Dining & Vending

Review the terms and conditions of student meal plans.

Discount Dollars are part of your chosen meal plan and set up as a declining balance account on your ID card. For detailed information on Discount Dollars and other campus funds, please visit the Campus Funds & Gift Cards page.

Note: Discount Dollars do not activate a discount for prepackaged goods and bottled beverages or at vending machines. If you have a meal plan, we recommend you add Munch Money or Podium funds to your ID Card to pay for these items.

Deposit funds.

Allergen-free, Gluten-free, Vegan & Vegetarian Meals

Allergen-free and gluten-free meals are available at the Simple Servings stations in the Indigenous, State and Alumni Quads’ dining halls. Both dining halls’ salad bars also have gluten-free items.

Students who work with the campus dietician also have access to MyZone, which is a separate, gluten-free space in the Indigenous Quad dining hall.

Allergen, vegan and vegetarian information is posted at each retail venue. Allergen information is also available online for all retail dining venues and resident dining halls.

Halal Meals

Retail at Campus Center

Halal meat is exclusively served at Spice Market (certified), Halal Shack, and Baba's Pizza. The campus convenience store, 518 Market, also has frozen halal entrees.

Quad Dining

Certified halal meat is exclusively served at Simple Servings in Indigenous Dining Room. Halal meat is also available upon request at Indigenous, State and Alumni dining rooms.
 

Kosher Kitchen - New Fall 2025

Kosher Kitchen is a certified kosher station open for dinner in  Indigenous Dining Room.  

The Faculty/Staff Dining Plan is taxable in New York State. Therefore, refunds may only be granted under certain conditions.

Faculty/Staff Dining Plan balances remain on your UAlbany ID Card while you are an active employee. New deposits can be made at any time and will be added to your existing balance. Deposit funds.

Balances cannot be transferred to other people or accounts. Balances never expire until you officially leave the University and submit the Faculty/Staff Plan Refund Request Form.

You can request a refund up to three years after ending employment at the University. A refund check will be mailed to your home address.  

All refunds are subject to a $5 processing fee.

After three years of inactivity, your funds will be subject to New York State escheating regulations. If we are unable to reach you at that time, the remaining balance will be turned over to the New York State Comptroller. If that balance is over $20, you can request it through the Unclaimed Funds process.