MERCYHURST UNIVERSITY
Meal Plan Options 2013-2014 ANYTIME MEAL PLAN OPTION
MEAL PLAN CALENDAR
Unlimited access to Egan Dining Hall - 7 days a week.
The first board meal is dinner on Sat 8/31/13 The last board meal is Fri 5/16/14 Meal plans are not accepted during the following breaks: Thanksgiving - Thurs 11/28/13 and reopens for dinner Sun 12/01/13 Christmas - Sat 12/14/13 and reopens for dinner Sun 1/05/14 Open for J Term - hours of operation may vary Spring Break - Sat 3/15/14 and reopens for dinner Sun 3/23/14 Easter Break - Thurs 4/17/14 and reopens for dinner Mon 4/21/14
PLATINUM PLAN
$225 Bonus Bucks & 10 guest passes per semester $2741 per semester
GOLD PLAN
$150 Bonus Bucks & 6 guest passes per semester $2653 per semester
SILVER PLAN
$75 Bonus Bucks & 4 guest passes per semester $2568 per semester * All Metal Plans are Anytime Continuous Dining plans. All freshman students living in the resident halls are required to select a Metal Plan.
BLOCK MEAL PLAN OPTION FOR APARTMENTS, TOWN HOUSES & OFF-CAMPUS 225 BLOCK
Any 225 meals per semester Plus $150 Bonus Bucks $1952 per semester
150 BLOCK
Any 150 meals per semester Plus $150 Bonus Bucks $1408 per semester
185 BLOCK
Any 185 meals per semester Plus $150 Bonus Bucks $1653 per semester
105 BLOCK
Any 105 meals per semester Plus $150 Bonus Bucks $1049 per semester
* Bonus Bucks for use in Egan Dining Hall, Laker Inn, the Coffee Bar and the C-store. Block meals and bonus bucks expire at the end of each semester and do not roll over. Dining Dollars that are purchased roll over from semester to semester and year to year, but have no cash value. Meal plans can be changed up to the last day to drop/ add classes each semester. Meal plans are then closed until the next semester...no exceptions. Dining Dollars are available for purchase anytime to enhance your meal plan. Please see the One Card Portal for complete meal plan rules.
HOURS OF OPERATION Egan Dining Hall - Anytime Dining • Monday - Friday Continuous Dining: 7am - 10pm Starbucks Coffee & Desserts : 10pm - 11pm • Saturday - Sunday Continuous Dining: 10am - 10pm Starbucks Coffee & Desserts : 10pm - 11pm Laker Inn Food Court • Monday - Friday Cantina de Laker: 11am - 9pm Bento Bowl: 11am - 9pm The Grille: 8am - 1am • Saturday - Sunday Cantina de Laker : 5pm - 9pm The Grille: 5pm - 1am
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The Coffee Bar at the Bookstore • Monday - Thursday 7:30am - 8pm • Friday 7:30am - 5pm • Saturday 10am - 5pm • Sunday 2pm - 8pm The C-Store at Warde Hall • Monday - Sunday 5pm - Midnight The Culinary Cab • Watch for the food truck on campus, especially late night Fridays and Saturdays!
DINING DOLLARS
* Hours of operation are subject to change
Additional Dining Dollars can be added anytime and are available for purchase at the One Card Office or North East Student Financial Services.
To enroll in a Mercyhurst meal plan contact the One Card Office at onecard@mercyhurst.edu or stop in and fill out an enrollment form. Read more at www.mercyhurst.edu/financial-aid.
GOOD FOOD STARTS WITH THE FINEST INGREDIENTS. • Fresh vegetables, grown locally, both in hot foods and in our salad bar every day • At least five different kinds of fresh fruit available every day • A commitment to using high-quality, locally-grown produce • Meat that is USDA Choice or better • Hamburger that is fresh, not frozen • Real mashed potatoes … never instant • Real cheese and whole roasted turkey … never processed • Real bacon bits … never imitation • Soups made from stock not bases, and MSG free
Our commitment to quality extends to the way we prepare our food: • • • • • •
No microwave cooking Small batches to ensure freshness Soups and pizza dough that are made from-scratch in our kitchen Cage-free eggs that are cooked to-order every morning Fish that is hand-breaded Cooking oil that is trans fat-free
FOOD FOR SPECIAL NEEDS Do you have specific dietary requirements? We can help you get what you need and avoid what you don’t. Offered daily in all our dining locations: • • • • •
Sugar-free ingredients Organic ingredients Allergy items spotlighted Vegetarian or Vegan selections Gluten friendly foods
The Parkhurst program supports local farmers within 125 miles of Mercyhurst and Mercyhurst North East. We partner with the Mercyhurst farm to provide fresh farm-to-table produce to our students. Enjoy our Low Impact Thursdays where our culinary team spotlights the 80/20 menu with delicious foods that are 80% plant-based and 20% meat-based, while lowering our carbon footprint. • Dairy – produced without the use of rBST and purchased locally from Turner Dairy Farms • Meat – purchased from regional farms when available, and cage-free eggs as a daily standard
SUSTAINABILITY • • • • • • • • • •
Our spent fryer oil is converted into bio-diesel fuel; oil recycled locally through Bio-diesel Fuel, Inc. Campus kitchens provide food scraps daily for the campus compost program We partner with Seafood Watch to increase our use of sustainable seafood Electronic social media reduces the need for paper in many of our marketing materials Our napkins are made from recycled paper Mercyhurst Dining Halls offer trayless service to guests for a tremendous savings of water, electricity, and labor daily We use washable, reusable service ware and utensils in Egan and North East Dining Halls We offer Fair Trade, Starbucks, Eat’n Park and local Bay City Gourmet Coffee We use recyclable containers in our “on-the-go!” program, eliminating all Styrofoam on campus Students and all guests use reusable TO GO containers in the Dining Hall, eliminating 25% of the waste generated from plastic containers
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