Meal Plans 101

What is a Meal Plan?

A Meal Plan unlocks delicious meals, coffee, snacks, and more, at fourteen locations across campus. Your Meal Plan includes Meal Swipes and Dining Dollars, conveniently loaded onto your student ID. No need to carry additional cards or cash! Meal Swipes give you access to any of our all-you-care-to-eat dining halls, including Damen Dining Hall, Simpson Dining Hall, and deNobili Dining Hall.

All you care to eat, or AYCTE simply means that you use your card to “swipe” into the dining hall for that meal period and can enjoy as little or as much as you would like for that meal period.

All-access meal plans require a 30-minute wait time between swipes.

What is a Meal Exchange?

Meal Swipes can be used for Meal Exchange to get a full meal solution at select retail locations on the Water Tower campus during specific time frames.

You may use up to 2 Meal Swipes per day (1 during lunch and 1 during dinner) at Lu’s Old-Fashioned Deli. This meal swipe would be in exchange for your meal swipe traditionally used at any of the dining halls for that meal period. You can also choose to use up to 3 meal swipes per day (1 during breakfast, 1 during lunch and 1 during dinner) at Nina’s Café. This swipe also be in exchange for the swipe that would be used at the dining halls on campus for that meal period.

Meal Exchanges provide you an entree, side, drink, and fruit. 

Current Meal Exchange locations and access times includes:

• Nina's Café: 7:30am - 5:00pm, Monday-Friday
• Lu's Old-Fashioned Deli: 7:00am - 7pm, Monday-Sunday

What are Dining Dollars?

Dining Dollars may be used at any Loyola University Dining location. Visit our locations page for location information, including dining hall menus and hours of operation.

• Dining Dollars can be used for meals, snacks, beverages, etc. at any on-campus dining location.
• Dining Dollars are included with each student meal plan and are automatically uploaded onto the student ID. 
• Dining Dollars roll over from the fall semester to the spring semester, but expire after the spring semester.

Meal Plan Benefits

With your meal plan, you receive many benefits and perks, including:

• Quality food made fresh by our culinary team, with a variety of menu options personalized the way you like
• Healthy choices available all across campus
• Special events with themed meals and exclusive offers for meal plan members
• Dedicated True Balance Allergen Friendly station at Simpson Dining Hall

Managing Your Plan

There are three ways you can check your Meal Swipes and Dining Dollars balance:

• On the Online Card Office.
• Or by visiting one the Campus Card offices:
  • • Lake Shore Campus Sullivan Center, Room 198, 6339 N. Sheridan Rd., Monday to Friday 8:30am-5pm
      Water Tower Campus Corboy Law Center, Lobby, 25 E. Pearson Street, Monday to Friday 8:30am-5pm 

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