While the user-up of restaurant titles is extended until the end of 2026 and their disappearance in approaching paper format, restaurateurs and government opposed the future of this device which weighs 10 billion euros per year.
The daily ceiling for use of restaurant titles remains, in this month of August 2025, maintained at 25 € per day, in one or more transactions, both for meals and for food purchases. In addition, the extension of the use of restaurant titles for the purchase of non-consumable products immediately (pasta, oil, preserves …) was extended until December 31, 2026, thanks to a text adopted Wednesday, November 20 at the National Assembly, as indicated The world.
However, several votes offer to extend the ceiling of the use of restaurant titles. Alain Fontaine, the president of the French Association of Masters Restaurants (AFMR), pleaded on Monday August 4 for an extensive use of restaurant titles. “Completely release the ceiling for restaurants,” he said on TF1, favorable to the idea that the French can use all their balance all at once in restaurants.
According to CNews, this elevation of the ceiling could compensate for the 1.5 billion euros of shortfall for restaurateurs since the titles can be used in supermarkets. According to information from the Capital Media, several changes are to be anticipated in this reform led by the Minister Delegate in charge of Trade, Véronique Louwagie.
What does the reform of the restaurant titles planned for the fall of 2025 contain?
Véronique Louwagie relies on an application in the fall of 2025 or in the spring of 2026 and, according to capital, several changes are to be anticipated in this reform. June 17, 2025, in an article of West Francethe minister already announced the end of paper-restaurants in paper from January 1, 2027. In addition, this means of payment should be extended to Sunday and could include the possibility of making donations.
In addition, the Minister of Commerce and SMEs announced on June 26, during a press conference, its sustainability for food purchases from 2027, nevertheless excluding alcohol, confectionery, childhood products or animal feed from the products concerned.
However, as Capital reports, the idea made by restoration professionals to establish a higher double ceiling for restaurants than for large distribution has been abandoned to the disadvantage of employers’ organizations. Recall that restaurant titles, created in 1967, are a means of payment enjoyed 5.5 million employees in France, representing 10 billion euros in annual expenses, according to TF1 Info.
Posted on August 11 at 07:00 am, Axel June, 6medias
