Plans

Information, Policies & Procedures

Whether you're looking for three square meals a day, a nutritious breakfast every morning, or occasional lunches, we've got a plan for you.

Policies Concerning The Meal Plan

All University Housing residents must have a meal plan while living on campus.
Incoming students (freshmen and transfers) that have electronically signed their University housing & food service contracts are automatically assigned the Weekly 14 meal plan.
Returning students will automatically be assigned the same meal plan that they possessed in spring quarter of the previous school year.

Change Your Meal Plan

Students may only change their meal plans once every quarter.
To change a meal plan, students must submit a completed “Meal Plan Request and Change Form” to the University Housing and Food Service Office by 5:00 PM on the following dates:

Fall – October 5, 2012
Winter – January 18, 2013
Spring – April 5, 2013
When changing a meal plan, please note that there may be changes that occur in the billing of your meal plan when charges are prorated.
Charges are prorated differently for each type of meal plan. For this reason, changing from one type of meal plan to another, despite the same quarterly/yearly price, may result in additional charges.

You may submit the Online Meal Plan Request and Change Form by logging in with your NetID and password or download the Meal Plan Request and Change Form ( PDF) and email or mail your form to the Food Service office.

Other Resources

Meal Plan FAQ ( PDF)
Meal Plan Rates ( PDF)

How The Meal Plans Work

Meal plans begin at the beginning of each term when the dining halls open:

Fall – September 20, 2012
Winter – January 06, 2013
Spring – April 1, 2013
All dining halls feature buffet-style and all-you-can-eat dining.
Students may stay in a dining hall throughout an entire meal period. However, one may not leave and re-enter that or any other dining hall during the same meal period except under the Unlimited meal plan.
What is a Meal? - A “meal” is designated by each time a student uses his/her wildcard to enter the dining hall.
Students may also purchase a la carte items at designated retail locations using points. (Only students with the Block Plan may use their meals to purchase items at retail locations).
There are five meal periods offered at Northwestern:
- Breakfast and Lunch are offered Monday through Saturday.
- Dinner is offered everyday.
- Brunch is offered only on Sunday.
- Late-Night is offered Monday through Thursday at Foster-Walker.

Cash Entrance Prices 2012-2013

Northwestern Community Cash Entrance Prices with WildCARD
Breakfast	$6.50
Lunch	$8.50
Dinner	$10.50
Late Night	$7.50
Sunday Brunch	$10.50

Non-Northwestern Community Cash Entrance Prices without WildCARD
Breakfast	$7.50
Lunch	$9.50
Dinner	$12.50
Late Night	$9.00
Sunday Brunch	$12.50

* You must present your WildCARD to the cashier to get the Northwestern Community cash entrance prices.

Meal Contracts

Arrangements for meal contracts are made with:
University Food Service Office
Evanston Campus
Seabury First Floor
600 Haven Street
Evanston, Illinois
Phone: 847/491-2020
Fax: 847/467-2225
Email: food@northwestern.edu