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Preferred Dining Plans


Click here to sign up for your Fall 2009 Dining Plan.

All block plan participants are required to present a valid VCUCard to receive dining plan privileges.

Pricing 2009-2010

Essential Plans

Semester Cost

300 Block + 100 Dining Dollars

$1,771

250 Block + 309 Dining Dollars

$1,750

250 Block + 175 Dining Dollars

$1,650

200 Block + 300 Dining Dollars

$1,638

200 Block + 150 Dining Dollars

$1,488

These plans automatically renew for the Spring 2010 semester and are priced per semester

(subject to approval by the VCU Board of Visitors).

VCU Dining Services office must be notified by January 29 at 4:00 p.m. 

to cancel or change any previously selected Essential Dining Plan.

Preferred Plans

Semester Cost

150 Block + 105 Dining Dollars

$1,110

100 Block + 75 Dining Dollars

$757

50 Block + 75 Dining Dollars

$447

25 Block + 75 Dining Dollars

$270

5 Block + 160 Dining Dollars

$199

 

More than one Preferred Plan may be purchased per semester.

Meals and Dining Dollars do not carry over and are forfeited at the end of each semester.

 

  



DINING DICTIONARY
Block Plan

Blocks are dining center "swipes" used primarily at Shafer Court Dining Center or to purchase a meal combo through the Meal Exchange program. Each Block equals one dining plan swipe. Blocks do not carry between semesters.

Dining Dollars

Dining Dollars work like a pre-paid debit card that allows for food purchases at Shafer Court Dining Center or any VCU retail dining location.

Dining Center

This exciting location, offering unlimited servings, has redefined campus dining with its marketplace-style "mini-restaurants" that dish out great tasting food with individual attention. Market 810 located on the second floor of Shafer Court Dining Center.

Retail Locations Retail locations accept Dining Dollars, RamBucks, cash, checks and credit/debit cards with the exception of McDonald's, which accepts cash and credit cards.

The retail locations are:

- Camille's Sidewalk Cafe located on the first floor of Shafer Court Dining Center
- Commons Cafe, Commons Convenience and Park Place located in the University Student Commons
- Starbucks Coffee located in James Branch Cabell Library
- Harris Hall Convenience Store located on the first floor of Grace E. Harris Hall
- Bookmark Bistro, featuring Quiznos Subs and "We Proudly Brew" Starbucks Coffee, located in Barnes & Nobel @ VCU on Broad Street
- Bleecker Street Cafe located in Snead Hall
- Chili's, Starbucks Coffee and the Cary Street Market & Deli located in Cary and Belvidere Residential College at the corner of Belvidere and Cary streets
- Alpine Bagel Cafe and McDonald's located in the Gateway Building on the MCV Campus
- Hideaway Cafe located in Hunton Student Center on the MCV Campus
- Skull & Beans located in Tompkins-McCaw Library
- Cabaniss Hall breakfast option - now accepts meal blocks, Dining Dollars, RamBucks and credit cards


* Dining plan purchases and changes may be made at the Dining Services office, 1111 W. Broad Street, Suite 128. Changes to the block plans will be accepted until:
(fall 2008 semester, September 4, 2009; spring 2009 semester, January 29, 2010).

* Block plans are for the use of the dining contract participant only and are non-transferable.

* Unused block meals and Dining Dollars do not carry over and are forfeited at the end of each semester.

The following block plans have twenty (20) guest meals incorporated into the plan:

  • 300 Block Plan with 100 Dining Dollars
  • 250 Block Plan with 300 Dining Dollars
  • 250 Block Plan with 175 Dining Dollars
  • 200 Block Plan with 300 Dining Dollars
  • 200 Block Plan with 150 Dining Dollars 
  • 150 Block Plan with 105 Dining Dollars
  • 100 Block Plan with 75 Dining Dollars
  • Unused meals will not carry over to the following semester.

The 50 block plan has ten (10) guest meals incorporated into the plan. Unused meals will not carry over to the following semester.


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