Why don commissaries offer “savings cards” like other grocery store chains?
Many grocery stores offer “savings cards” customers show at checkout to save on that week’s specials. Your passport to savings is your ID card. You save a bundle on your overall grocery bill, not just on “loss leaders” advertised to lure you into a store. Though your average savings at the commissary is 30 percent or more, certain departments offer even greater bargains, primarily in the perimeter of the store – produce currently provides 33 percent savings; meat, a whopping 39.3 percent savings. In high-cost locations such as overseas bases, commissaries save patrons more than 38 percent, and in Hawaii, more than 50 percent.
