, these costs increase when healthy alternatives are sought. This is what parents who choose to buy organic food for their children and who opt for an organic food product are finding. balanced diet for themselves, leaving out processed foods, fats and alcohol.

This is a price-linked goal, which can be more difficult to achieve when the parent(s) have to eat away from home. However, when it is the company that pays for the food expenses, it is easier to meet the set targets and benefit from a healthy diet.

How to reduce food costs and eat a balanced diet?

The first step towards a healthier way of eating is to set your mind to it. Setting a goal helps you to make better choices and to choose foods of higher nutritional quality. When it comes to shopping, that goes without saying, but what happens when you have to eat away from home for work?

This is where the aim of healthy eating converges with the aim of reducing food costs. Do you know how to achieve this?

  1. Commit to your goal and follow these guidelines proposed by the FOOD programme when choosing a restaurant menu.
  2. Go to the webinars offered by your company and posters hung in common areas.
  3. Agree with your employer on a flexible remuneration system.

Ticket Restaurant is one of the benefits of the flexible remuneration system.. Thanks to this solution not only does it make it easier to pay for the food costs of your working day, but it also saves you money. Do you know how? These solutions, as is the case with Ticket Transport or Ticket Kindergarten, among others, are linked to an important tax benefit.

This means that, at the same time that you eat a healthy menu in a restaurant (also in your home delivery orders), you benefit from the collection of a part of your salary exempt from income tax. This exemption represents a percentage that you gain in purchasing power at the end of the year.

Imagine how easy it is to eat well, to enjoy a balanced diet, without having to plan, no time-consuming shopping trips and no extra food expenses. Imagine that these advantages are just the beginning, since by not having to pay personal income tax, the tax benefit is reflected in your purchasing power every month and that these savings can be used for whatever you want.

If you already know the amount of your salary that you would like to dedicate to Ticket Restaurant (knowing that the maximum tax deductible amount is 11 euros per working day), go to this link for calculate how much your savings could amount to in just one year.

Do you already know how much you are interested in this way of managing your food expenses?

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