Using sQuid in Bolton
Use sQuid at the University and across Bolton
You can use sQuid to pay for the little everyday things such as a drink, sandwich or newspaper from the University campus (and lots of Bolton retailers).
Where to eat on campus
Using sQuid with Catering Academy services
Catering Academy provide the University Catering Services to students. They offer a wide range of menu options, from a three course lunch to an apple. Main meals, sandwiches and healthy snacks, are produced freshly by their team on campus each day and are available together with hot and cold drinks, confectionery and take out food.
Catering Academy hold regular events and offer special discount deals to students.
You are able to use sQuidcard to pay for your meals at the following eateries:
Eagle campus eateries accepting sQuid
Café Athena
Open from 8.15am – 8pm Monday to Thursday and 8.15am – 4.00pm Friday
Situated in the Mall the coffee shop is a popular meeting place for students.
Serving Café Direct Fair Trade Coffees, Teas and Hot Chocolate, a wide range of fair trade products including smoothies and juices, speciality baguettes, hot panini’s and toasties & salads and cakes for an occasional treat.
Eagle Bistro
Open 8.30am – 6.00pm Monday to Thursday and 8.30am – 2.00pm Friday Breakfast served from 8.30am – 11.30am
Hot meals served from 11.45am – 2.00pm and 4.00pm – 6.00pm
An excellent place for an early morning wake-up, from traditional breakfast and hot sandwiches to healthier options such as fresh fruits, yoghurt pots, fruit juices and cereals. Lunch and Teas are from a range of traditional and continental hot main dishes, hot filled wraps, freshly made soups, sandwiches and salads, jackets with hot and cold fillings and lots more! Look out for Student Specials and Meal Deals!
Eagle Restaurant
Open 11.00am – 2.00pm Monday to Friday
A more formal atmosphere serving speciality coffees and continental pastries during late morning. Lunchtime offers traditional hot meals ranging from a roast meat carvery to hand battered fish and chips on Fridays. Treat yourself to a mouth-watering pudding – made fresh on the premises each day or indulge in the healthier offer of the self help salad bar. The venue is also used to provide celebration buffets and caters for all types of events.
Deane Campus eateries accepting sQuid
Deane Deli
Open 8.30am – 8.00pm Monday to Thursday and 8.30am to 4.00pm Friday
Café Bar style Deli offering Café Direct fair trade coffees, teas and hot chocolate together with a selection of cold drinks ranging from freshly squeezed orange juice, smoothies and juices to waters and soft drinks.
Hot breakfast sandwiches and toast are available throughout the morning. Soup, filled jacket potatoes, paninis, toasties and hand held hot items available throughout the rest of the day together with a wide selection of freshly prepared filled baguettes, sandwiches and salads – not forgetting a very tempting range of hand baked cakes – freshly baked on the premises each day!
Bolton University are planning on allowing sQuid eMoney to be used on campus to make purchases for the little things in life, for example in the cafe and restaurant's, snack shop, parking, etc. Email us with your ideas for where sQuid could be used.
sQuid's the new Quid...
sQuid is a new kind of smart cash. You can use it to buy those everyday items such as your morning coffee, a newspaper, your lunchtime sandwich, all the things you keep cash for…and it’s free!






