ABIGAIL JACOBSON
News Editor
If there’s one important thing you should know about SUNY Fredonia, it’s your meal plans and where to use them.
Fredonia has two main dining halls, the Cranston Marché and Willy C’s. Fredonia also has two Faculty Student Association (FSA) run cafes, as well as a student-run business called the Snack Shack, a convenience store and their very own Starbucks.
At Starbucks, you can only use one meal swipe, which is considered to be $6.00. You may also use points, FREDFunds, cards and cash. If you have the Starbucks mobile app and have points, you cannot use them if you are paying with a meal swipe, points or FREDFunds.
The Cranston Marché is an all-you-care-to-eat dining hall, which offers breakfast, lunch and dinner options. It is located in University Commons on the second floor. You can use your meal swipes, FREDFunds, points and feed-a-friend meals here.
Since Cranston offers breakfast, lunch and dinner, the price of the meal swipe differs. For breakfast, one meal swipe is $9.25. For lunch, one meal swipe is $10.00. For dinner, one meal swipe is $11.50.
Comparatively, Willy C’s has a variety of fast food for when you’re on the go or to sit down and enjoy. Some food options include sandwiches, salads, fries and much more. Willy C’s is located in the basement of the Williams Center. You are able to use meal swipes, points and FREDFunds here. One meal swipe is $8.50. Unlike the other dining options, Willy C’s accepts a maximum of two meal swipes for one order.
Fredonia’s convenience store offers a wide selection of food and snack options for you to purchase. It ranges from frozen meals to different types of soda to as much candy as your heart desires. The convenience store is also located in University Commons, on the first floor. You can use points, FREDFunds and other forms of payment such as card and cash here.
At Fredonia’s two cafes, which are located in McEwen Hall and Mason Hall, you are able to choose from a few options, such as pre-made meals, coffee and hot chocolate. Here, you are able to use meal swipes, points, FREDFunds and other forms of payment. One meal swipe is $8.50.
The Snack Shack, which is located on the first floor of Thompson Hall, also offers similar items. Some items include fresh cinnamon rolls to a variety of chips and soda. As of right now, the only payment method available is through card.
Now there’s one question you may be asking: How am I going to afford all of these items?
Fredonia offers seven different meal plans for on-campus students.
Meal plan one allows you to have 21 meal swipes per week, 300 points per semester and five feed-a-friend meals. Meal plan one costs $3,595 per semester.
Meal plan two gives you 19 meal swipes per week, 425 points per semester and five feed-a-friend meals. This meal plan costs $3,415 a semester.
Meal plan three gives you 14 meal swipes per week, 425 points per semester and five feed-a-friend meals. Meal plan three costs $3,275 per semester.
Meal plan four allows you to have 10 meal swipes per week, 425 points per semester and five feed-a-friend meals. This meal plan costs $3,130 per semester.
Meal plan five gives you seven meal swipes per week, 700 points per semester and five feed-a-friend meals. This meal plan costs $3,100 per semester.
Meal plan six allows you to have 2,825 points per semester and five feed-a-friend meals. This plan costs $3,225 a semester.
Meal plan seven gives you seven meal swipes per week, 400 points per semester and five feed-a-friend meals. This meal plan costs $2,850 a semester. This plan is only offered to juniors and seniors.
For every meal plan, you are limited to spending $75.00 of your points per day.
Fredonia also offers three more plans for commuters. Meal plans eight, nine and C-75 are strictly point-based and allow the commuter to choose a certain number of points. For more information, reach out to the FSA Office in Gregory Hall. The C-75 plan can only be purchased at the FSA Office.
Meal plan eight costs $1,025 a semester, meal plan nine costs $800 a semester and meal plan C-75 costs $75 a semester.
All first-year freshmen are required to choose plan one or plan two. Sophomores and juniors who are living on campus are required to purchase a meal plan unless they’re living in Gregory Hall, a kitchen suite or a townhouse.
Seniors are not required to choose a meal plan, but can if they would like.
What are these meal plans and points?
Meal swipes are typically used by students to buy their meal, whether it be a sandwich or a bag of chips.
Points can be measured in dollars. If something costs $5, then that would be five points.
Feed-a-friend meals are just like meal swipes, but are only allowed to be used at the Cranston Marche.
Your meal swipes are recharged every Sunday morning, so the last day to use your meal swipes for that week is Saturday night.
Students are able to use their meal plans during four different meal periods every day. Our breakfast period is from when most places open to 11:00 a.m. Our lunch/brunch period is from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Our dinner period is from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Our late-night period is from 8:00 p.m. to closing.
All meal plans are not able to be used during break periods, such as Thanksgiving Break and Winter Break.
What happens if you have leftover points at the end of the semester? They typically roll over into the next semester. This only applies if you have points left over in the Fall, which then will be given to you plus the amount you started with at the beginning of the Spring semester.
For example, if you started with 425 points at the start of the Fall semester and you have 148 points left over at the end of the Fall semester, those points then roll over to the Spring semester on top of what you came into Fall with. So you would go into the Spring semester with 573 points.
Points do not carry over from the Spring semester to the Fall semester.
For more information regarding meal plans, points or anything else relating to Fredonia’s dining halls and plans, reach out to the FSA office.
FSA email: fsa.office@fredonia.edu
FSA phone number: (716) 680-6228
If you would like more information on meal plans and points, you can also go to fredonia.edu/fsa.