Yes, the prices of meals in university canteens are often much cheaper than those in shops outside, and at least twice as cheap as those in take-away. The canteen itself is a place with small profits but quick turnover, so the price of food is often not too expensive, and it is generally cheaper.

In addition, the group they face is students. For students, the living expenses are not much, and the food they can afford is not high. Unlike those who have been working outside the home, the meals they eat are generally twenty or thirty yuan each.

For students, a meal is probably 10 yuan. Some cheaper schools may eat six or seven yuan for a meal, while the more expensive ones will not exceed 15 yuan, so the price is more close to the people. Students usually spend no more than 1000 yuan on meals every month, with an average of 600 yuan to 700 yuan. Of course, this still depends on the individual's food intake and the specific price of the school cafeteria.

Generally, a vegetarian dish in the school cafeteria costs two yuan, a vegetarian dish costs three or four yuan, and a little more expensive costs five yuan. Generally, a meal seems to have one or two vegetarian dishes, which is 10 yuan.

This is just lunch and dinner. Breakfast in school generally has fried snacks such as steamed bread, soybean milk fritters and so on. And these things are cheaper. Steamed buns are usually 1 yuan, steamed bread is 50 cents, and soybean milk 1~2 yuan is a cup, so a meal is also 4 yuan. If you eat noodles or something, it may be a little more expensive. Egg noodles may cost 6 yuan for a meal. If it is better, it may cost 7~ 10 yuan a bowl.

In short, the prices of university canteens are relatively affordable, and the prices of these commodities listed above are basically outsourced canteens. If the canteen is run by the school itself, there may be more preferential policies, because the school canteen has policy subsidies, so it doesn't matter if you consider making money or not.