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Military officials tell troops 168 commissaries could close next month
(taskandpurpose.com)
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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
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
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.
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.
Grunts and young officers are also notoriously bad with money, which is why every base has two Challenger and ten truck dealers outside it.