Lunch your team actually shows up for.
Fresh lunch delivered to your office daily. One invoice. Zero admin. Tax-optimised under SvEV and §40 (2) EStG.
Employer Meal Subsidy
SvEV · §40 Abs. 2 EStG
Employer contribution per working day
€7.67
Sachbezugswert €4.57 + Essenszuschuss €3.10 · tax-free under SvEV & §40 (2) EStG · max. one main meal / workday
Rivo Teriyaki Bowl
Base meal · €7.67
€0.00
employee pays
Mediterranean Salad Bowl
Premium meal · €10.00
€2.33
employee pays
Most offices still haven't solved lunch.
Canteens cost too much. Food apps destroy the shared experience. Meal vouchers go unused. And every month, the up to €7.67 per working day your employees are legally entitled to sits unclaimed.
Canteens are too expensive
Running an in-house canteen costs a minimum of €200k per year in infrastructure alone. Not an option for a 50-person office.
Food apps kill the shared experience
Delivery apps mean 30 different orders, 30 separate bags, and zero shared lunch culture. Not a benefit. Just a distraction.
Meal vouchers go to waste
Paper vouchers are forgotten, lost, or spent on groceries. Usage rates rarely exceed 40 %. The budget disappears with nothing to show for it.
€7.67 sits unclaimed every working day
Every employee in Germany can receive a tax-free employer subsidy of up to €7.67 per working day (Sachbezugswert €4.57 + Essenszuschuss €3.10) under SvEV and §40 (2) EStG. Max. one main meal per working day. Most companies never activate it.
€153 per employee per month.
€7.67 × 20 working days. That is the per-employee cost of a fully subsidised daily lunch through Rivo Meals. The equivalent salary increase to deliver the same net benefit costs the employer significantly more in gross pay.
One line on the P&L.
Cost per employee / month
Rivo Meals
€7.67 × 20 working days, fully subsidised
Equivalent salary increase
same net benefit, gross (~45 % tax wedge)
~80 % more expensive as gross salary
Teams that eat together stay together.
SvEV · §40 (2) EStG · 2026
German tax law
Sachbezugswert (lunch)
€4.57 / meal
Daily tax-free ceiling
€7.67 / workday
Subsidised main meals / day
max. 1
Social insurance liability
€0.00
Tax basis
Two compliant ways to deliver the tax-free meal subsidy. The tax-free employer subsidy applies to a maximum of one main meal per working day.
Route A — Flat-rate taxation (§40 (2) EStG)
The employer pays 25 % flat-rate tax on the Sachbezugswert (€4.57). Tax- and social-insurance-free for the employee.
Route B — Employee co-payment
The employee pays at least the Sachbezugswert (€4.57). No taxable benefit arises and no flat-rate tax cost for the employer.
Tax-free employer subsidy up to €7.67 per working day (Sachbezugswert €4.57 + Essenszuschuss €3.10). As of 2026 per SvEV. Maximum one main meal per working day. This is not tax advice.
Employees order by 09:00. Meals arrive by 12:00. You get one invoice.
That is the entire process.
Company sets up
Configure your subsidy policy and invite employees. No IT project. No integration. Five minutes.
Employees order by 09:00
Browse the weekly menu and order via web app. Standing weekly plans are available. Set it up once and it runs automatically.
Fresh meals at 12:00
Meals prepared in Halle, packed in Vytal reusable containers, delivered to your office by lunchtime.
One invoice at month-end
One consolidated company invoice. 30-day payment terms. Sachbezug documentation auto-generated.
A benefit your employees will actually use.
For employees
- Fresh daily lunch. Co-pay varies by meal price, from €0.00 at the base price to higher for premium options.
- Weekly rotating menu covering Mediterranean, Asian, Levantine, and comfort food
- Order via mobile web app. No app install required. Order by 09:00, meals at 12:00.
- Zero single-use packaging. Every meal arrives in a Vytal reusable container.
For HR & finance
- Tax-efficient under SvEV and §40 (2) EStG. Employer subsidy qualifies as a social-insurance-free benefit.
- One consolidated monthly invoice. 30-day payment terms and no per-meal billing.
- Sachbezug payroll documentation auto-generated. No manual HR processing.
- No canteen, no kitchen, no infrastructure required
Every meal. Zero single-use packaging.
Rivo Meals is designed around the Vytal reusable container system, giving your ESG report something real to report.
Zero packaging waste
Every meal is delivered in a Vytal GN 1/1 reusable container. Collected the following delivery day. No single-use plastic. Ever.
Measurable CO₂ savings
Vytal's digital deposit system tracks every container. Your ESG report gets a real number, not an estimate.
Regional sourcing
Ingredients sourced from regional wholesale suppliers. Short supply chains, lower food miles, fresher ingredients.
Book your free 3-day pilot.
No invoice. No commitment. Just lunch. We bring fresh meals to your office for three days at €0.00 checkout so you can see exactly how your team responds before you decide.
3-day pilot at €0.00 checkout
Your team orders normally. Meals arrive normally. Your company pays nothing. After three days, you decide.