Defense officials appear ready to ask Congress to repeal a law that commissaries must sell products at cost plus five percent, a formula that for decades has ensured commissary shoppers everywhere pay the same prices.<\/p>\n
Officials have drafted a replacement formula that would allow prices to vary from store to store to meet a new twin goal: reducing taxpayer support for commissaries while maintaining still attractive savings for patrons.<\/p>\n
Variable pricing would seek to keep savings consistent across the commissary system by pegging local commissary prices for a market basket of goods at some target percentage level below prices of “lowest-price” competitors nearby such as Wal-Mart stores.<\/p>\n
For more details, see this Military Advantage blog post<\/a>.<\/p>\n For more on discounts for military members, families and veterans, visit the Military.com Discount Center<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Defense officials appear ready to ask Congress to repeal a law that commissaries must sell products at cost plus five percent, a formula that for decades has ensured commissary shoppers everywhere pay the same prices. Officials have drafted a replacement formula that would allow prices to vary from store to store to meet a new … Continue reading Possible Repeal of “Cost-Plus-5%” Pricing<\/span>