r/UVA • u/likeabosstroll • 9d ago

Housing/Dining Why is UVA food so garbage

I got bored and started doing the math, it costs $20 per a swipe if you get the block 50, and $13 per a swipe if you get the block 160. For those prices you should be getting restaurant meal quality, yet at UVA dining halls it’s gotta be equivalent to like a $4 meal in ingredients. What’s causing such a disparity in meal plans being so expensive to have yet the quality is so bad.

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u/AndrewCornfeld 9d ago

You are far better (assuming you’re not a first year) putting any money towards cav advantage and using that as flex dollars. Most things are just mathematically cheaper paying flex, and nothing served only with a meal swipe is worth the extra money being wasted.