Commissary prices worldwide are following fuel cost increases

[unhappycamper]

Commissary prices worldwide are following fuel cost increases
By Sandra Jontz, Stars and Stripes
European edition, Friday, May 16, 2008

The rising cost of fuel is driving up prices at military commissaries worldwide, Defense Commissary officials said Thursday.

"Like any retail operation in the grocery industry today, we are not insulated from market conditions that are affected by rising fuel costs and other external economic factors," said Kevin Robinson, a DeCA spokesman in Virginia.

Still, he pointed out, commissary customers tend to pay about one-third less for similar goods sold at off-base retailers.

"What is important to note, however, is that commissaries do not change prices unilaterally to reflect these economic conditions, but rather ‘pass on’ price increases as they are received from manufacturers and suppliers," Robinson said.

Basically, if manufacturers boost prices, so do commissaries.


Rest of article at: http://www.stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=54837

[Qanisqineq]

1. Aint that the truth

I can't relate to the price of groceries in the US but at the commissary here in Korea, it is cheaper to buy what you can at the Korean markets now.