Food Services

19 Meal Plan

All residents are eligible for the plan. It consists of 3 meals a day Monday through Friday, and brunch and dinner on Saturday and Sunday. All first time freshmen residents must be on this plan during their first semester on campus.

14 Meal Plan

All returning residents and transfer student residents are eligible for this plan. It consists of any 14 meals during the week. The food service week runs from Monday to Sunday. It also includes $250 of Spartan Bucks that can be used in the Spartan Spot Café, the DAC Kiosk or in the Kuhrt Dining Hall when a resident has guests on campus. Students eligible for this plan that have not already signed up for it can do so during the first week of school. Please see the Director of Residence Life, 109 Marguerite Hall to sign up for this plan.

Apartment residents are given credit for $225 worth of Spartan Bucks that they receive with their room rate. Apartment residents are also eligible to purchase a meal plan or additional Spartan Bucks credit.

Use of the Kuhrt Dining Hall facilities is limited to students, faculty, administrators, staff, alumni and guests of D'Youville College. Residents must show a resident ID card to obtain their meal, or they must pay the casual meal rate. All others will be required to pay the casual meal rate. Casual meal rates are in U.S. funds and are as follows:

Breakfast - $5.70
Brunch - $7.20
Lunch - $8.20
Dinner - $8.70

Sick Trays/Special Exceptions

Sick trays and exceptions to the "No food leaves the dining room" policy are available to residential students only. Any food/beverage which is to leave the dining hall must be authorized via campus e-mail to the food service director by one of the following: Director of the Health Center, Director or Asst. Director of Residence Life or a senior R.A. Copies of all such requests must be forwarded to the Director of Residence Life.

Special Diets

D'Youville College will give special consideration to students who have a medically related dietary problem. Students should contact the Campus Dining Office at 716-829-7632 to arrange for special dietary needs.

A Spartan Bucks account is a declining balance debit program. Activate your D'Youville Student ID Card with a Spartan account for use in any of the D'Youville dining locations, including the Kuhrt Dining Hall, Spartan Spot Cafe or the D'Youville Academic Center Kiosk.

Benefits

With just a $25 initial deposit, you will enjoy these great benefits:

• Tax free purchases (8.75%) in the Kuhrt Dining Hall
• Convenience of not carrying cash
• Flexibility and convenience

Who's Eligible?

All students, commuter or resident, faculty, staff and administration are eligible to buy Spartan Bucks.

Add Money to Your Account

Money can be added to your card in the Student Accounts Office. The office is located in the KAB and accepts cash, check or credit card.

Resident Students

Spartan Bucks are part of the resident students semester meal/housing plan and must be used by the end of each semester or are lost.

Restrictions

Resident students on the 14-meal plan or who live in the apartment complex are limited to using $15.00 of their Spartan Bucks per day.

Note: Spartan Bucks purchased separately outside of meal plans have no daily limits and unused bucks will roll over.

Personal Touch Food Service is committed to promoting better health and wellness by offering the highest quality foods and preparation techniques in accordance with current scientific evidence and is dedicated to providing up-to-date nutrition and lifestyle education to enhance knowledge and application toward development of lifelong wellness practices.

It is the policy of Personal Touch Food Service that:

• Personal Touch Food Service will take every measure to ensure client access to foods and beverages that meet our nutrition goals as well as federal, state and local laws and guidelines.
• Nutrition and wellness policy goals will be considered in planning all corporate-based activities.
• Nutrition policy guidelines will be considered in all purchasing and preparation techniques to assure the highest quality, nutrient dense foods are made available to all Personal Touch Food Service consumers.
• Nutrition and lifestyle education will be provided for clients and staff to foster healthy lifestyle habits, encouraging daily consumption of nutrient-dense foods in appropriate quantities and adequate physical activity.
• Foods offered, preparation practices, and nutrition and wellness education provided will be evaluated regularly to monitor implementation of policy goals.
• Personal Touch Food Service will monitor, review, and revise the policy as needed to fulfill the mission of promoting better health and wellness among clients and staff.

Helpful Links

In addition to offering four dining locations on campus, Personal Touch Food Service also offers Catering and Special Event planning for D'Youville College. If you are hosting a meeting, party or other special event on campus, Personal Touch has a variety of options to make your event successful. Contact Nancy Altman for more information.