CUFoods meal plans
Join the CUFoods Club!
Dine hassle-free on campus with our meal plan packages, catered to your cravings with exclusive benefits.
It offers a flexible way to eat and drink on campus by loading weekly funds in periodic blocks, and access to exclusive enhanced discounts and rewards. CUFoods Club members are able to save up to 30% on food and drinks across CUFoods.
Choose from 3 meal plan options that offer different discounts, loyalty points and more to suit your appetite.
Plans and discounts
| Loyalty scheme | Plan A | Plan B | Plan C | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weekly credit | £0 | £30 | £40 | £55 |
| Discount on selected restaurant plate meals | 20% | 25% | 30% | |
| Approximate number of hot meals per week | 6-7 | 10-11 | 17-18 | |
| 10% discount on hot drinks | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| 5% discount on CUFoods grab and go products including breakfast rolls, meal deal rolls, paninis, hot boxes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Loyalty point scheme bonus - point for £1 spent | 4 points to £1 | 4 points to £1 | 6 points to £1 | 8 points to £1 |
| Buy 9 hot drinks get 10th free | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Buy 9 smoothies/iced coffees get 10th free | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Buy 9 pieces fresh fruit get 10th free | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Buy 9 paninis get 10th free | Yes | |||
| Buy 9 CUFoods rolls get 10th free | Yes | Yes | ||
| Leftover Love (subject to availability. Each credit is one free end of day item - best before/use by that day) | 2 credits (per week) | 5 credits (per week) | 5 credits (per week) | 5 credits (per week) |
| CUFoodClub member special offers | Yes | Yes |
CUFoods Club benefits
There are a number of benefits to becoming a CUFoods Club member:
- a convenient way to enjoy CUFoods cafés and restaurants
- save up to 30% on food and drink across CUFoods
- available at 8 different restaurants and cafés
- available at Fan Hapus street food vans
- dine wherever and whenever it suits you, 5 days a week
- enjoy quality food and drink
- perfect if you don’t like to cook - or don't want to
- dine with friends and be a part of our campus community
- helps you to budget and avoid unnecessary expenditure
CUFoods Club locations
CUFoods Club members can enjoy exclusive benefits at the following restaurants and cafés:
- BioSciences Café (Sir Martin Evans Building)
- Green Shoots Café (Main Building)
- Glamorgan Café (Glamorgan Building)
- IV Lounge (Heath Park)
- John Percival Café (John Percival Building)
- Julian Hodge Restaurant (Julian Hodge Building)
- Trevithick Restaurant (Queens/Trevithick Building)
- Paned yn Sbarc (Sbarc)
- Fan Hapus (pop up mobile food unit – across campus)
CUFoods Club costs
To become a CUFoods Club member, choose the plan which will load the weekly spend you require for eating on campus.
Weekly funds are loaded onto CUFoods Club members accounts weekly on a Sunday and are valid for that week.
Academic year: 2025/26
| Start | Finish | Number of weeks | Plan A £30 p/week | Plan B £40 p/week | Plan C £55 p/week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29.09.25 | 12.06.26 | 31 - pay for 28 | £840 | £1,120 | £1,540 |
| 29.09.25 | 12.12.25 | 11 | £330 | £440 | £605 |
| 05.01.26 | 23.01.26 | 3 | £90 | £120 | £165 |
| 26.01.26 | 20.03.26 | 8 | £240 | £320 | £440 |
| 13.04.26 | 12.06.26 | 9 | £270 | £360 | £495 |
Using CUFoods Club
As a CUFoods Club member, you can spend your weekly allowance as and when you wish throughout the week. Once funds have been fully spent, members will not have further funds until the next week's top-up, which is automated weekly on Sundays (during the valid period of the plan).
Any unused balance from the week cannot be refunded or carried over to the following week.
If weekly funds have been spent, you will continue to benefit from exclusive enhanced discounts during the Plan's valid dates, by swiping your loyalty app and paying the balance using debit/credit card, Google Pay, Apple Pay, etc.
CUFoods cafés and restaurants are a cashless service unable to accept banknotes and coins.
The CUFoods Club Plan is loaded automatically onto members Cardiff University Food account. When making a purchase, simply tap the Cardiff University Food Loyalty app QR code on the reader at the till and the exclusive discounts and rewards will be applied to the relevant purchases and payment taken from the available funds.
Please be aware that CUFoods Club plans only works during specified plan periods. Each period is made available for sale in-line with the dates detailed below.
Become a member
Once you have purchased your chosen plan it's easy to become a CUFoods Club member:
- Download the free Loyalty App ‘Cardiff University Food’ from the App Store.
- Sign into the app using your CUFoods account details.
- Swipe the QR code at the till when making your purchase and the benefits and funds will redeem for your purchases.
Stress less with our pre-purchased weekly funds to buy food and drink on campus, and spend whenever suits you.
