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Corporate Meal Limits: Examples and Benchmarks

December 23, 2025
December 23, 2025

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Q. Every year The City of Calgary conducts a review of companies who may have defined or suggested meal limits and I'm wondering if you have any such limits, members might be willing to share them with me. A. (Answered by a member of IOFM's advisory panel) For Business Meals:  For Working Meals:  Meals while Traveling:  A. (Answered by a member of IOFM's advisory panel) We do have defined meal limits at my company.  It is a $75 USD/Daily cap for standard travel and an $85 USD/Daily limit for…

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