Meal Plans

Inside Ullman Commons Our meal plans are intended to give you value and flexibility.

There are multiple options to ensure that you can find a plan that suits your needs, and they work at every dining location on campus.

First-year students must select the 19 Meal Plan or the 210 Block Plan.
Continuing and transfer students living in standard residence halls may choose from the 19 Meal Plan, 210 Block and 190 Block meal plans.
The Combo and Flex plans are light enough for commuters or those living in apartment-style residences with kitchens.

2025-2026 Mandatory Plans for students living in standard residence halls
Plan	Meals	Flex Dollars	Guest Meals	Cost
Plan 19 Meal Plan	Meals 19 per week View details...	Flex Dollars $50 per semester	Guest Meals 3 per semester	Cost $4,120 per semester $8,240 year total
Plan 210 Block Plan	Meals 210 per semester View details...	Flex Dollars $50 per semester	Guest Meals 3 per semester	Cost $4,085 per semester $8,170 year total
Plan 190 Block Plan	Meals 190 per semester View details...	Flex Dollars $50 per semester	Guest Meals 3 per semester	Cost $3,820 per semester $7,640 year total

2025-2026 Voluntary Plans for commuter students or students living in apartment-style residence halls
Plan	Meals	Flex Dollars	Guest Meals	Cost
Plan Combo 25 Meal	Meals 25 per semester	Flex Dollars $200 per semester	Guest Meals 0	Cost $600 per semester
Plan Combo 50 Meal	Meals 50 per semester	Flex Dollars $200 per semester	Guest Meals 0	Cost $920 per semester
Plan Flex 550	Meals (no meals)	Flex Dollars $600	Guest Meals 0	Cost $550
Plan Flex 300	Meals (no meals)	Flex Dollars $325	Guest Meals 0	Cost $300
Plan Flex 150	Meals (no meals)	Flex Dollars $160	Guest Meals 0	Cost $150

Meal Plan Details

19 Meal Plan

The 19 Meal Plan is designed so that students do not run out of meal swipes during the semester, but they do need to budget their meal swipes each week.
This plan allows for a maximum of 4 meal swipes per day, with a 15 minute “cool down” gap between swipes, up to a maximum of 19 swipes per week. 19 meals are loaded onto student ID cards every Saturday (unused meals do not carry over from week to week).
If you don't want to worry about budgeting your meals for the semester, this is the plan for you!

210 / 190 Block Plans

The 210 Block Plan provides an average of 13 meals per week.
The 190 Block Plan provides an average of 11 meals per week.
Maximum of 6 swipes per day, with a 15 minute “cool down” gap between swipes.
These meal plans can run out during the semester, so students must budget their meal swipes. Meal plan use can be tracked in the MyCLU Portal.

Note: Unused meals for all Mandatory and Voluntary Meal Plans listed above expire at the end of each semester.

2024-2025 Voluntary Plans for Graduate and Professional Students
Plan	Meals	Flex Dollars	Guest Meals	Cost
Plan Combo 25 Meal	Meals 25 per semester	Flex Dollars $200 per semester	Guest Meals 0	Cost $570 per semester
Plan Combo 50 Meal	Meals 50 per semester	Flex Dollars $200 per semester	Guest Meals 0	Cost $870 per semester
Plan Flex 550	Meals (no meals)	Flex Dollars $600	Guest Meals 0	Cost $550
Plan Flex 300	Meals (no meals)	Flex Dollars $325	Guest Meals 0	Cost $300
Plan Flex 150	Meals (no meals)	Flex Dollars $160	Guest Meals 0	Cost $150

Unused meals for all meal plans expire at the end of each semester. All fees are subject to change without notice. The University reserves the right to change, delete or add to this pricing schedule as deemed appropriate.

Where to Redeem

Meals are redeemable at Ullman Dining, which offers an “All You Care to Eat” dine-in experience.

You can also redeem your meal swipes for up to $6.25 at these locations. (Effective Fall 2025: up to $7.50)

Ullman To Go
Jamba Juice
Starbucks (not including grab-and-go items or merchandise)
The Habit Burger Grill

Learn more about our dining locations.

Types of Credits

Flex dollars are purchased as part of your meal plan and work like cash at any of the campus dining locations. For example, if you wanted to treat one of your parents to a coffee while they were in town visiting you, you could use your Flex Dollars to do that at Starbucks.

Items purchased with Flex Dollars are not subject to sales tax. Unused Flex Dollars roll over from fall semester to spring semester, but expire and are nonrefundable at the end of the academic year. If you run out of Flex Dollars you can add Munch Money to your ID card.

Important Information

All residential students not living in apartment-style residence halls (Kramer, Mogen, Grace, or Trinity) are required to have a meal plan and first-year students must purchase a 19 Meal or 210 Block plan. Only one meal plan may be purchased per semester. All students can purchase a meal plan or request an eligible change of plans by emailing reslife@CalLutheran.edu and inluding their student ID number and requested plan. Plans may not be changed or cancelled after the second friday of the semester but you can add a plan any time if you don't have one.

You'll need to present your ID card each time you visit one of the dining venues to use your meal plan. If you lose your ID card, you will need to replace it immediately because you will not be able to utilize your meal plan without it. If you have lost your ID card, please contact Campus Safety so that they may issue you a new one. The Campus Security non-emergency phone number is 493-3208.