Residence Meal Plans are active during the academic year, from September - April.
Your 2025/26 Residence Weekly 19 Meal Plan includes: &Բ;
If you live in residence, the Weekly 19 Meal Plan is included in your residence fees and is valid from September to April. As part of the residence experience, the meal plan provides you with a ‘kitchen table’ where you can gather together for fresh-made meals without worrying about budgeting meal balances. Hospitality Services supports our community and environment by prioritizing purchasing local, and using fresh whole foods in globally inspired recipes as part of a 5-week residence dining hall menu cycle. &Բ;
Hospitality Services staff reserve the right to refuse service to individuals who are acting in a disruptive or threatening manner. This may include refusal of entry, service, bringing in personal backpacks or require vacating a food service establishment.
19 weekly meals: Eat in your choice of three All-You-Care-To-Eat dining halls (Leonard dining hall and Ban Righ dining hall on main campus or Jean Royce dining hall on West Campus). Weekly meals reset to 19 every Monday at 12:01 a.m. Any unused meals from the meal plan (including TAMS) do not carry over and are non-refundable. The plan includes five guest passes, which allows for a friend or guest to join you in the dining hall for All-You-Care-To-Eat for just $5.
175 Trade a Meals (TAM): The “Trade a Meal” (TAM) option provides flexibility to choose to trade a dining hall meal swipe for a fixed combo meal in select retail food locations on campus. Redeemed TAMs are deducted from the Weekly 19 Meal Plan and can be used up to twice a day, to a maximum of 175 times for the academic year. For optimal value and variety, we encourage meals to be redeemed from the dining hall for All-You-Care-To-Eat menus using swipes from the weekly 19 meal plan. “Trade A Meal” offerings from retail may be limited in selection and/or fixed portion sizes. Available TAM combos may be subject to change at any time.
145 Flex $: Flex $ works like cash and is loaded onto your student card to provide additional flexibility for retail purchasing of snack items or single menu items between meals. Flex $ carryover and do not expire until graduation. Top up your Flex at any time and in any denomination through the
Parents, family supporters, and friends can also send Flex $ as a gift through .
Auto-enrollment into the GOOD TO GO Reusable Container Initiative:
Students on the residence meal plan are automatically enrolled in the GOOD TO GO Reusable Container Initiative, which helps divert single-use packaging waste when dining in retail food locations – where takeout packaging is most prevalent. A green carabiner clip is supplied at the time of move-in. Bring your carabiner to a food counter at participating retail food locations on campus and join in on the sustainable swap and exchange of carabiners to help reduce single-use packaging from retail locations and save the $0.75 single-use fee on select takeout containers. LEARN MORE
Dining halls are dine-in only; therefore, food should not be removed from the dining hall with the exception of a single piece of whole fruit, a single baked good item, or if you have requested one of the three selections of EXPRESS to-go meals available exclusively by request from the cashier. GOOD TO GO containers are not required or applicable in the dining halls, with the exception of the select EXPRESS to-go meals.
*Residence Meal Plans are valid for the academic year (ie. September to April). Any unused meals, or any portion of the meal plan, including TAMs, do not carry forward to the next academic year, are non-exchangeable, non-transferable, and non-refundable. Flex $ expire upon student graduation and are otherwise refundable subject to an administration fee, *some exceptions apply. &Բ;
*Flex $ issued as part of the early shutdown in March 2020 and/or delayed return to residence in the 2022 winter term due to the pandemic are non-refundable. &Բ;
Top up your dining hall meals. &Բ;
If you spend most of your time on campus and need access to additional meals, top up your weekly 19 meals to 21 weekly.
*Pricing depends on the time of purchase. &Բ;
Managing Food Allergies and Dietary Needs
If you have a food allergy, intolerance, food-related medical condition, dietary need related to religious or cultural observance, or other dietary need, connect with the and learn more about how you can make informed choices while dining on campus here.
Flex $
Flex $ is simply money loaded onto your student card to help budget your snack spending on campus. With the swipe of your card, the transaction amount will be deducted from the balance on your card by the cashier at participating retail food locations or dining halls on campus. Flex $ can be topped up at any time throughout the term to your account.
TAMs
“Trade-in” up to two dining hall meal swipes for TAM swipes per day to build your own combo meal in participating retail locations. TAMs are not additional weekly meals but provide flexibility for you to eat across campus aligned with your busy schedule.
*All meal plans and/or any portion of unused plans expire at the end of the academic year, are non-refundable, and cannot be carried over into a new term. With increasing food costs, TAM inclusions are subject to change at any time. Standard Residence Meal Plans include 175 TAMs.
GOOD TO GO Reusable Container Initiative
The green GOOD TO GO carabiner will be required to reduce single-use packaging waste when choosing to dine at campus retail locations.
Who doesn't want to save $0.75 per single-use container and help reduce waste? As a first-year student on a meal plan, you are automatically enrolled into the GOOD TO GO reusable container initiative and will receive a green carabiner at the residence front desk when you pickup your keys. DO NOT LOSE IT. The carabiner will be your new sidekick when choosing to reuse while dining in retail on campus.