General Discussion

Businesses that eat the cost will have lower profits but preserve employee morale. I expect big profitable companies to go this route.

I expect plenty of smaller companies, especially those with thin margins, will cut back or kill this perk. Employee morale will suffer there.

My company has used subsidized food as an incentive for employees to come into the office instead of working from home. I don't know how we will handle this. My vote will be for the company to eat the extra cost, but I know others on the management team will fight me on this.

I have certainly worked in the past for companies that did not provide free snacks or meals. It's way nicer as an employee when the company provides such things, and as a manager I think it's a very cost-effective way to keep employees on premises and happy. But not all managers think like this.