Meal Plans

Meal Plans - What Are the Advantages?
There are lots of privileges you will be able to enjoy if you sign up for a meal plan...

• The flexibility of a la carte dining. Eat what you want, pay as you go.
• You never have to worry about cooking or doing the dishes. That is what we are here for.
• Convenience of using your card all over campus and for delivery services.
• And of course, lots of great food choices.

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How do they work?
Meal plans are geared specifically to make your life easier. A magnetic stripe on the back of your student ID card works with our computer system to identify you as a meal plan member. Depending on whether you live on or off campus and which meal plan you choose, you meal plan will be made up of one or both of two options: declining and inclining balance.

Declining balance plans work on the same principle as a bank debit card. Each time you make a food purchase at one of our locations, the total cost of your meal is subtracted from the dollar balance on your account.

With Inclining balance, your ID card becomes a credit card that you can use for food purchases. Twice a month on the 1st and the 15th, your total charges are billed to your University account. Use as much or as little as you want.

What Are My Meal Plan Choices?
Our meal plans provide you with many options.

Select a plan that fits your status (resident or commuter) and your lifestyle.

Resident Plans
Traditional residents can choose from three plans with varying levels of spending power. Each plan is made up of Campus DB and All Access DB. Campus DB is the largest portion of your plan, and can be used at any dining facility on-campus including vending and concessions. All Access DB is the 10% of your meal plan that can be used for pizza delivery from Pizza Hut. Don’t want pizza? All Access can also be used anywhere on campus.

NEW FOR 2011/2012! It is your money, use it! The total amount of your Aladine will be credited to your account at the beginning of the fall and spring trimesters. If you run out of declining balance dollars, there is no need to go hungry as you will automatically start inclining.

 
Commuter Plans
As a commuter student, you don’t have to do a thing. All registered, commuter students are automatically able to use inclining balance to charge their food purchases to their University account. If you are worried about controlling your spending on inclining, there are a variety of declining balance plans available to commuters. All commuter DB plans are made up of All Access DB that can be spent at any dining facility on-campus or for pizza delivery from Pizza Hut.