What is a Meal Plan?
A Meal Plan unlocks delicious meals, coffee, snacks, and more, at all dining locations across campus. Your Meal Plan includes Meal Swipes, Meal Exchange at accepted locations, Guest Swipes (Depending on your Meal Plan selection), and Dining Dollars. All conveniently loaded onto your Fordham Student ID card. No need to carry additional cards or cash!
Meal Swipes
Throughout the academic school year, meal swipes give you access to both all-you-care-to-enjoy residential dining halls, The Second Floor McShane Dining Hall and Bepler Commons. Summer meal plan options are also available after the Spring meal plan ends.
Declining Balance Dollars (DB)
All meal plans come with Declining Balance Dollars and can be used at all Ram Hospitality Dining locations on either campus. Cash, credit or debit cards are also accepted payment forms.
Meal Exchange
You may also use your Meal Swipes for predetermined meals at most campus food venues beyond our all-you-care-to-enjoy dining halls. This includes various retail locations on the Rose Hill campus such as Urban Kitchen, Queen’s Court, Cosi, Salt & Sesame, POD Express @ Keating Hall, Grab N Go, Dagger John’s and The Chomp Truck.
Guest Meals
Guest Meals swipes are provided with a number of our meal plans as a means to invite friends or family to dine with you while on campus. As of Fall 2024 on both Fordham campuses total guest meal swipe counts for the semester are as followed:
- All Unlimited plans come with 8 guest passes per semester.
- All Weekly plans come with 4 guest passes per semester.
- All Block plans do not currently offer any guest passes.
Meal Plan Benefits
Your meal plan unlocks endless benefits and perks including:
- Incentive bonuses with early sign-ups.
- Wide variety of different cuisine and food options to choose from.
- Meal swipes, guest swipes, meal exchange and Declining Balance dollars preloaded onto your ID card.
- Convenience right on the heart of campus.
- Lower cost per meal & save on tax with each transaction.
Managing Your Plan
There are a few ways you can check your Meal Swipes and Dining Dollars balance:
- By creating/logging into the Grubhub for mobile campus app.
- Request a balance check paper from any cashier and dining location.
- Visit the meal plan office in the McShane Campus Center, open Monday-Friday 9:00 AM - 3:30PM PM or call 718-817- 4515 to speak with a dining representative.
Dining Dollars running low? No problem! Add more Dining Dollars online.
Key Dates
- Fall 2024 Meal Plan Begins: Sunday, August 25th
- Orientation For New Traditional First-Year Students: Monday, August 26th
- Last Day for Add/Drop Meal Plan Changes: Sunday, September 8th (For mandatory students)
- Last Day To Make Any Meal Plan Changes For Non-Mandatory Students: Monday, August 26th
*Please note that the Fall 2024 meal plans end on Friday, December 20th
