Key figures

  • 66%Would still take the allowance on a card
  • 81%Use a meal card for lunch
  • 8%Would spend a cash allowance only on food
  • 93%See meal cards as necessary

Key findings

  1. Asked for their preference, 66% chose a meal card, 19% cash and 11% a canteen; 3% had no preference.
  2. Of those preferring cash, 76% would spend it on groceries, 59% on personal needs and 43% on transport.
  3. Cards are loaded with TRY 1,098 a month on average; those paid in cash receive TRY 1,430 (October 2022).
  4. Half of employees find the card balance insufficient; the average requested limit is TRY 1,688.
  5. Sodexo is the most used card (28%), followed by MultiNet (21%), Yemekmatik (17%) and Ticket Restaurant (13%).
  6. Yemekmatik has the highest user satisfaction (78%), followed by Ticket Restaurant and Sodexo.
  7. The range of supermarkets accepting the card is the most important feature; a quarter of employees want to use it outside working hours.

About the research

Method
Online survey, PRAGMA Panel
Date
10–16 October 2022
Sample
400 full-time employees aged 20–59 in Istanbul, Ankara and Izmir
Partner
Marketing Türkiye

Pages from the report

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