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Students can now use a meal plan to eat off campus.

"Our meal plan allows students a choice in when and where they want to dine at. In addition to meal variety, our meal plan costs 20 to 30 percent less than the university meal program" said Jonah Mytro, the CEO of Q4 marketing, the online marketing company for the Off-Campus Meal Plan (OCMP).

OCMP is an off-campus option for students who want to eat at local restaurants around campus. The network of restaurants that are included in the plan are 14 fast food and sit-down establishments. Chili's, Quizno's, McAlister's Deli, Krazy Pizza and Jersey Mike's, are some of the restaurants included in the plan. More restaurants are being added to the OCMP network next semester.

The OCMP program is primarily for students living off campus; however students living on campus can have the meal plan as well.

Seven different meal plans are offered by the OCMP program. Students can get from two to three meals per week, which costs $290.59, to a plan with three meals a day, costing $2,175.46.

"We allow the students to choose what meal plan best suits their needs and adjust as needed." Said Mytro, "We have students who start out with a supplemental program (two to three meals per week) while on the UNCW dining program to test out, then moved 100 percent to the OCMP program after they found how convenient it was to use."

UNCW senior Amber Cox has the smallest plan offered by the OCMP.

"I like being able to go to each of the places on the plan that are in areas all around town. I'm on the go all the time and, between the two plans, I can get a meal at anytime." said Cox.

To get a meal plan, students can go on the OCMP program Web site, select the number of meals they want for the semester and purchase the meal plan online. Students can refill their meal plan at any time and the meals are available instantly.

"You can visit any participating restaurant and, based on what you order, the restaurant will swipe your OCMP card (like a credit card) and meals will be debited from your meal total," said Mytro.

OCMP has been designing off-campus meal plans for almost 15 years. They operate at over 30 campuses around the country and work with over 1,000 restaurants.

"We are excited to be offering this program to the over 10,000 students attending UNC Wilmington. There currently are no meal plan options for the off-campus students and we feel that the students and local restaurants will benefit greatly by this program," said David Diana, the CEO of OCMP.