COVID-19: Food Services Meal Plan Refunds

What's in the message? 

  • Meal plan money and flex dollars from all meal plans will stay on your Watcard for use when you return to campus

  • A portion of the overhead deduction will be refunded - it will appear in your student Quest account if you have officially withdrawn from V1, REV or CMH by March 31, 2020.

  • If you are graduating or withdrawing from UWaterloo - you can apply for a refund of all monies through Watcard. 

COVID-19: UW Food Services Meal Plans

We continue to monitor the evolving situation with the COVID-19 pandemic. While we continue to work closely with our Housing partners and residence community, here is an update as it pertains to Food Services meal plans on campus.  

Unused Resident Meal Plan Dollars

Any remaining balance will automatically be transferred to a Transfer Campus Meal Plan, which are funds that remain on your Watcard that can be used the next time you’re back on campus in any Food Services locations.

Meal Plan Overhead

For those students with a Residence mandatory meal plan and have officially vacated their UW Housing residence before March 31st 2020, Food Services will refund a prorated amount of your meal plan overhead deduction*, based on Food Service overhead refund guidelines. Refunds will appear as a credit on your student account at a later date. If you have a minimum of $299.00 left in meal plan dollars on your Watcard, you will receive the maximum rebate of $299 of the overhead cost to your student Quest account. If you have under $299.00 meal plan dollars remaining, you will not receive a rebate from the overhead deduction. 

*Overhead deduction for the 2020 Winter term is $1,196, which does not include funds for Capital Improvement and Resident Dining Program Enhancement.  Please also note that you won’t be eligible for a refund after March 31st, 2020

Value Plus Meal Plans

Any remaining balance will automatically be transferred to a Campus Casual Meal Plan, which are funds that remain on your Watcard that can be used the next time you’re back on campus.

If you are graduating or withdrawing from University of Waterloo 

Please visit the Watcard site for more information on full refunds. 

If you have further questions, please email us at foodserv@uwaterloo.ca