Posted on Apr 30, 2015
With all the civilian discount stores, is the Commissary still a great deal?
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With all the discount grocers off post now, is the Commissary still a great deal? How often do you use it? Do you love it? Or do you shop off post? Is the Commissary a better OCONUS benefit than a CONUS one? How can you get the most for your money shopping at the Commissary?
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Although I live about 20 miles away, I still go to the commissary about once a month. As I see it, the savings basically covers the price of gas to get there and they stock a number of specialty items that you can't get at the big box stores. You also can't beat the clientele and the staff and its a reason to go to the base.
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In Hawaii, commissary all the way. Im at a remote base where we don't have anything and I shop at Kroger and love it. Going back to an installation in June/July and I will use the commissary for meat.
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Depends on location. I am stationed at White Sands Missile Range in lovely New Mexico. We are 50 miles north of El Paso, about 40 miles west of Alamagordo, and 20 miles away from Las Cruces. As you can see we are many miles away from anything and going to a discount grocery store is a chore its own. So, for us now, yes, commissary is better. If we lived closer, no it wouldn't be.
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