School is back and so are commissary sidewalk sales. Throughout September, stateside commissary patrons can stock up on their favorite items at significant savings during these Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA) events.

During September, National Preparedness Month focuses on everything you need to know before an emergency occurs. For military commissary customers, they can use a benefit that gives them an annual average of nearly 25 percent savings to purchase the items needed for their survival kits.

The Anchorage Commissary, Alaska, successfully partnered in an Alaska National Guard training mission Aug. 7, providing groceries at significant savings to authorized patrons in the remote town of Bethel.

Military customers worldwide will have the opportunity to evaluate their stores through the annual Commissary Customer Service Survey (CCSS) starting Aug. 23.

The Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA) announced the winners of the 2019 Best Commissary Awards in a virtual ceremony July 29.

Blount Fine Foods Corp.

McCormick & Company, Inc.

The commissary brings greater savings on healthy breakfasts, lunches, after school snacks and more during the month of August to help families with their back to school efforts.

The Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA) is proud to join the U.S. Coast Guard in observing its 231st birthday on Aug. 4.

Reaching for the MILITARY STAR® card at a military exchange store or commissary is strengthening benefits for all who serve and have served.

Grimmway Farms is voluntarily recalling certain carrot products because they may have been contaminated with Salmonella, according to a recall notice from the Defense Commissary Agency’s food safety office sent July 22.

Nearly 80 commissaries have Dietitian-Approved Fueling Stations available to offer healthy and cost-effective alternatives to fast food for service members. And more stations are on the way.

“Come Home to Savings, Shop Your Local Commissary” is a joint Defense Commissary Agency and industry sales promotion coming to commissaries worldwide starting in August that will offer more opportunities to save for service members and their families.

Johnson & Johnson is voluntarily recalling specific NEUTROGENA® and AVEENO® Aerosol Sunscreen Products, due to low levels of benzene, a cancer causing substance, according to a recall notice from the Defense Commissary Agency’s food safety office sent July 15.

The average grocery store shopper spends 41 minutes per shopping trip, not including travel time, and makes 1.5 trips per week according to the Time Use Institute. That equates to 53 hours per year spent grocery shopping. The Defense Commissary Agency offers ideas to help shorten your shopping trip, allowing you to divert some of this time back to family and leisure activities.