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Military officials tell troops 168 commissaries could close next month (taskandpurpose.com)
submitted 9 months ago by to c/usa@midwest.social
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[–] 12 points 9 months ago (1 child)

Commissaries aren't troops sole source of food. They'll just go off-base and slum it with their fellow Americans or have to acknowledge their host cultures overseas.

Not getting paid is a much more serious issue.

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  • [–] [S] 19 points 9 months ago (3 children)

    Commissary groceries are subsidized, it's going to have a pretty big impact. Not only will they have to go off-base, it'll be a lot more expensive.

    Coupled with the not getting paid part...lmao

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  • [+] 7 points 9 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 child)
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  • [–] [S] 3 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    Not sure what your area was or what, but it's definitely way cheaper. I still have the ability to go and make a 45-minute monthly trek to do so. Meat alone is, on average, 50% cheaper than Walmart and about 30-40% cheaper than the cheapest place I have in town

    There are a few exceptions like certain canned veggies/beans if you can buy in bulk at Sam's Club or Costco can be a bit more expensive at the Commissary on a per ounce basis and name brand frozen/pantry "convenience" foods tend to have little savings

    But by and large it's dirt cheap compared to off-base

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  • [–] 3 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    As a single person, almost never used the commissary for myself. Almost only to get milk and formula for civilian friends. But my married friends used it exclusively.

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago

    Yeah, they'll have to slum it like the people whose communities they occupy instead of getting their preferred pricing at the government-run markets while complaining about socialism and entitled civilians.

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