If saving money and acknowledging the love of your life are the goals, your commissary has everything from candy to flowers to special heart healthy recipes.

Commissary overall worldwide customer savings exceeded 25 percent for fiscal 2019, reported the Defense Commissary Agency.

Military commissaries would rather fill a food bank than a landfill. That’s the mindset of the Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA) as it announces a new milestone in donations – 21 million pounds plus – to local food banks.

It’s been a little over a year since dietitian-approved recipe posters began helping commissary shoppers choose healthier meal options, and the program shows no signs of slowing down.

It’s win or go home for professional football teams competing for a spot in the big game. However, military customers all come out victorious if they shop their commissary for the food and drinks to score big at their house party or barracks get together.

Commissary shoppers worldwide can now describe their own shopping experience when they fill out the Defense Commissary Agency’s updated “ForeSee” customer experience survey.

With January being Family Fit Lifestyle Month, service members and their families can kick start their new year’s resolution to be healthier by saving money on nutritious items at their commissary.

Almark Foods is expanding their initial voluntary recall of some hard-boiled and peeled egg products to include all hard-boiled eggs manufactured at their Gainesville, Georgia plant because they may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, according to a Department of Defense All Food and Dru

Almark Foods is voluntarily recalling some hard-boiled and peeled egg products because they may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, according to a Department of Defense All Food and Drug Activity message sent Dec. 20.

Huy Fong Foods, Inc. is voluntarily recalling specific sizes of their Sriracha Hot Chili Sauce product because a lactic acid buildup may cause the bottles to bloat and continue to ferment, according to a recall notice from the Defense Commissary Agency’s food safety office sent Dec. 23.

Independent auditors recently gave the Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA) an unmodified opinion for its fiscal 2019 financial statements. An unmodified opinion means a third-party examination found no substantial discrepancies in the agency’s finances.

White Castle is voluntarily recalling some frozen burger sandwich products because they may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, according to a Department of Defense All Food and Drug Activity message sent Dec. 11.

Ruiz Food Products, Inc. is voluntarily recalling specific frozen breakfast burrito products because they may be contaminated with extraneous plastic pieces, according to a Department of Defense All Food and Drug Activity message sent Dec. 11.

The colorful lights, the music, the decorations, the smells, the holiday movies on repeat – all converge to create a Christmas warmth within us that’s hard to describe. But the food, the Christmas dinner, is what pulls family and friends together for a festive meal. Throughout the holidays, your commissary and its industry partners are offering promotional discounts far beyond everyday savings so that the Dec. 25th meal doesn’t empty your wallet.

On your next trip to the commissary, remember you don’t need a stocking hung by the chimney with care to get some very practical stocking stuffer items that people will actually use.