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From now on, you can use your Lunch Check card to purchase food at any Manor Food stores:

• Ascona
• Baden
• Balerna
• Basel
• Biel/Bienne
• Chavannes
• Chur
• Delémont
• Emmen
• Fribourg
• Genève
• Lausanne
• Lugano
• Marin
• Monthey
• Morges
• Nyon
• Rapperswil
• San Antonino
• Sargans
• Sierre
• Sion
• St. Gallen
• Vesenaz
• Vevey
• Vezia
• Yverdon

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Start making an impact with our packaging free & sustainable recipe bags

At Happie, we make use of reusable bags and jars to provide our customers every week with healthy and tasty ready-to-make recipes. Each bag provides you with exactly the right amount of seasonal & sustainable ingredients to make your recipes. We also focus on supporting the Swiss economy by providing our customers with ingredients from local entrepreneurs like tofu, tomato sauce, and tempeh that are produced in the Basel Area. Sustainable & simple!

You can pay for your Happie Bag or Happie Breakfast with your Lunch Check card when you pick-up the order in our shop in the Markthalle. View here how it works.

Currently the Lunch Check card option is only available for pick-up in the shop and not yet for delivery to your home. We are working on a solution. Do you want to pay by Lunch Check card and have it delivered to your home? Send us an email at hello@happie.ch and we put you on the waiting list!

In case you have any questions, feel free to contact us via hello@happie.ch

Happie Zero Waste GmbH
Steinentorberg 20, Markthalle, 4051 Basel
happie.ch

Opening hours:
Monday + Tuesday, 17:00 – 19:00 Uhr

AG:
• Zollhüsli GmbH, Stein AG
• Hans im Glück Burgergrill, Oftringen
• Street Food Viet Kitchen GmbH, Suhr
• Oliv & Sweet Seduction, Kaisten
• Restaurant Leuehof, Schneisingen

BE:
• Restaurant Sua, 3011 Bern
• Fähribeizli AG, Muri b. Bern
• Parkbad Münsingen, Münsingen
• Gasthof Bären Laupen, Laupen BE
• Back-Caffee Büren, Büren an der Aare
• Bäckerei Flury, Koppigen
• Bäckerei Flury, Koppigen
• Bäckerei Flury, Utzenstorf

BL:
• Central fine food, Allschwil
• Vitalba e Lorenzo GmbH, Allschwil
• Besuchszentrum Halle, Pratteln
• Travlers Kaffeebar, Pratteln
• Kern Konditorei-Café GmbH, Laufen

BS:
• BackWerk Basel, 4051 Basel
• Restaurant NANE SELE, 4051 Basel
• Trymythai, 4056 Basel
• Qiosk, 4057 Basel

GE:
• M&M boulangerie Carouge, 1202 Genève
• Restaurant Los Bandidos, 1205 Genève
• Tea-room Berger Montchoisy, 1207 Genève
• Zio Eaux-Vives, 1207 Genève
• Boulangerie Carrefour, Grand-Lancy
• Restaurant La Mamma, Grand-Lancy
• Tea Room La Chapelle, Grand-Lancy
• Zio Onex, Petit-Lancy
• La Place Gourmande, Confignon
• Zio by Prestige Gourmand Perly, Perly

GR:
• Bergcafé Aurora, Lenzerheide/Lai

OW:
• Beck Berwert, Sarnen

SG:
• Berggasthaus Zanuz, Bad Ragaz
• Berghotel Gaffia, Bad Ragaz
• Bergrestaurant Pizolhütte, Bad Ragaz
• Panoramarestaurant Edelweiss, Bad Ragaz
• Migros Restaurant GG Ost Rapperswil, Rapperswil SG
• Migros Restaurant OST, 9000 St. Gallen
• Tailormade Hotel LEO St.Gallen, 9000 St. Gallen

SH:
• Personalestaurant Hombergerhaus, Schaffhausen

SO:
• Restaurant Oskar & Luise, Solothurn
• Bäckerei Flury, Langendorf
• Bäckerei Flury, Luterbach
• Bäckerei Flury, Subingen
• Aufgetischt, Oensingen

TI:
• Dieci Pizza Kurier, Locarno
• Ristorante Stazione, Intragna

VD:
• Restaurant Osteria Balsamico, Lausanne
• Gymnase de Renens, Renens VD
• Ecoles Avenches, Avenches
• Woffoud, Vevey
• Au Croustillant, Chernex
• Mines de Sel de Bex, Bex

VS:
• Grand Hotel du Cervin, St. Luc
• Hôtel Le Beausite, St. Luc

ZH:
• Bistro Sihlhof, 8004 Zürich
• flavour coffee, 8005 Zürich
• Kai Sushi Seefeld, 8008 Zürich
• Panesano, 8048 Zürich
• Personalrest. ERZ Hagenholz, 8050 Zürich
• Gesundheitszentrum Eichrain, 8052 Zürich
• Personalrest. ERZ Werdhölzli, 8054 Zürich
• Restaurant Singapur, Neerach
• A Modo Mio, Embrach

A lot of Lunch-Check credit, but your favourite restaurant doesn’t accept our payment methods yet? 😟

Write us your favourite restaurant per contact form, we will be happy to contact them 📞📨

As the strict lockdown measures are gradually lifted, now is a good time to say thank you to employees, colleagues or line managers. Read about how you can express your appreciation while simultaneously supporting the food service industry, which has been hit especially hard.

Flexibility required

The step-by-step relaxation of the coronavirus restrictions is enabling many of us to breathe a sigh of relief. Children – at least some of them – are able to return to school or kindergarten, people who live alone can stop working from home and return to the office, and restaurants are allowed to reopen, provided that they comply with the relevant safety measures.
At a business level, employees have had to demonstrate a great deal of flexibility. Some were working from home for the first time, some even suffered pay cuts having been put on short-time working, and others faced the difficult task of combing work and childcare responsibilities. It is hard to express thanks and appreciation by video call or over the phone. For that reason, it is now time to show our gratitude by other means.

Expressing our appreciation

Appreciation can be shown in many ways and by small gestures. Say thank you to your employees for their flexibility and commitment because this was and still is an exceptional situation. As employees, you should thank your line managers for their support, as they too are likely to have been under a lot of pressure. Show an interest and ask how the person you are talking to is doing – how did it feel to work from home? What was problematic? How are their projects coming along?
Empathy improves everyone’s sense of well-being and creates a good working atmosphere. Fears are allayed and people become more open-minded and positive when it comes to accepting challenges and changes.
Everyone appreciates small gestures of gratitude. Whether it’s your line manager, your colleague or a special business partner – a little present will make the other person feel important and appreciated.

Supporting the food service industry

Despite virtual after-work drinks and video calls, genuine social contact has been greatly missed. We can now fully appreciate one another’s facial expressions and gestures again, enjoy a good laugh together, and hear each other properly as the problem of a poor connection becomes a thing of the past. These are small matters that few of us valued until recently.
The food service industry also depends on togetherness and social contact, which is why this sector was hit particularly hard. Employers who enable their employees to enjoy a healthy lunch break through Lunch-Check meal subsidies are actively supporting the food service industry in the present crisis. In addition to regular contributions towards meals, there is also the option of thanking employees for their excellent work, friends for their moral support and business partners for the good working relationship in these difficult times with a gift card. On request, gift cards can even be personalised.
Because Lunch-Check is accepted as a means of payment at 8,000 catering/restaurant businesses, the recipient will be able to choose from a wide range of acceptance points and the revenues generated will support the food service industry throughout Switzerland. Recipients can decide for themselves whether they want to support their favourite restaurant in the town they live in or their preferred take-away near their workplace, for example. This type of support will also have a lasting impact as Lunch-Check gift cards have no expiry date – in other words, people who are still concerned about going to a restaurant in the current situation can simply redeem the balance at a later date.
With every “thank you”, we make our fellow humans’ day a little bit better and with every gift card and every visit to a restaurant, we support the food service industry on its long journey back to normality and help to preserve our country’s highly varied restaurant scene.

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Die Xellenz Treuhand AG serves SMEs, financial service providers and real estate companies, providing them with customised solutions in the areas of fiduciary services, auditing and consulting.

For a small company it’s important to find good specialist staff, so they have to offer attractive perks.

When it comes to fringe benefits, Lunch-Check has a decisive advantage, because not all employees use a lot of public transport or like working out at the gym, but everyone has to eat. Whether balanced, nutritious or vegan – with over 8000 food options, staff can choose what they want to eat and can also use the meal subsidy easily when working from the home.

Besides the meal subsidy aspect, Lunch-Check also stands for higher spending power, as the payments are tax-exempt – so our employees kill two birds with one stone.

We recommend our clients introduce Lunch-Check because, unlike a pay rise, the meal subsidy is exempt from all social security contributions.

Would you too like to make your staff happy?
Contact us for a non-binding consultation.

WG Treffpunkt – a social enterprise in Olten, was looking for a way to simplify the administration of employee catering. The aim was to offer the food in their own restaurants as cheaply as possible or even completely free of charge as a benefit.

Lunch-Check made it possible: all employees of WG Treffpunkt received a personalised prepaid card. The employees have a maximum monthly credit available. However, only what was actually purchased is charged.

The employer can also restrict the cards to individual restaurants, in this case the staff restaurants, in terms of time and location.

Due to the monthly evaluations by cost centre for the recharge amounts, as well as for the restaurants, the booking for the accounting department is simple and clear.

Would you also like to simplify the administration of your employees’ meal contributions?
Contact us for a no-obligation consultation.

Today we’d like to dispel the myth: “We’re too small for Lunch-Check contributions.” There’s no such thing as too small.

4E Capital AG, an asset management company with less than 10 employees, uses Lunch-Check as a fringe benefit to subsidise the cost of meals. Running a canteen is not cost-effective at this size, but the Lunch-Check card gives staff access to 8,000 restaurants across Switzerland, and with it the freedom to decide for themselves where they want to eat. Payments up to CHF 180 per month are also exempt from all social security contributions.

Even while the restaurants were closed, 4E Capital went on paying the subsidies to their staff. Not only does it support the restaurants when their guests spend the credit that has been saved up in the current situation, but it also motivates staff when they continue to receive benefits even in difficult times.

You can open a canteen with 8000 restaurants too
Contact us for a non-binding consultation.

#mitenandfürenand – Under this motto, Feldschlösschen Getränke AG supported the Swiss gastronomy.

Feldschlösschen invested the budget for the Christmas dinner into Lunch-Check gift cards to thank the employees and thus directly supported their customers from the gastronomy.

We were able to deliver the more than 1000 #gift cards to Feldschlösschen in an individual design in 3 languages. This made the gift even more personal and allows the staff to be #zämestark.

Do you have an individual wish to help the gastronomy?
Contact us without obligation and we will find a solution together.

The Graubündner Kantonalbank has a heart for Graubünden’s gastronomy

Due to the cancelled PS meeting, Graubündner Kantonalbank is giving away a gift card for Graubünden’s gastronomy worth CHF 50 to its approximately 12,000 participants, thereby supporting the industry with around CHF 600,000.

The gift card for Graubünden’s gastronomy businesses was launched at the end of last year with GastroGraubünden to boost the local economy and provide direct support.

Would you like to help your local gastronomy?
Contact us for a non-binding consultation – we will put together a tailor-made offer for you.

Die SWICA health organisation supports the Swiss catering industry

As the leading insurance partner for the catering industry, SWICA is supporting its customers in these difficult times. By contributing to food, the catering trade benefits from additional turnover and employee satisfaction is increased.

This is demonstrated by the fact that shortly after the launch, employees have already contacted us who would also like to receive Lunch-Check contributions.

Thank you very much for your great commitment to the Swiss gastronomy. ❤

Would you also like to make your employees happier and do something good?

Contact us for a non-binding consultation.