{"id":174086,"date":"2025-09-20T11:23:12","date_gmt":"2025-09-20T15:23:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=174086"},"modified":"2025-09-20T11:23:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-20T15:23:12","slug":"military-commissaries-potentially-looking-at-being-privatized","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=174086","title":{"rendered":"Military commissaries potentially looking at being privatized"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Defense Commissary Agency has officially requested information from relevant industry regarding their taking over the Defense Commissary system. The agency wants to know if the respondents will be able to offer the usual discount compared to the regular grocery market, while running operations and maintenance. This is a part of the larger initiative by the Trump Administration to privatize operations that do not necessarily need to be run by the government. One of the recommendations suggested was for regular grocery operations to offer commissary rates to qualified military shoppers.<\/p>\n

From Military Times:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

“The purpose of this RFI is to determine whether commercial grocery operators and investment firms are both interested in and capable of assuming commissary operations, with no government subsidy or with a materially reduced subsidy, while preserving the critical military benefit of a 23.7% average savings for authorized patrons,” commissary officials stated in an announcement Friday.<\/p>\n

Commissary stores receive more than $1.4 billion annually in taxpayer dollars to cover operational costs, including salaries and other costs, which enables the stores to provide the commissary benefit at a savings to patrons.<\/p>\n

The request is the result of the Defense Department’s April 7 memorandum, which directs all functions that are not inherently governmental to be prioritized for privatization. It specifically cites retail sales and recreation as examples.<\/p>\n

Military advocates have historically opposed proposals to privatize commissaries, voicing skepticism about the ability of a private entity to operate commissaries profitably and still deliver the benefit to military families.<\/p>\n

The commissary’s average savings of 23.7%, compared to local commercial grocery stores, is required by law. The RFI also includes another possible option for grocers: offering the 23.7% discount to eligible military patrons at their existing commercial grocery locations, which would mean it would not be necessary to keep all or a portion of existing commissaries.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Additional Reading:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jowers, K. (2025, September 19). Pentagon takes step toward potentially privatizing commissaries. Military Times<\/em>. Link<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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