Dining Services
About Dining Services
Grizzly Dining provides you with convenient, campus dining choices. There's lots of options and all venues accept your Claw Card funds (Munch Money, Bear Bucks and Cave Cash).
Venues
- Dining Hall, Student Center
- Chick-fil-A, Food Court, Building A
- Mezze Table, Food Court, Building A
- Panda Express, Food Court, Building A
- The General Store, Food Court, Building A
- GGC Café, Building B
- Starbucks, Kaufman Library
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To BeWell, we believe that good food is essential to a healthy life. Learn more about the delicious and nutritious BeWell wellness approach to your menu choices.
Your Choices, Defined.
Meal Plans for Resident Students and Commuter Students
Meal Plans offer discounted package plans each semester. Selecting a meal plan is required for resident students, and choices are also available for commuter students.
- Selection/changes are available up to the first five days of each semester.
- Upgrades are available through add/drop.
- Additional funds may be added to your Cave Cash at any time.
- Find dates on the Academic Calendar.
Meal Plan rates are approved by the Board of Regents. Munch Money plans are tax exempt and cannot be traded, sold or transferred to a third party. Remaining Bear Bucks balances over $25 are returned to students' Grizzly Den within Banner accounts at the end of the semester. Meal Plan holders may pay for guests using Block Plans, Munch Money, Bear Bucks, Cave Cash, debit/credit or cash at the Dining Hall door price. Conditions of Claw Card use apply.
Access Plans (meals per week) are visits to the all-you-can-eat Dining Hall. These meals repeat/reset every week and unused meals during this week are forfeited.
Block Plans allow students to purchase a set number of meals to use any time over the course of the semester in the Dining Hall. All meals are per semester and do not roll over to the next semester. Remaining purchased meals at the end of each semester are removed from your account on or around the last day of the semester.
Resident students benefit from additional spending options with a meal plan that includes Munch Money. Purchase food at any retail brand or bring guests to the Student Center Dining Hall using Munch Money. Because Munch Money is rolled into a meal plan, it’s not subject to sales tax. All meals on the plans are per semester and do not roll over to the next semester. However, the remainder of your Munch Money will roll over from fall to spring semester and spring to summer semester. At the end of summer semester, any unused Munch Money will expire after final exams when resident students are required to vacate student housing.
Bear Bucks are an addition to the meal plan that allows students to purchase food items at retail venues or the Dining Hall. Bear Bucks are taxable funds. These funds do not roll over from semester to semester. Unused funds $25 and over will be subject to automatic removal from the Claw Card and placed back on the student's account as a credit at the end of each semester.
Meal Exchange is temporarily suspended during modified operations.
Cave Cash funds can be used campus-wide at food venues and vending machines where Claw Cards are accepted. Adding Cave Cash to your card is voluntary and deposits can be made in any denomination. These funds do not expire. They roll over from semester to semester and from year to year until you are no longer a student. Once you are no longer a student, the money is applied back to your Grizzly Den within Banner account and is returned if there is no outstanding balance owed to the College for tuition, fees or fines.
Also view "Add Money and Check Claw Card Balances," below.
Adding Cave Cash or Munch Money to your Claw Card can be done in the following ways:
- Faculty, staff and students can check balances and add funds in real-time, online.
- Faculty, staff and students can download and use the free mobile app:
- eAccounts Mobile from Blackboard on iTunes App Store
- Transact eAccounts from Blackboard on Google Play
- Use the PHIL Machine to deposit Cave Cash, located in the Building B, Library, Building 1000 (student housing) and the Student Center. Machine takes cash only.
- Friends and family may also deposit money online, using the student beneficiary's name and student ID (customer number). Students are responsible for spending from any deposits.
Vending
NOTE: Report vending problems to 678.407.5529, and visit the Claw Card office in the event of a malfunction needing a refund.
Vending machines stocked with drinks, snacks, frozen foods and bookstore supplies are conveniently located throughout campus. There are nearly 70 vending machines on campus. At least one machine in each building accepts Cave Cash from your Claw Card, all accept cash or credit/debit cards.
Card Regulations
- Credit/debit cards used for purchase (without a cashier), policy dictates that an amount to cover the highest price vending item will be authorized before purchase. The remaining balance will be credited back to your account based on your bank card policies. This procedure applies every time a card is swiped. In short, the length of time the money is held in a “pending” state depends on your bank procedures.
- Credit/debit card charges may be up to $0.10 higher than the cash price displayed.*
- Coca-Cola, Pepsi, and snack vending machines accept cash and credit/debit cards, some even accept Cave Cash as well.
- The bookstore supplies machines accept cash and credit/debit cards and are located in the Kaufman Library and Building A lobby.
- The frozen food machine accepts cash and credit/debit cards and is located in Residence Life 1000, first floor.
*Vending Machines are provided by Gilly Vending. USA Technologies processes credit/debit card transactions. Campus vending is managed by GGC's Auxiliary Services.
Dining FAQs
Yes. All residential students, regardless of academic standing, are required to purchase a residential meal plan. Learn about your meal plan choices.
No, however, it is recommended that all commuter students buy a meal plan. Plans will have Bear Bucks, meals or a combination of both. There are several options to choose from. Learn about your meal plan choices.
Access is a plan designed for resident students who will rely on the Student Center Dining Hall for most of their meals. They are structured with a specific meal count per week. The Block Plans are set up with a total number of meals that do not renew each week, but instead are a block of meals for the duration of the semester. Both meal plan types come with a Munch Money or Bear Bucks balance, so students can enjoy all the dining facilities on campus. Get more information about meal plans.
Students may only request a change in their meal plan selection within the first five days of the new semester. However, you may add additional funds to Cave Cash at any time. Commuters may add meal plans when the previous plan is gone. If you are a commuter student, please visit the Claw Card office (D-1470) or Grizzly Dining (A-1767) to make these changes. If you are a student resident, please visit the housing office in Building 1000 to make these changes.
Munch Money and Bear Bucks can be used at any GGC dining facility. Other forms of payment are accepted.
Meals can be used at the Student Center Dining Hall. Meal Exchange is temporarily suspended during modified operations.
No. Meal Plans, Bear Bucks and Claw Card balances are non-transferable, but you can buy them lunch as long as you are present with the card.
Claw Cards cannot be used by anyone but the card owner.
All meals are per semester; any remaining meals on your plan do not roll over to the next semester. However, the remainder of your Munch Money will roll over from fall to spring semester and spring to summer semester. During the summer semester, your Munch Money will expire after final exams when resident students are required to vacate student housing. Munch Money is non refundable.
Bear Bucks are an addition to the meal plan that allow students to purchase food items at the retail venues or dining hall. Bear Bucks are taxable funds. Bear Bucks do not roll from semester to semester. Unused funds of $25 or more will be subject to automatic removal from the Claw Card and placed back on the student's account as a credit at the end of each semester.
Check your Claw Card balance and add funds (login required).
Parents and family members may add Cave Cash to your Claw Card account online. You will be responsible for any spending that occurs due to a deposit.
We do ask that you bus your serving dishes and utensils from your table when you have finished dining.
Since the Student Center Dining Hall is an all-you-can-eat venue, to-go containers are not allowed. Please refrain from taking food, dishes or utensils from the dining area.
Contact Us
Contact us
GRIZZLY DINING
Phone: 678.407.5860
Email: grizzlydining@ggc.edu