FAQ

The first meal voucher in card format, the Swibeco Lunch Card allows you to offer employees additional tax-exempt purchasing power to spend on food. Easy to set up, the Swibeco Lunch Card is a simple and modern alternative to paper-based meal vouchers.

The Swibeco Lunch Card is accepted in all Swiss restaurants, bakeries, delicatessens, canteens and fast food outlets (i.e. more than 35,000 establishments) provided that they accept Visa cards, which is generally the case. It is accepted as a payment method for food and meal expenses only.

As employer, you determine the monthly amount transferred to the Swibeco Lunch Card on the basis of your remuneration policy.

Yes, absolutely. Employees can receive meal vouchers for days when they are not reimbursed by an expense claim.

The Swibeco Lunch Card is aimed at all types of businesses, regardless of legal structure (company, administration, association, foundation), size (starting with one employee), structure (one centralised site or multiple sites) or location (city or countryside).

The monthly amount completely exempt of charges and taxes is CHF 180, i.e. CHF 2,160 per year.

Upon receipt of a salary statement, any employee can benefit from the Swibeco Lunch Card, whether they work on a full-time, part-time or seasonal basis. As employer, you determine whether to allocate the Swibeco Lunch Card on the basis of your remuneration policy.

As employer, you determine the value of meal voucher payments to your employees. You may opt to vary amounts between employees and calculate them based on working hours and position within the company.

If the meal voucher payments to the Swibeco Lunch Card do not exceed the CHF 180 limit per employee, per month, tick box G only on the salary statement.
If the value of the meal vouchers exceeds the CHF 180 limit, simply add the difference to the salary declared under figure 1 on the salary statement.

The Swibeco Lunch Card is valid for three years. After three years, it will be automatically renewed unless otherwise requested by yourself.

Our contracts require no long-term commitment. You can terminate your Swibeco Lunch Card meal voucher orders at any time.

As employer, you determine the frequency of meal voucher payments to Swibeco Lunch Cards (monthly, quarterly, etc.).

The administrative burden is negligible. Once you have signed your contract, we will set up your management and order extranet. This makes payments to your employees’ Swibeco Lunch Cards as easy as a bank transfer.
Following the first order, your employees’ cards will be delivered directly to their home addresses. No handling or distribution is required unlike with paper-based meal vouchers.

Contactless cards are very common in Switzerland and belong to the latest generation of bank cards. Unlike old generations of cards, you are not required to insert your card into the terminal or enter your PIN. This enables quick payments of amounts under CHF 40 at tills, in food stores or in restaurants equipped with a compatible payment terminal. This feature is symbolised by the icon on the card and terminal.

In this case, you stop the contribution to your employee’s meal expenses. You have the following options: A. Cancel the card immediately in your extranet, the balance of the card will then be credited to you. B. Continue to finance the costs of the card for the period of your choice so that your employee can use the amounts paid before his/her departure, until the balance is fully used and taking into account the validity of the card (3 years).

Cornèrcard is the Swibeco partner, responsible for the set-up and management of the Swibeco Lunch Cards.

To ensure that the supermarkets and restaurants that accept the Swibeco Lunch Card are reimbursed for your employees’ transactions, the equivalent value of your meal voucher payments must be pre-paid into a blocked account. Under no circumstances will BenefitsForYou have access to these funds. This is a guarantee for all Swibeco Lunch Card stakeholders (company, employee, acceptance network).

The employee beneficiary can block the card (protected by a PIN code) via our smartphone app, their extranet account or by contacting our user call centre operated by our partner Cornèrcard (open 24/7 in English, French, German and Italian – CHF 1.40 per minute) at 091 800 41 41.

You can also block the card via your own customer extranet.

The Swibeco Lunch Card no longer works once blocked, ensuring the balance remains intact. Depending on the reason for blocking the card, the process can be reversed by our customer service (e.g. if the card is found) or a new card will automatically sent to your employee’s home address (if card permanently blocked). In the event that a new Swibeco Lunch Card is ordered, your company will be billed in accordance with the contractual terms and conditions agreed between Swibeco and your company.