You'll love the convenience, flexibility and number of menu choices available in a residence meal plan at Western. Besides the wide selection offered in our residence dining halls, our plan recognizes that you sometimes like to order in home delivery, or enjoy a meal on or off campus with your friends. You are able to use your meal card to purchase meals at a number of local establishments as well as in the franchise/snack bar operations on the main campus.

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Residence Dollars

You have the benefit of having a residence meal plan account as well as a separate flex dollars account for convenience items. The residence meal plan consists of an overhead portion and a food credit portion. The overhead portion covers the fixed capital and administrative costs involved in operating our residence dining facilities, such as wages, utilities, equipment purchases, maintenance, and use of dishware and utensils. Pricing for food purchases in residence dining halls reflects that the non-refundable overhead charge (covering administrative and capital costs as described above) has been removed (a discount from the retail price is processed at the cash register). The price charged to residents includes the cost of the product(s), factoring in seasonal price and marketing board fluctuations and freight costs, and takes wastage, theft, spillage and condiments into account. The food credit portion is reduced each time you purchase prepared food or meal items.

Flex Dollars

The flex dollar portion of your account is used for convenience food purchases (generally, confection items purchased on campus). All confection items and single beverages purchased at any residence and main campus eatery, including chocolate bars, candy, and potato chips, are fully taxable unless purchased with a prepared meal. Your flex dollars are also used for purchases from vending machines or those from off-campus food locations that, due to government tax restrictions, do not qualify as being part of your tax-exempt residence meal plan.