As a first-year student your residence meal package will give you flexibility and variety from a quick snack to a full course meal. You are able to eat at any food service venue you choose across the Trent campus. Meal plans are a mandatory part of your residence package. Food service at each college features comfortable dining areas with a choice of nutritious dishes, healthy selections and old favourites by Aramark Canada.
Board Meals
- Board meals are an “all you care to eat” dining option. Meals are provided at set times throughout the day (times vary according to each college) and offer a buffet of options for students to choose from. At each meal time attended the student has one meal subtracted from that week’s allotment. Please note that unused meals do not carry over to the next week. Remember that on any Board Plan, no food or drinks are permitted to leave the dining hall.
- Each Board Meal plan consists of 12 or 16 meals per week, with some Flex Dollars (800 or 600).
Colleges with the Board Meal plan are Lady Eaton and Peter Gzowski.
Flex Dollars
- Flex Dollars make up the declining balance money system used in Trent’s cafeterias. The number attributed to the Flex Dollars (2600, 600, etc.) is the dollar amount on the card at the beginning of the school year. Students use these dollars like a debit card to purchase individual meal items. Each time the student makes a purchase, the cash equivalent is subtracted from the Flex Dollar balance.
- Flex Dollars can also be used to purchase a Board Meal at Catharine Parr Traill, Lady Eaton or Peter Gzowski Colleges if you are visiting, or have used all of your Board Meals that week.
Colleges with the Flex Dollar plan are Champlain and Otonabee.
Please note that every meal plan can be used at each College! You are not limited to eating in your own college residence’s dining hall!
For further information including menus and dining hall hours please visit Aramark's web site at www.trent.campusdish.com
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End of the Year Dining Hall Schedule
