Freedom Eats

The pre-paid flexible student dining scheme

Here at Lancaster University, we’re food experts sourcing local food where possible to make fresh and exciting meals.

If you’re a foodie but budgeting or cooking isn’t your thing then our Freedom Eats dining scheme might be the thing for you. Eat your way around campus with a variety of food choices and flexibility with our pre-paid student dining scheme.

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What is Freedom Eats?

The Freedom Eats scheme gives you the same benefits and food options as students who’ve chosen Catered Accommodation, however, it gives you the flexibility of living anywhere on or off campus and the choice of five different outlets to eat in.

Enjoy one, two or three meals a day, mix and match from The Marketplace, Barkers, The Deli, HIVE and The Mill.

You can opt for a termly plan which is paid in advance, allowing you peace of mind that you can always enjoy a wholesome meal, particularly during busy times such as revision and exam periods. It also saves the time of planning and budgeting for fresh meals every day.

Prices start from less than £30 per week saving up to 50% off our standard prices with no meal planning, budgeting or washing up to worry about.

*Please note the Freedom scheme does not include alcohol.

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Sustainable, nutritious and affordable

Lancaster University’s Food & Dining team is committed to delivering an exciting variety of food with passion and purpose to enhance the university experience. We offer food that is tasty, sustainable and affordable, focusing on healthy and nutritionally balanced meals.

Our team focus on seasonal menus using fresh, locally-sourced produce. Following the growing trend in plant-based menus and customer desire for information on the provenance of their food, fresh ingredients are sourced from local suppliers (where possible) maximising the quality produce Lancashire has to offer. We work closely with all our suppliers to improve the sustainability and reduction of packaging used.

We are working on developing our menus to show nutritional information.

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Food variety

As well as the wide variety of food on offer, including vegetarian and vegan meals, you can also enjoy the convenience of being close to a Freedom Eats outlet wherever you are on campus. Being part of the scheme also offers significant savings of up to 50% on your food and drink, saving you valuable time and money throughout the course of your studies.

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Places to eat

Available in multiple outlets across campus (The Marketplace, Barkers, The Deli, HIVE and The Mill), signing up to Freedom Eats means that you’re entitled to your choice of breakfast, lunch, dinner or all three in our outlets, any time Monday-Friday. If you live on campus, you can extend this to include weekends with Freedom Eats+.

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Freedom Eats or Freedom Eats +?

The Freedom Eats scheme covers five days a week (Monday to Friday). The Freedom Eats+ scheme includes weekends, though some of the outlets may be closed on Saturdays and Sunday.

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Freedom Eats - Monday - Friday

Meals per day	1
1 Term cost (11 Weeks) 6 October - 15 December	£320
Cost Per Meal	£5.82
2 Term cost (21 Weeks) 12 January - 22 March	£600
Cost Per Meal	£5.71
3 Term cost (31 Weeks) 19 April - 28 June	£880
Cost Per Meal	£5.68
Free Filter Coffee and Tea	No
Available to book with accommodation	No
Savings against advertised price	Yes
Fixed price for the duration - no price rises	Yes

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Meals per day	2
1 Term cost (11 Weeks) 6 October - 15 December	£635
Cost Per Meal	5.77
2 Term cost (21 Weeks) 12 January - 22 March	£1,189
Cost Per Meal	5.66
3 Term cost (31 Weeks) 19 April - 28 June	£1,752
Cost Per Meal	5.65
Free Filter Coffee and Tea	No
Available to book with accommodation	No
Savings against advertised price	Yes
Fixed price for the duration - no price rises	Yes

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Meals per day			3
1 Term cost (11 Weeks) 6 October - 15 December			£930
Cost Per Meal			£5.64
2 Term cost (21 Weeks) 12 January - 22 March			£1,761
Cost Per Meal			£5.59
3 Term cost (31 Weeks) 19 April - 28 June			£2,581
Cost Per Meal			£5.55
Free Filter Coffee and Tea			Yes
Available to book with accommodation			Yes
Savings against advertised price			Yes
Fixed price for the duration - no price rises			Yes

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Freedom Eats+ - Monday - Sunday

Meals per day	1
1 Term cost (11 Weeks) 6 October - 15 December	£448
Cost Per Meal	£5.82
2 Term cost (21 Weeks) 12 January - 22 March	£835
Cost Per Meal	£5.68
3 Term cost (31 Weeks) 19 April - 28 June	£1,220
Cost Per Meal	£5.62
Free Filter Coffee and Tea	No
Available to book with accommodation	No
Savings against advertised price	Yes
Fixed price for the duration - no price rises	Yes

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Meals per day		2
1 Term cost (11 Weeks) 6 October - 15 December		£882
Cost Per Meal		£5.73
2 Term cost (21 Weeks) 12 January - 22 March		£1,661
Cost Per Meal		£5.65
3 Term cost (31 Weeks) 19 April - 28 June		£2,431
Cost Per Meal		£5.60
Free Filter Coffee and Tea		No
Available to book with accommodation		No
Savings against advertised price		Yes
Fixed price for the duration - no price rises		Yes

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Meals per day			3
1 Term cost (11 Weeks) 6 October - 15 December			£1,293
Cost Per Meal			£5.60
2 Term cost (21 Weeks) 12 January - 22 March			£2,448
Cost Per Meal			£5.55
3 Term cost (31 Weeks) 19 April - 28 June			£3,545
Cost Per Meal			£5.45
Free Filter Coffee and Tea			Yes
Available to book with accommodation			Yes
Savings against advertised price			Yes
Fixed price for the duration - no price rises			Yes