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Mini Meal Plan

The Mini Meal Plan is a meal plan for students who live off campus and in WSU apartments, as well as faculty and staff. Cougs can enjoy the convenience of eating on campus and the quality, customizable food that we serve—all while receiving a discount!

Pricing and Discount Information

Mini Meal Plans cost $250. The price breaks down as follows:

Base Cost*: $50
Dining Dollars: $200
Total Cost: $250

Here’s how the discount works: When you purchase food, you receive a 25% discount at the dining centers and a 5% discount at retail dining locations. If all your purchases are made in the dining centers, your purchasing power is $266.67 .

25% Discount Locations: Northside Café, Hillside Café, and Southside Café
5% Discount Locations: 

Southside Market and the Market on Cougar Way
Coug Eats Late Night Delivery
Lighty Café
Starbucks at the Spark building
Carlita's
Freshëns at the CUB
Freshëns Fresh Food Studio at the Chinook
Einstein Bros. Bagels

*Note: The base cost supports utilities, maintenance, repairs, mortgage payments, and a portion of the labor needed to support the meal plan.

Using the Mini Meal Plan

Mini Meal Plans can be purchased and used anytime. Mini Meal Plans expire once you’ve owned the plan for at least 12 months, and haven’t spent any dining dollars for 6 months after that. For example, if you purchase a plan in May, 2024 and stop spending dining dollars the following May, 2025, your plan would expire in November, 2025.

If you are a student with a residential meal plan who is planning to leave the residence halls you have a one-time option to roll over your leftover meal plan dining dollars to the Mini Meal Plan for the following semester. All you need to do is purchase a Mini Meal Plan before the 10th day of classes of the semester following your departure. Your leftover dollars will automatically roll over and be added to your Mini Meal Plan Dining Dollars.

If you are a sophomore in standing or above, have at least one year of attendance at WSU, and continue living in a residence hall, participating in a meal plan is optional.  You are eligible for the Resident Meal Plan or the Mini Meal Plan. Learn more about the benefits of repurchasing a plan.

Unlike our residential dining plan, additional Dining Dollars cannot be added to a Mini Meal Plan.

Mini Meal Plans are not refundable.

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