How Do Meal Plans Work?
Meal plan, Flex and Red Hawk Dollars values are loaded, accessed and tracked using the student’s University ID Card.
Access each meal/block in your plan by swiping your ID card at the dining venue of your choice upon entry to residential dining halls, or at the cashier stand for our retail venues or by selecting the meal plan payment tender via the Grubhub mobile app (and logging in for Montclair State University).
A maximum of one swipe per meal period is allowed. The six daily meal periods are defined as:
- Breakfast
- Mid-Morning
- Lunch
- Mid-Afternoon
- Dinner
- Late Night
Benefits of a Meal Plan
- Save on time – sit down for a delicious ready-made meal on campus, grab your favorite beverage between classes, order ahead and pick up while you’re on the run, or choose a meal kit perfect for completing at home!
- Save on taxes – meal plans are tax free for students!
- Feed your mind and your body! A meal plan can help you stay healthy while you pursue your educational goals!
- Enjoy your student experience outside of classes!
Locations for Meal Swipes and Block Equivalencies
There are two residential all-you-care-to-eat dining halls on campus, Sam’s Place and Freeman Hall Dining. The campus also features many retail dining establishments which allow for meal plan blocks (equivalency swipes) as payment for your food purchases. The Your Choice Unlimited + 7 weekly meal blocks plan allows for dining hall meals (through the entire semester), as well as seven meal swipes per week at retail dining venues.
All other block meal plans allow each meal/block in the plan to be used at either retail or AYCTE dining halls, as the meal plan holder desires. Your starting number of meal blocks is reduced by the number of meal blocks you use at any dining hall or retail location, over the course of the day, week, semester. Each block is assigned a certain dollar value for use in the retail venues. Any cost above the block value can be paid with Flex Dollars, Red Hawk Dollars, cash or credit.
Additional Meal Plan Notes
- Meal plan values are loaded and tracked on student ID cards; students access each meal/block equivalency in their plan by ordering via the Grubhub app for advance/mobile orders, or swiping their ID card at the door or register.
- Students with meal plans in the fall semester are automatically assigned the same meal plan in the Spring Semester; students may initiate changes through the dining services office.
- Flex dollars carry over automatically from the fall to spring semester for continuing students and automatically expire at the end of the spring semester.
- Blocks and meal swipes do not carry over to the next semester.
- Special dietary restrictions/requirements can be accommodated upon request.