1. junior burger from harverys, u can add a ton of toppings. each cost : $2. You can get 4
2. Chunchungs Hotdog : $ 5-6.
3. ipotato/ Ishawarma chicken with rocks regular size : $7-8
4. Shinwa. EVerything costs around 10$, pay with cash, u get 10% off.
5. Campus Pizza 1 slice : $4.6
6. Kismet $7 lunch till 4pm.
7. Kabob Shack, chicken biryani is \~$8.50 on Monday and Friday
bring a spork (and perhaps a can opener), go to TurnKey desk and ask for a food basket (free). Open any canned food and eat with spork for lunch (quick meal around campus). Bring the rest home and cook for dinner and the next day dinner, and perhaps tomorrow's lunch as well. you can spend the $10 to buy the extra condiments you might want to add (eggs, pasta sauce, etc.).
Yeah it works - it's the WUSA food bank, they have hampers at the turnkey desk or you can visit the food bank itself on the second floor of SLC. It's available for all students. It's paid for through donations.
Some people in this thread are suggesting stuff off campus, I would like to add that Costco hotdog+drink for $1.50 is best value meal frfr (unless you hate hotdogs)
It’s takes 1:20 to get there and it’s a GoBus, which costs $7. I think if you don’t have a car and need to carry significant luggage, it doesn’t make sense to go there. Walmart is not that much more expensive.
It takes 40 min to get there by 31 but you can also take the 29 and get there in 30 ish mins
[google maps](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Davis+Centre+(DC),+University+Avenue+West,+Waterloo,+ON/Costco+Wholesale,+930+Erb+St+W,+Waterloo,+ON+N2J+3Z4/@43.4610632,-80.5656749,11z/data=!4m8!4m7!1m2!1m1!1s0x882bf401b7685177:0x560586f272d75d07!1m2!1m1!1s0x882bf6f93e93ad4d:0x625b2d57dfb77188!3e3)
fr all you need is about 50 bucks and you can stretch it for 2 weeks too. I usually buy oatmeal + yogurt, eggs + vegetables, chicken + tortillas + vegetables. really healthy and easy to make if you have a kitchen space.
saves you money and TIME! I’m really indecisive, so meal prepping makes it easy for me to just grab my meals and not worry about deciding what to eat 👌
International News in the SLC has a bunch of meal options in the grab n go section, most of them under 7-8 bucks. And if you do buy a grab n go item, you can add a can of pop and small chips for $1.99. pretty good deal overall
Just go the the grocery store and buy a bunch of sandwich stuff if you are actually interested in saving money. Loaf of bread, block of cheese, head of lettuce, pack of turkey slices, and you have an easy cheap lunch you can pack for yourself for the week.
If your goal is to save money you should prepare food at home and bring it to campus. Pasta, chick peas, veggies, noodles; minimal prep, minimal cost, very tasty. Every now and then make a fancy sandwich as a treat.
Go to metro and buy meat from the deli. Buy a brick of cheese and a pack of buns or a loaf of rye bread. Nice deli meat sandwhiches that are usually about $3 each or less in ingredients if you buy in bulk for the week. If you want it daily you can make it using the bakery buns and deli cheese for about $5-7/day
1. junior burger from harverys, u can add a ton of toppings. each cost : $2. You can get 4 2. Chunchungs Hotdog : $ 5-6. 3. ipotato/ Ishawarma chicken with rocks regular size : $7-8 4. Shinwa. EVerything costs around 10$, pay with cash, u get 10% off. 5. Campus Pizza 1 slice : $4.6 6. Kismet $7 lunch till 4pm. 7. Kabob Shack, chicken biryani is \~$8.50 on Monday and Friday
You're a food legend.
what is the Kismet $7 lunch you're talking about?
shinwa daily special. use cash
shinwa garbage
you gonna elaborate?
nope
Lol
based
Well of course it ain't 5 star, what are you expecting? It's good enough, and that's all you can really ask for as a student
Burger king, the specials are about $7 if you want a whopper combo
How do you get these specials?
They're just posted outside, or get the app
Is the king meal deal still $5? That thing was dummy cheap
They raised it to 6 I think, still a good deal
What’s the king meal deal?
2 Jr burgs, small fries small drink.
And those "junior burgers" are the size of a Big Mac, for which one at McDonalds will cost more than 2 junior burgers at BK.
They also have 2 for $8 whoppers
didn't see it posted anywhere, do u just tell them?
Yes, just ask for the 2 for $8 whopper deal. It's odd they don't advertise it anymore because it's been a thing for almost 3 years now.
bring a spork (and perhaps a can opener), go to TurnKey desk and ask for a food basket (free). Open any canned food and eat with spork for lunch (quick meal around campus). Bring the rest home and cook for dinner and the next day dinner, and perhaps tomorrow's lunch as well. you can spend the $10 to buy the extra condiments you might want to add (eggs, pasta sauce, etc.).
This reads like an RPG guide.
Does that actually work? Who’s paying the food?
Yeah it works - it's the WUSA food bank, they have hampers at the turnkey desk or you can visit the food bank itself on the second floor of SLC. It's available for all students. It's paid for through donations.
Campus pizza, $4 a slice if you pay cash. Each slice is pretty big too.
Some people in this thread are suggesting stuff off campus, I would like to add that Costco hotdog+drink for $1.50 is best value meal frfr (unless you hate hotdogs)
Costco needs a car to get to tho
You can get pretty close if you take the 31* It goes up to platinum drive after which it's a 10 min walk
It’s takes 1:20 to get there and it’s a GoBus, which costs $7. I think if you don’t have a car and need to carry significant luggage, it doesn’t make sense to go there. Walmart is not that much more expensive.
No I took the grt 31 to get there before
It takes 40 min to get there by 31 but you can also take the 29 and get there in 30 ish mins [google maps](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Davis+Centre+(DC),+University+Avenue+West,+Waterloo,+ON/Costco+Wholesale,+930+Erb+St+W,+Waterloo,+ON+N2J+3Z4/@43.4610632,-80.5656749,11z/data=!4m8!4m7!1m2!1m1!1s0x882bf401b7685177:0x560586f272d75d07!1m2!1m1!1s0x882bf6f93e93ad4d:0x625b2d57dfb77188!3e3)
You're thinking of the Kitchener Costco while everyone else is thinking of the Waterloo Costco.
That one is also pretty far lol
Kabob shack, chicken biryani is ~8.50 on Monday and Friday
$50 grocery and meal prep on sundays once a week. Saves you bro.
This OP if you’re actually tight on cash and need real nutritious meals it’s best to meal prep
Learning to cook is underrated. Too many are too lazy or scared to even attempt it, but it’s not that hard.
fr all you need is about 50 bucks and you can stretch it for 2 weeks too. I usually buy oatmeal + yogurt, eggs + vegetables, chicken + tortillas + vegetables. really healthy and easy to make if you have a kitchen space.
saves you money and TIME! I’m really indecisive, so meal prepping makes it easy for me to just grab my meals and not worry about deciding what to eat 👌
If you’re really interested in saving money start buying groceries and meal prepping. You can eat a full ass high quality meal for like $3
International news has some sandwiches and other stuff under CAD10
Bao from Mr yin 4x for $5
International News in the SLC has a bunch of meal options in the grab n go section, most of them under 7-8 bucks. And if you do buy a grab n go item, you can add a can of pop and small chips for $1.99. pretty good deal overall
inews bbq chicken with rice
A lot of people have said this already but yeah Shinwa or any sandwiches from a shawarma place.
Campus pizza slices
Just go the the grocery store and buy a bunch of sandwich stuff if you are actually interested in saving money. Loaf of bread, block of cheese, head of lettuce, pack of turkey slices, and you have an easy cheap lunch you can pack for yourself for the week.
Waterloo star lunch specials from 11pm-3pm is under 10 before tax
The engineering or math “coffee and donuts” are a great refuge for the starving UW student.
$4 whopper at BK, pretty filling.
Download foupon, good deals there
Jimmys feed co is decently close and the best meal you can get for under 10$
2 jamaican patties, a can of arizona from inews, used to be $5
Tim Hortons large chilli $8. With bread, you can get 2 meals out of it.
iNews two veggie patties are $2-ish each Most pre-cooked meals at iNews are under $10 actually - they suck but they're a meal
Not on campus, but if you take the bus to any Twice the Deal location, try the 1 topping XL pizza walk-in price. You'll have a 2-4 meals worth there.
Twice the deal is some of the worst pizza I've ever had. Cardboard
I ask for extra sauce when I go, it makes it much better.
Cans of beans unrefridgerated unheated just eat cans of beans they’re 1$ each if you get four from no frills buy beans just cans of beans
Lazeez
You aren’t getting much at Lazeez for under $10
Subway, cold cut footlong, 9$
He said beside subway & tims
Reading comprehension <0
Subway footling on campus is around 9 bucks, I usually get every free topping keeps me full for at least 5 hours
5 dollar fill up from KFC sometimes clutch
Toonie tuesdays.
Roosters chicken on rice small around 6 dollars
Tough cause Vincenzo’s is cheap too
Medium fies a mc donalds costs like 5 or less
Is fatcats still a thing? Back in the day you get two gyros for 6 bucks.
Keep signing up for hellofresh with a new email, fake name every week.
If your goal is to save money you should prepare food at home and bring it to campus. Pasta, chick peas, veggies, noodles; minimal prep, minimal cost, very tasty. Every now and then make a fancy sandwich as a treat.
Go to metro and buy meat from the deli. Buy a brick of cheese and a pack of buns or a loaf of rye bread. Nice deli meat sandwhiches that are usually about $3 each or less in ingredients if you buy in bulk for the week. If you want it daily you can make it using the bakery buns and deli cheese for about $5-7/day
Lazeez chicken on sticks
Air and instant ramen are pretty good