The government wants to « perpetuate » food races but end with paper tickets – Liberation
After The hiccup caused by censorship of the Barnier governmentthe government takes the lead this time. The Minister of Commerce and SMEs, Véronique Louwagie, announced Tuesday, June 17 in the evening in Ouest-France The sustainability after January 1, 2027 of the use of supermarket restaurants for products not directly consumable, while the executive continues to work on a reform of the device.
Last January, the system to allow the use of restaurant titles for food shopping at the supermarket had been extended for two yearsuntil December 31, 2026, pending a reform.
« Two points are decided: the sustainability of the system For products not directly consumable and dematerialization « restaurant titles declared the minister to the regional daily, adding that she wanted « Build as quickly as possible » to a text on this payment system.
The other decision acted with Ouest-France By Véronique Louwagie, the dematerialization of restaurant titles, is justified by the Minister by « Very heavy management » imposed by the paper format on « Restaurateurs ». Consequently, emitters of restaurant titles « Must anticipate to no longer have paper stocks on January 1, 2027 »warned the minister in the columns of the same newspaper.
The perimeter of the restaurant-securities system has been arouses criticisms of many catering professionals for several months, who consider that the use of restaurant titles in supermarkets is a « Diversion » from the principle of restaurant titles.
During the last extension of the system, in January, the UMIH, the main professional organization in the hotel and catering, had denounced a « Bad blow to restaurateurs ».
Among the tracks suggested by catering professionals: the establishment of a double ceiling, higher for catering than in large distribution. A track taken « Very seriously »declares the minister to Ouest-Francewhile highlighting the need to « Check its legal feasibility ».
At the end of 2023, the Competition Authority had rendered the government’s request to the sector at the sector’s request, notably advocating compulsory dematerialization.
