New NRA program EmployeeEdge designed for your restaurant staff

Restaurant and foodservice employees, like most people, juggle the demands of work, family, friends and all that goes with it. And it’s not easy. EmployeeEdge is the National Restaurant Association’s exclusive rewards and benefits program—an industry first—created with the foodservice professional in mind.

EmployeeEdge provides an opportunity to help your employees optimize their health, wealth and happiness, which can also benefit your operation by providing affordable employee benefits and reducing payroll costs and logistics by providing a new direct deposit option.  The EmployeeEdge prepaid Discover card provides your employees with a low-cost way to manage their money. It also helps you manager yours. Employees can have their pay directly deposited to the card, providing you with a no-cost alternative to payroll cards and paper checks.

Better than a bank account, the EmployeeEdge prepaid Discover card requires no minimum balance or overdraft fees. And there’s no need for employees to pick up their paycheck. The prepaid card also includes Cash Rewards at several major retailers like AMC, CVS and Lowe’s and keeps cardholders up to date on recent transactions via text message and online.

Healthcare Discount Cards from United Healthcare is an option through the EmployeeEdge program. Employees can receive up to 50 percent off healthcare costs at the point of service and access to professionally-staffed hotlines for wellness advice.  

Also with Edge, your employees can take advantage of membership perks and discounts that make their hard-earned cash go even further. In addition, there are tools for employees to manage their money, be healthy and grow their careers in the industry.

Employee Edge is a membership card and costs $25 per year; however, the EmployeeEdge membership is waived if you have an active EmployeeEdge Prepaid Card or an EmployeeEdge Healthcare Discount Card.

When you enroll, you’ll be eligible to receive Instant Rewards and access to the Rewards Mall. By upgrading to the EmployeeEdge Prepaid Discover card to receive more benefits and rewards—including cash back.

EmployeeEdge membership is the smart, easy way to save cash and enjoy great discounts. Members will enjoy cash rewards from major merchants such as CVS, Lowe’s and Cabela’s, special travel discounts exclusive to EmployeeEdge members, and discounts from hundreds of retailers in the Rewards Mall, such as the Gap, Fashion Bug, Eddie Bauer, Payless Shoes, Dick’s Sporting Goods and The Sports Authority, Pearl Vision, Ace Hardware, Meineke and many others.

To learn more about enrollment discounts when you purchase or subsidize EmployeeEdge membership for employees, contact (855) 672-3343 or employeeedge@restaurant.org.