Commissaries offer tips for recipes while offering money-saving promotions to help you avoid busting your budget on your Thanksgiving meal.

The Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA) is participating with military exchanges to honor veterans with commemorative coins on Veterans Day, Nov. 11, while supplies last.

The Defense Commissary Agency received the DOD Chief Information Officer Award for its work in deploying Commissary CLICK2GO, the agency announced.

The Defense Commissary Agency’s marketing directorate is announcing leadership selections for its subordinate marketing and patron awareness divisions.

Military commissaries will operate under a holiday schedule beginning Nov. 22, the Defense Commissary Agency announced.

After a good meal, the crowning moment everybody waits for is the end – the serving of the dessert. And what is more decadent than a slice of tempting cake? Did you know that George Washington’s favorite cake was carrot cake? During the holidays, military customers can visit their commissaries’ bakeries to indulge their craving for cakes at significant savings.

Clyde W. Reynolds, the Defense Commissary Agency’s director of engineering, retired Nov. 21 after more than 38 years of federal service, agency officials announced.

During this holiday season commissaries are delivering savings on the items that meet their customers’ baking, roasting, grilling and gifting needs. Whether it is for that family and friends holiday feast, a barracks party, buying affordable Christmas gifts or cooking something special for your office co-workers, the savings at your commissary really add up, said Marine Sgt. Maj. Michael R. Saucedo, the Defense Commissary Agency’s senior enlisted advisor to the DeCA director.

Good food makes for good occasions, and commissary shoppers looking to make the most out of winter holiday meals and gatherings now have even more ways to save time and money thanks to Commissary CLICK2GO and other web-based services.

Christopher “Chris” T. Burns, executive director of the Marketing, Sales and Logistics Group and a member of the Senior Executive Service (SES), will be leaving the Defense Commissary Agency in December. He has accepted a senior vice president of operations position at the Navy Exchange Service Command (NEXCOM), announced DeCA Director and CEO Bill Moore. Jim Flannery, the agency’s chief transformation officer (CTO) since Sept. 30, 2020, was named acting executive director of Marketing, Sales and Logistics. DeCA will recruit Burns’ permanent replacement in accordance with DOD policy pertaining to SES positions.