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Military officials tell troops 168 commissaries could close next month (taskandpurpose.com)
submitted 10 months ago by to c/usa@midwest.social
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[–] 22 points 10 months ago

This will be extremely difficult on troops depending on the base. If you live on base and that base is remote then gas is going to add a bunch to cost. Then you also have to factor in refrigerated/frozen items then it becomes a large hurdle.

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    [–] 13 points 10 months ago (8 children)

    This is the sort of thing that might induce a mutiny

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  • [–] 12 points 10 months ago (7 children)

    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] 20 points 10 months ago (6 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 10 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)
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  • [–] [S] 3 points 10 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 10 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 10 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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