Dining Plans – The Building Blocks

The first step to making an informed choice about which dining plan best suits your needs is to consider your class and work schedule, your nutrition needs, and the times you prefer to eat. Each dining plan is identified by the number of times a student may enter the Washakie Dining Center per week. All students living in the residence halls may choose between the Unlimited, Any-15, or Any-12 dining plans. 

Dining plans run from Sunday through Saturday; at the beginning of each week your dining plan balance is renewed. Meals not used during a week are not carried over to the next week. When your UW WyoOne Card is presented at the entrance to the Washakie Dining Center, a staff member can tell you how many meals you have left for the week. Meals are served during the contract periods for each semester. Information about dining plans can be found here. 

PLU$$ – Additional Flexibility

In addition to all of the benefits of the Washakie Dining Center, you can eat at dining locations across campus by using PLU$$ money. PLU$$ is a nonrefundable debit account placed on your UW WyoOne Card that allows greater choice and flexibility in your campus dining experience. The Union Food Court, Book & Bean, Elements, Ross Hall Dining Room, Fine Arts Food Cart, and vending machines across campus all accept PLU$$. If your course schedule has you at the west end of campus around lunch time, you don’t have to walk all the way back to Washakie Dining Center. You can use your PLU$$ money to get a sandwich at Elements in the Classroom Building. Or, if you’re studying in Coe Library or the Wyoming Union and need a quick cup of coffee to keep you going, you can use your PLU$$ money at Book & Bean or Rolling Mill Café. 

• Basic PLU$$ Package $50.00 per semester
• Added Value PLU$$ $160.00 per semester
• Best Value PLU$$ $275.00 per semester 

Basic PLU$$: The Any-12, Any-15 and Unlimited dining plans automatically include the Basic PLU$$ Package – $50 in PLU$$ money per semester, which is enough for roughly one snack outside of Washakie each week. 

Added Value PLU$$: Purchase an additional $100 of PLU$$ Money and Dining Services will add another $10. This gives you $50+$100+$10=$160 or approximately $10.00 per week. For $10 you can enjoy a couple of light lunches around campus or one lunch and a few snacks weekly. 

Best Value PLU$$: Purchase an additional $200 of PLU$$ Money and Dining Services will add another $25. This gives you $50+$200+$25= $275 or approximately $17 per week. For $17 per week you can enjoy up to three lunches around campus and an occasional snack weekly. 

PLU$$ food purchases are made by presenting your UW WyoOne Card to the cashier at various food locations across campus. The cashier can tell you the balance on your account at the time of your purchase. Unused PLU$$ balances transfer from fall to spring, spring to summer, but not from summer to fall.