Cafeteria Meal Vouchers
connected to your time clock

Employees get a meal voucher at the time clock in seconds. EZTime checks eligibility, counts every meal and gives finance a clear report, with no paper tickets or month-end counting.
Plant supervisor and worker review shift hours on a tablet

The problem with manual meal tracking

The short answer: The EZTime cafeteria module connects a voucher printer to your attendance system. The employee chooses the meal at the time clock or tablet, identifies with a badge or another supported method, and the system checks eligibility and prints a unique voucher. Every meal is counted automatically, and usage reports can feed payroll for co-pays or taxable benefits according to your setup.

Many plants, warehouses, hospitals and campuses provide subsidized meals in an on-site cafeteria. Counting how many meals each employee used, applying the right subsidy and reconciling with the caterer quickly becomes complex.

Paper tickets get lost or shared, lines get long at peak times, and finance sees the real numbers only when the caterer’s invoice arrives.

How the cafeteria module works

1

Choose the meal

The employee selects the meal option at the time clock or tablet.

2

Identify

The employee identifies with a proximity badge or another supported method. Biometric terminals are coming soon in the US.

3

Eligibility is checked

The system checks which meal is available at this hour and whether the employee is within their allowance.

4

Voucher prints

A unique voucher prints in about a second, or can be sent by text message with a QR code.

Rules you can configure

Meal types and hours

Define meals such as breakfast and lunch and the hours each is served.

Eligibility

Set eligibility by employee, department or shift.

Subsidy or co-pay

Choose a full subsidy or an employee co-pay for each meal type.

Daily limits

Limit how many meals each employee can take per day.

Price on the voucher

Decide whether the price appears on the printed voucher.

Alerts

Get alerts for issues such as the printer running out of paper.

What you gain

✅

Accurate meal counts by employee, department and meal type

✅

No paper tickets to lose or share

✅

Shorter lines at peak hours

✅

Subsidy rules applied the same way every day

✅

Meal data ready for payroll and finance

✅

Easy reconciliation with your caterer

About the printer

  • Thermal, zero ink: No ink cartridges, just paper rolls.
  • Fast: Vouchers print in about a second to keep lines moving at peak times.
  • Flexible connection: Connect by LAN cable, Wi-Fi or SIM card, next to the time clock or anywhere in the cafeteria.

Frequently asked questions

The employee selects the meal at the time clock or tablet, identifies with a badge or another supported method, and the voucher prints in about a second.

Yes. You can set eligibility by employee, department or shift, define daily limits and choose a full subsidy or a co-pay.

The printer is thermal, so it uses paper rolls and no ink cartridges.

Meal usage reports can transfer to payroll for co-pays or taxable benefits, according to your configuration. Check the tax treatment of meal benefits with your payroll provider.

Manufacturing plants, warehouses, hospitals, campuses and any workplace with an on-site cafeteria or catering service.

Book a demo and our team will walk you through the module, the printer and pricing for your site.

Works together with

Time clock

The same terminal for attendance and meals.

Manufacturing

Kiosk clock-in and shift rules for the plant floor.

Enterprise

Permissions and reports across many sites.

Bring your cafeteria onto the same system as your time clock

Join more than 10,000 businesses that manage their teams with EZTime. 14-day free trial, no credit card required.