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,

University Dining Services is excited to introduce a new carryout program debuting on October 10, 2022. In partnership with the SGA, the carryout program is a convenient service offered to students, faculty, and staff that is sustainable, affordable, and flexible.

The program is a one-time $10 fee (or $5 if you have last year’s to-go box) and provides you with a fresh meal to carry out of the Commons Dining Hall. Utilizing an all-new token system, you can exchange your To-Go box for a token and dine-in and then use your token for a fresh box the next time you carry out.

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. The cost to participate is $10. The enrollment cost includes purchasing the first container and unlimited exchanges thereafter
   1. Cash or Credit Card is accepted
   2. Dining Dollars cannot be used towards enrollment
2. After enrolling a student will be issued ‘green’ re-usable container:
   1. Utensils are available in dispensers located at the cashier station
   2. Beverage & soup cups/lids are not part of the program
   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 when they wish to take out their meal. Students are not permitted to eat a meal and then use a carry-out container at the same dining session. Carry-out containers are not allowed in seating areas.
3. Rules and responsibilities associated with participating in the program (Students are asked to be respectful in supporting the program and follow all guidelines/rules):
   1. Carry-out meals must fit securely in closed ‘green’ container
   2. No sitting for 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 constitutes theft
   5. Contents of container are to be a reasonably acceptable amount of food that constitutes a ‘meal’
   6. Use of multiple containers is prohibited – one per entry/swipe only
4. Enrollment in program constitutes acceptance of the rules (sign-off during SGA enrollment event and then after at Commons entry)

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.