The USDA’s annual Feds Feed Families (FFF) campaign, held June 1 through Sept. 31, has ended with 7.8 million pounds of food being donated to food banks across the nation. Feds Feed Families encourages employees from across the federal government to donate to local food banks and pantries. This year marks the third that the Department of Defense (DOD) has designated the Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA) as its campaign leader.

The Defense Commissary Agency’s (DeCA) Sales Flyer for Oct. 24 – Nov. 6 offers customers even greater ways to save at their commissary. DeCA recently expanded its sales flyer to overseas military families in the European and Pacific regions. Customers can now plan their next shopping trip or Commissary Click2Go order by accessing the sales flyer link and selecting the region of their choice. In this edition, commissaries are promoting significant savings through Thanksgiving on whole frozen turkeys. Customers can get a head start on the holidays or just pregame their turkey favorites at $.68/lb. for select brands. Availability and brands will vary by location.

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Unilever United States is voluntarily recalling select dry shampoo aerosol products due to potentially elevated levels of benzene, according to a Department of Defense All Food and Drug Activity message sent Oct. 21.

The Clorox Company is voluntarily recalling select scented Pine-Sol products because they may contain bacteria, including Pseudomonas aeruginosa, according to a recall notice from the Defense Commissary Agency’s food safety office sent Oct. 25.

HP Hood LLC is voluntarily recalling specific containers of their Hood, Lactaid and Penn Maid brand cottage cheese due to the potential presence of foreign material, specifically plastic pieces, according to a recall notice from the Defense Commissary Agency’s food safety office sent Oct. 26.

Rachel Blanchard, a Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA) employee at the Kadena Air Base Commissary in Okinawa, Japan, was honored on Oct. 20 as one of 28 individual recipients of the 2022 Secretary of Defense Awards for Outstanding Department of Defense Employees and Service Members with Disabilities.

The Coca-Cola Company is voluntarily recalling a limited quantity of their 12 ounce can Fridge Pack due to the potential presence of foreign material, according to a recall notice from the Defense Commissary Agency’s food safety office sent Nov. 1.

Robert J. Bunch, former director of the Defense Commissary Agency’s (DeCA) Central Area, was named executive director of the Store Operations Group effective Nov. 6. As Store Operations executive director, Bunch directs more than 11,000 employees, and manages and directs tactical store support for DeCA’s nearly 240 commissaries. These stores are configured under five areas divided into 25 field zones in 46 states, 13 countries and two U.S. territories.

As the temperatures and the leaves begin to fall, prices on most grocery items in military commissaries are also dropping just in time for Thanksgiving. The Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA) is slashing prices on most items to increase overall patron savings to at least 25 percent compared to commercial grocers as part of the Department of Defense initiative to bolster the economic security and stability of the military community.