What makes commissaries so different from commercial grocery stores?
Our cost is your cost, that’s what! Unlike civilian grocery stores, commissaries don’t sell for profit, and you pay no sales tax. Commissaries represent the military’s top non-pay benefit, and the U.S. government covers associated expenses such as employee salaries and operating costs. That’s how commissary customers save 30 percent or more over commercial grocery stores. A family of four shopping consistently at their commissary saves more than $2,700 annually, and single shoppers save nearly $1,000.
