Proposed Commissary Changes
As expected, commissary customers would foot the bill for operating the stores, according to details of the 2015 defense budget proposal released on March 4.
The three-year plan to shrink the annual commissary budget from $1.4 billion to $400 million would raise prices to cover the costs of operating stores, expand the variety of products sold and reduce transportation costs.
Raising prices would require a change in law, as would expanding the product assortment. The exchange services have traditionally opposed expanding the variety of items sold in commissaries — such as beer and wine — because it would cut into their business. Read more http://ow.ly/ui6Qe
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