<p>To stretch your dine in dollars, do not use them for every meal a day. Eat fruit in the morning. J2 and Kins usually let you bring out one piece of fruit. But there’s no need to hoard great amounts of food. So if you eat at Kins or J2, take out a piece of fruit each time you eat there. It can add up and be your breakfast for the next few days.
Do not buy frozen foods from Jester or Kins Market. Go to wal-mart or HEB for things like toothpaste because you’re paying for convenience at Jester or Kins Market.
J2 and Kinsolving are the best deals for lunch and dinner (all you can eat for less than $4). Memorize the hours when you get on campus. It stinks when it’s 7 and you’re only just thinking of dinner.
If you’re going to buy juice, buy it at a supermarket. Basically, anything that you KNOW you need/are definitely going to consume, buy in bulk. Gum is a good thing to buy in bulk because you’ll always need it (and it’s more expensive on campus)!
Don’t go to the supermarket too much (i would go about once a month); just get snacks that you can eat if you’re too late for dinner at the dining halls. I would go to Whole Foods for nuts and dried fruit. They’re really handy.
Also, CVS near campus is overpriced, so don’t get your groceries there!</p>