2026-2027 Weekly Meal Plans

Weekly Meal Plans allow one meal per breakfast and late-night period, and up to two meals during lunch and dinner periods. There are 28 meal periods each week—breakfast, lunch, dinner, and late night—seven days a week.

A Retail Equivalency Swipe allows Weekly Meal Plan participants the flexibility to use their meal plan in retail dining areas outside of the All-You-Care-To-Eat locations: Drumlin, Esker, and the University Center’s Ike Schaffer Commons Breakfast.

What is a Retail Equivalency Swipe?

• A Retail Equivalency Swipe of $7.50 is applied to the total purchase.
• One meal swipe will be deducted from your weekly meal swipe allotment (10, 14, 19, or 24).

What happens if I go over the retail equivalency rate when making a purchase?

• Any amount over the retail equivalency rate must be paid for by using Dining Dollars, Purple Points, Cash or Credit Card.
• For example, if your total purchase cost is $9.00, you may use your meal swipe for an equivalency rate of $7.50 and the remaining $1.50 would have to be paid with any of the options listed above.

What happens if not all of the retail equivalency rate is spent at time of purchase?

• Retail equivalency rates are not redeemable for cash. Any amount under the retail equivalency rate of $7.50 will not receive the difference.
• For example, if your total at the time of purchase is $6.50, you will not receive the remaining $1.00 that was unused.

When can I use a Retail Equivalency Swipe?

• Retail Equivalency Swipes can only be used once per meal period.
• Retail Equivalency Swipes can be used at any on-campus dining location outside of the All-You-Care-To-Eat locations, with the exception of Thought Station (Andersen Library) and Victory Station (Williams Center).

A student on a weekly meal plan (10, 14, 19, or 24) has the opportunity to use that number of meals each week. The unused meals do not accumulate or roll over and do not figure into a refund.

Weekly Meal Plans are not available for use during academic break periods, such as Thanksgiving, winter break, and spring break. These academic break periods are not built into the cost of the Weekly Meal Plan.

Dining Dollars are accepted during winter and spring break periods.

Residence Dining Halls – Weekly Meal Swipes

Residence Dining Halls are the core of the Weekly Meal Plan, with three all-you-care-to-eat locations on the main campus:

·       The Perch At Drumlin Dining Hall

·       The Eatery At Esker Dining Hall

·       Ike Schaffer Commons in the University Center (Breakfast)

To use your Weekly Meal Plan at these locations, tell the cashier you want to use a meal swipe. The student’s HawkCard is swiped on entry and one meal swipe is deducted from the student’s weekly allotment.

Retail Dining Locations - Retail Equivalency Swipe

Weekly Meal Plans offer students additional flexibility to use their plans across both campuses with Retail Equivalency. All retail locations are set up in an “a la carte” style, meaning menu items are ordered as separate items rather than a set or complete meal.

Retail Equivalency allows Weekly Meal Plan holders to trade a meal swipe for $7.50 at retail locations. If an order exceeds $7.50, the difference must be paid with Dining Dollars, Purple Points, cash, or credit.

Visit the Warhawk Dining website for a complete list of locations

Guest Meals are “bonus meals”  in addition to your Weekly Meal Plan allotment. Guest Meals can be used at any time throughout the semester in our All-You-Care-To-Eat dining locations. Guest Meals are not accepted as part of Retail Equivalency. Unused Guest Meals do not rollover.

Make sure you let the cashier know you want to use a Guest Meal(s). Both the account holder and guest(s) must be present.

Guest Meal Counts:

• 10 Weekly Meal Plan = 6 Guest Meals per semester
• 14, 19, 24 Weekly Meal Plans = 8 Guest Meals per semester

Can students buy more if they run out?

• Additional Guest Meals cannot be purchased. All on-campus dining locations accept cash, credit cards, Dining Dollars and Purple Points.

Can I use my guest swipes on myself if I am out of meals on my weekly meal plan?

• Guest Meals are intended only for guests and cannot be used by the meal plan holder for themselves. Both the account holder and their guest(s) must be present at the time of purchase.

Can I still use my Weekly Meal Plan on my guest if I am out of Guest Meals?

• Your weekly allotment of meal swipes can only be used by the account holder.

There are multiple ways you can check your Weekly Meal Plan balance:

• Any dining location. The cashier can complete a balance check when asked.
• Stop by the HawkCard Office
• Online using the Online HawkCard Office
  
  • Download the app for extra convenience. Search for “Transact eAccounts” in your phone’s app store.

Yes. If you are looking to reduce your meal plan amount, meal plan reduction changes are accepted the first and second weeks of fall and spring semester. Changes to a meal plan may be made in your Housing Portal and are effective the following Monday.

If you are looking to increase your meal plan during the semester, that can be done at any time via your Housing Portal.

Please note that students are allowed one meal plan change a semester.

*Students that are required to have a meal plan but have not signed up for one will automatically be enrolled in the 14 meals per week and $100 Add-on Dining Dollars.