About Meal Plans

With Meal Plan A, unlimited access (UA) means a student may enter the Commons anytime during operating hours, seven days a week, as many times as the student chooses.

Only available with the purchase of a meal plan, Dining Dollars are an account that is housed on your Gull Card accompanied with your meal plan. They can be used for purchases at any on-campus dining facility. When you spend dining dollars, the purchase is not subject to state tax…it’s like saving 6%. You may check your balance on-line anytime at the Gull Card website. Your balance will also appear at the bottom of each sales receipt after you make a purchase.

All meal plans come with a set amount of Dining Dollars. Extra  Dining Dollars can be added at any time to your existing meal plan. (Note: remaining Dining Dollars carry over from the fall to the spring with the purchase of a new meal plan. Dining Dollars expire at the end of the spring semester.)

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Meal Plan holders may treat a guest to a meal using guest meal passes. A certain number of guest meals come with each meal plan per semester. These passes are automatically added to the Gull Card upon purchase of a meal plan. Advise the cashier at the Commons that you would like to utilize your guest meal pass and the cashier will deduct one guest meal pass from your balance.

Would you like to donate one of your guest passes to help fellow SU students that are food insecure? Simply email dining@salisbury.edu (please indicate your name & Gull Card ID).

Dear Campus Community,

On October 10, 2022, University Dining Services debuted the carry-out program in partnership with the SGA. The carryout program is a convenient service offered to students, faculty, and staff that is sustainable, affordable, and flexible.

New for the fall 2024 semester we are offering all “students” their first container free of charge providing students with a fresh meal to carry out of the Commons Dining Hall. The container is meant to be returned to the Commons and exchanged for a clean sanitized container each time a student wishes to take food to-go. Students can exchange their To-Go box for a token and dine in. They can then use the token for a fresh box the next time they carry out. If the To-Go box is lost or stolen students will need to pay a $10 replacement fee after receipt of their first free box.

This new program is a support service for students, faculty, and staff wishing to take meals for later consumption due to limited time, prohibiting seated dining, or other reasons an individual cannot consume a sit-down meal in the dining commons. As such, this program is not intended to offer the full set of amenities available through the All You Can Eat dining option.

Rules & Guidelines of the Program

For those electing to enroll:

1. Enrollment in the carry-out program is free including the first container and unlimited exchanges after that. If the container is lost or stolen the cost to replace it is $10.
   1. Cash or Credit Card is accepted
   2. Dining Dollars cannot be used toward replacement enrollment
2. After enrolling a student will be issued a ‘green’ reusable container (free containers can temporally be picked up from Room CB 203 above the Commons between 8 am and 4 pm Monday - Friday. Students visiting the Commons for carry-out outside of that time frame may choose to pay $10 or wait for the next business day for their free container.
   1. Utensils are available in dispensers located at the cashier station
   2. Beverage & soup cups/lids not part of the program (consistent with program intent)
   3. Those exchanging a container but opting to use it at another time, will be issued a token to claim the replacement upon entry the next time they wish to take out their meal. Students are not permitted to eat a dine-in meal and carry out during the same dining session. Carry-out containers are not allowed in seating areas.
   4. You may eat a meal and then re-swipe to carry out an additional meal.
3. Rules and responsibilities associated with participating in the program: Students are asked to be respectful when supporting the program and follow all guidelines/rules.
   1. Carry-out meals must fit securely in a closed ‘green’ container
   2. As noted above, no sitting for a meal if using the carry-out container
   3. Persons must swipe in for carry-out as they would for eating in
   4. Items in pockets, backpacks, wrapped in napkins constitute theft
   5. Contents of container are to be a reasonably acceptable amount of food that constitutes a ‘meal’ – no ‘shopping’
   6. Use of multiple containers is prohibited – one per entry/swipe only
4. Enrollment in the program constitutes acceptance of the rules

Should violations of the protocols occur the following are potential consequences:

1. First offense: Eating in dining hall AND attempting to fill a container in the same sitting will result in confiscation of container for that meal
2. Second offense will result in removal from program

An alternative service is provided to those unable to partake in the regular dining facilities due to conflicting class schedules and recognized University athletics schedules. Call 410-543-6105 for additional information or print out and submit the To-Go Form to reserve your meal.

University Dining Services features Festival of Foods events every month throughout the semester in the Commons. These events are offered in addition to normal fare and include distinctive foods, fun and entertainment.

Meal Plan holders may attend Festival of Foods events for free, while guests may attend for the cash door price.

All patrons must present their Gull Card in order to utilize a meal plan when eating in the Commons during regular business hours. If the student does not have his/her Gull Card (forgotten or misplaced) then he/she will not be admitted to the Commons. The Gull Card office, located on the basement level of the Commons, is open Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. for all your Gull Card replacement needs ($25 fee). During times when the Gull Card Office is not open (evenings and weekends), students with a meal plan will be issued a temporary meal pass by the manager on duty in the Commons. Temporary passes can be used only in the Commons and will only be valid until the Gull Card Office reopens (one night for evenings and until Monday morning on weekends). A student will only be issued a temporary meal pass once per semester.

The Gull Card, containing your meal plan information, remains the property of Salisbury University and is only for personal use of the person to whom it is issued. Cards and meal plans may not be shared (non-transferable). Students found to be using a card not issued to them will be subject to reprimand and/or disciplinary action under the University Code of Community Standards.

A student may have his or her meal plan contract canceled or be subject to disciplinary action by the University for the following reasons:

• Using abusive and insulting language, vandalism and infringements upon the rights of others in any dining facility.
• Removing food or equipment from dining areas.
• Selling or allowing others to use your meal plan.
• Being intoxicated or attempting to bring alcohol or drugs into any UDS location--the Commons, Chick-fil-A, Cool Beans, Hungry Minds, CBRC and any satellite location.
• Displaying unacceptable conduct, disruptive behavior or personal endangerment of any kind (for example: throwing objects or dining utensils).
• Abusing dining staff or facilities.
• Misusing, defacing, falsifying or tampering with University property (SU Gull Card)

Students whose meal plans are terminated for disciplinary reasons are not eligible for a refund.

Only employees on duty are allowed in the kitchen, behind the serving lines or in storage areas.

Table tents can be delivered to Room 206 in The Commons.

Table Tents:

• Tents need to be printed on Card Stock paper & cut to correct size.
• Quantity & Size Needed--40 copies, 4" (W) x 6" (H).
• Tents are put out every Monday morning
• Tents are displayed on a first-come, first-serve basis.

Requirements include wearing shoes and shirts at all times where food is served and eaten.

All food prepared for student and/or faculty gatherings shall be done under the auspices of Salisbury University Dining Services to ensure that storage, preparation and service are in compliance with HACCP and Health Department guidelines.