By enrolling in MealChoice, the participant agrees to the following terms and conditions:
ENROLLMENT
- All employees who are issued a Staff or Faculty Cornell University ID card are eligible for enrollment in MealChoice.
- MealChoice utilizes a debit account for cash-less transactions.
- To enroll in the meal plan, staff/faculty must complete an enrollment card and submit payment using cash, check or credit card.
- The minimum opening balance is $25. Additional funds may be added in increments of $10.00.
USING YOUR MEAL PLAN
- When you enroll in MealChoice, an account is opened with the amount specified.
- Use your University ID card like cash for any food purchase. The amount you purchase is automatically debited from your account.
- All purchases made with MealChoice receive a 5% discount.
- Only you can use your University ID card to purchase food on your account. Your card will be confiscated if used by others.
- MealChoice can be used at any Cornell Dining retail or all you care to eat locations.
CANCELLATION and REFUNDS
- Any account that remains inactive for a period of one year will be canceled.
- Refunds are not permitted. If you choose to discontinue use of MealChoice, we suggest you exhaust all remaining funds in your debit account. The account will be canceled if no activity exists for a period of one year.
CONDITIONS OF PARTICIPATION
- Cornell Dining reserves the right to modify dining-program hours of operation as demand dictates. This includes the university-recess periods of summer, fall break, Thanksgiving break, winter intersession and spring break.
- Cornell Dining will make every reasonable effort to continue dining services during periods of weather emergency, power shortages, union actions, and similar circumstances.
- All purchases made with MealChoice are subject to New York State sales tax.
- Serving policy: The meal program features lunch at our . It is your responsibility to take only what you can reasonably eat at each meal. To facilitate service, only one entrée will be served to a plan member on each trip through the service area. The food you select must be eaten in the dining area; you cannot take anything out after each meal except a piece of fruit, a cookie, or one ice cream item.
- Meal-plan membership is non-transferable.
- Lost University ID cards: To report your card lost, e-mail dining@cornell.edu. To replace your University ID card, go to the University Registrar office at B7 Day Hall.
OTHER RESTRICTIONS
- Smoking is not permitted in university dining units.
- Alcoholic beverages cannot be obtained with MealChoice. Alcoholic beverages cannot be brought into a university dining unit.
- Participants are responsible for returning their own tray to the designated return area.
- Shirts and shoes are required in all dining units.
- No animals, except service dogs, are allowed in dining units.
- Cornell Dining is not responsible for personal belongings brought into or left in dining units.
- Cornell Dining reserves the right to cancel this program with 60 days notice.
By using your plan and participation in the dining program, you agree to accept all of the terms, conditions, and restrictions stated above and any revisions to it, which may be made from time to time.