As a students living on campus, I am forced to learn how to eat on a budget. I chose meal plan D, which allows me 10 meals per week and around $350 a semester in food bucks. I also got an allowance of $250 a month from my father.
Living with 10 meals a week, it was very unlikely for me to eat a breakfast at the DC and also eating either lunch or dinner. I would use my allowance to buy granola bars and fruit for breakfast. Both cheap and sustains me until either lunch or dinner time. Also, you can shop for your groceries at the DC store and pay with food bucks instead of your actual money. The DC leaves out apples for students to take so I would take a couple and just save those for breakfast time. I would also take a couple pieces of bread or a few bagels and some nutella or peanut butter. Basically, you just take as much as you can get away with to save money on breakfast.
When grocery shopping, always bring a list. Without a list, I tend to buy things that pop into my head randomly. Also, never go to the store hungry. You tend to buy a lot more than you actually need.
To summarize how to live on a budget in the dorms:
~Buy groceries for breakfast so you don't have to waste a swipe
~Take as much as you can from the cafeteria
~Buy food from the DC store and use food bucks to pay for it
~Grocery shop smart
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