Posted on Mar 28, 2024
All US Commissaries Plan to Offer Home Delivery of Groceries Starting in Late Summer
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LTC Eugene Chu That Might be Nice, I Know both Commissaries Near Me are too far away, I'm Not Driving to Ft Leavenworth or Belton, MO.
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First the PX and now the commissary focusing more on profit than service to service members. These moves are not designed to help us but increase $$$.
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MSG Stan Hutchison
MSG Billy Brumfield - Sorry, Billy, but you are incorrect.
The Army & Air Force Exchange Service (AAFES) is not a publicly traded company. It operates as a non-appropriated fund entity of the United States Department of Defense.
The Army & Air Force Exchange Service (AAFES) is not a publicly traded company. It operates as a non-appropriated fund entity of the United States Department of Defense.
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MSG Stan Hutchison
The commissary sells at costs plus a surcharge. No profit made. By law they are not allowed to make profit.
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MAJ Byron Oyler
MSG Stan Hutchison - Law may say one thing but I am sure they can spin it for future construction or building improvement and have a nice fund. They also need to pay staff and smart financial people can spin things very well.
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MSG Stan Hutchison
MAJ Byron Oyler - Wages are part of costs. Construction must be approved by Congress.
Here is a good thread on this:
Although commissaries collectively realize sales of about $5 billion per year, there is no profit generated on these sales.
By law, commissaries are required to sell goods at prices that are set at a level to recover the cost of goods, with no profit built into these prices. There are also very stringent legal controls on the ways that DeCA can use taxpayer monies that Congress provides to operate commissaries.
Because commissaries are prohibited by law from making profit on goods sold, and because of the stringent controls on use of funds provided for commissary operation, commissaries cannot use a lot of merchandising practices that commercial stores use routinely.
For instance, commissaries cannot "double" (or otherwise increase) the face value of coupons, commissaries cannot sell goods below cost to create a low price "image," commissaries cannot pay a "rebate" to patrons who return bags for reuse, or who use non-disposable cloth bags, and commissaries cannot donate money or products to an individual or organization, however worthy.
https://corp.commissaries.com/customer-service/faqs-listing?field_faq_categories_target_id%5B0%5D=62
Here is a good thread on this:
Although commissaries collectively realize sales of about $5 billion per year, there is no profit generated on these sales.
By law, commissaries are required to sell goods at prices that are set at a level to recover the cost of goods, with no profit built into these prices. There are also very stringent legal controls on the ways that DeCA can use taxpayer monies that Congress provides to operate commissaries.
Because commissaries are prohibited by law from making profit on goods sold, and because of the stringent controls on use of funds provided for commissary operation, commissaries cannot use a lot of merchandising practices that commercial stores use routinely.
For instance, commissaries cannot "double" (or otherwise increase) the face value of coupons, commissaries cannot sell goods below cost to create a low price "image," commissaries cannot pay a "rebate" to patrons who return bags for reuse, or who use non-disposable cloth bags, and commissaries cannot donate money or products to an individual or organization, however worthy.
https://corp.commissaries.com/customer-service/faqs-listing?field_faq_categories_target_id%5B0%5D=62
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Fort Belvoir was one of the pilot commissaries for the program and I found the program to be very useful (on real difference between it and any of the other grocery delivery services). I'll admit to not having used it since the second phase of the pilot when they started using delivery services (I live near the base, but they charge me $26 to deliver the order).
One extremely useful feature that I often use though is Click2Go ordering with scheduled pickup at the store. I'm not sure if they would have it at all commissaries, but would function just like shopping at Giant or other grocery stores - schedule a time slot and an employee pulls the items from the shelves. They bag it up before your time slot, you pull up, car gets loaded and you're on your way in a few minutes.
One extremely useful feature that I often use though is Click2Go ordering with scheduled pickup at the store. I'm not sure if they would have it at all commissaries, but would function just like shopping at Giant or other grocery stores - schedule a time slot and an employee pulls the items from the shelves. They bag it up before your time slot, you pull up, car gets loaded and you're on your way in a few minutes.
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