In
keeping with DeCA's health and wellness theme,
this year's promotion will feature substantial
savings on 18 major Quaker and Tropicana brand
items placing special emphasis on those
healthy brands with special recipe cards, Web
site links and healthy tie-in features for all
of you.
Quaker
has recently launched this worldwide "Go
Humans Go" initiative, a new social
purpose movement powered by Quaker and the
human energy of Americans around the world.
Quaker, which energizes people's lives every
day with the wholesome goodness of whole-grain
oats, is now encouraging Americans to share
that energy for others through donations,
grants and volunteer opportunities.
Commissary
customers and employees have the opportunity
to earn a $500 grant to be used for a start-up
organization or a charity they may be involved
in that benefits their military community.
One
winner from each store band (a total of 14)
will receive a $500 grant to make their
project a reality. An overall winner
will be selected from the 14 winners to
receive the "Fuel It Forward - Go Humans
Go" trophy and a $3,000 grand prize!
Winners will be announced mid February and
honored at their DeCA commissary in early
March.
General
Mills is "Warming Up America"
General
Mills is once again "Warming Up
America" with a "Souper Bowl"
of a soup sale during early to mid January.
Look for displays in your commissary that show
great savings on Progresso Soup products.
Check
out the "Big Game, Bigger Savings"
ConAgra Foods Truckload Event, Benefiting the
Fisher House Scholarship Program
ConAgra
Foods is kicking off a year of great savings
for you with the "Big Game, Bigger
Savings" truckload event through January
and ending mid February. Their truckload
of savings are sure to score a touchdown with
your home team as you look for great savings
on brands such as Hunts, Pam, Healthy Choice,
Marie Callender and Banquet.
The
"Big Game, Bigger Savings" event
will raise awareness and money for the Fisher
Houseä
Scholarship for Military Children Program.
ConAgra Foods will donate a portion of their
truckload sales to support this great cause to
help military children achieve success through
education.
Yes,
You Too, Can Win One of10 All-Expense-Paid
Trips to the 2010 Academy of Country Music
Awards in Las Vegas
From
Jan. 21 through Feb. 10, Dr Pepper and Motts
will offer you a chance to meet with today's
most popular country music stars. Ten
DeCA customers and their guests (five from
DeCA East and five from DeCA West) will win a
trip to the 2010 Academy of Country Music
Awards in Las Vegas.
Trip
packages will include: Roundtrip airfare,
roundtrip ground transportation, deluxe hotel
accommodations for two for two nights,
breakfast
on Sunday and Monday, welcome gift upon arrival,
two passes to Dr Pepper welcome reception, two
passes to Dr Pepper pre-show party, two tickets
to awards show, two tickets to post show
all-star jam, all hotel taxes and service fees
associated with package, and onsite travel
support staff.
Check
your local commissary for combined Dr Pepper
and Motts displays promoting these items and
this great contest.
"Fill
Your House with Kimberly-Clark Products"
By Stocking up and Saving Now
Hot
sale prices on leading Kimberly-Clark products
will encourage you to buy multiple products or
to trade up to bundle packs and stock up from
mid January through mid February.
To
further ease the strain on your wallets, you
can enter to win one of the 200 $50 American
Express gift cards being given away in
commissaries worldwide.
Look
for Kimberly-Clark displays that include shelf
cards with sweepstakes entry forms and posters
at your commissary for your chance to win a
card and save money on these products.
Kashi
Says "Eat Right Because It Tastes
Good"
Kashi
Company has lots of great tasting and healthy
products at fantastic sale prices during its
mid-month "Eat Right Because It Tastes
Good" event. These choices could make
healthy eating more enjoyable and help you eat
better during the new year.
In
addition to the great savings, you can look
for product demonstrations that give you the
chance to try all the delicious Kashi
products. You will also see how easy it is to
make healthy changes to your diet with
educational booklets that offer tips on
healthy eating habits and high value coupons
on Kashi products.
Check
Out Old El Paso's Halftime Sales Event
Old
El Paso brand items are popular dishes to
serve while cheering for your favorite Super
Bowl team. From mid January through mid
February, Old El Paso will offer great sales
to help feed those hungry fans cheering at
your football parties. To find high
value coupons on popular Old El Paso products,
check out the great Super Bowl displays at
your commissary.
If
you can't make it to the commissary, make the
trip to January's On-Site Sales
You
can catch us on the road as we take commissary
goods to Guard and Reserve centers across the
United States for regional on-site sales.
Commissaries are conducting these sales out of
warehouses, aircraft hangars, armories, tents
in parking lots and even out of semi-trailers. 
Although
the sales take place at Guard and Reserve
centers, we encourage all authorized customers
to attend these sales and enjoy savings
averaging 30 percent or more! We want to reach
out to authorized shoppers who have earned the
commissary benefit but cannot easily travel to
a commissary to shop on a regular basis.
A
couple of important notes:
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Electronic Benefit Transfer card transactions
will no longer be authorized at on-site sales,
so
please take that into consideration when
planning your shopping trip.
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DeCA's new $25 gift vouchers,
which
are available for purchase at any commissary,
may now be used for payment at on-site sales.
However, the vouchers are not available for
purchase at on-site sales at this time.
Get
your game on with good nutrition
Children
love to play Internet games, and promoting
healthy choices through gaming is a great
way to teach them.
With
childhood obesity continuing to rise, the
U.S. Department of Agriculture has created a
Web-based gaming contest that begins in the
spring of 2010.
This
challenge, open to entrepreneurs, software
developers and students, to design and
creative an educational game targeted for
"tweens" - children 9 to 12.
The
Web-based game will help motivate kids to
learn about healthy dietary habits and the
importance of eating more nutritional foods.
So if you are a game designer, or want to be
one, and possibly win a prize, go to Web
Games for Healthy Kids for the latest
details. Visit: Get
Your Game On for the rest of the article.
New
Zone Managers and Store Directors Announced
Defense
Commissary Agency Director and CEO Philip E.
Sakowitz Jr. announced numerous key
leadership changes during a recent message
to the workforce.
"These
leaders assuming senior positions go forward
with my complete confidence in their talent
and dedication to the mission," said
Sakowitz. "I know they share my pride in
serving the best customers in the world,
making the commissary worth the trip - whether
a shopper lives a mile away or 100."
Visit: Announcements
to learn more about these personnel changes.
Look
for NEW VIDEOS and events happening at your
commissary on DeCA's Facebook page
Click
on Facebook for the Defense
Commissary
Agency's Facebook page. There you can
check out
new
videos and the latest happenings at your
commissaries through the events tab.
Don't
forget Twitter, too.
You
can also find us on www.twitter.com/TheCommissary,
where
we are talking with those who visit the site about
the latest cost-saving programs, promotions
and events at DeCA's more than 250
commissaries worldwide; sharing information
unique to those stores; and discussing issues
that affect customers and industry partners.
For
customer comments, concerns, compliments
or complaints.
If
you have any comments, concerns,
compliments or complaints about the
operation of your commissary, please
visit: Customer
Comment Form, and fill out the form
located there.
Or
you can contact our Customer Relations
Specialist, Courtney Rogers, at: (804)
734-8000, ext. 4-8976, or by e-mail: Courtney.Rogers@DeCA.mil.
She will respond to you as quickly,
accurately and completely as possible.
The
Commissary, It's Worth the Trip!
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DeCA-
About
DeCA: The
Defense Commissary Agency operates a worldwide chain of
commissaries providing groceries to military personnel,
retirees and their families in a safe and secure shopping
environment. Authorized patrons purchase items at cost plus a
5-percent surcharge, which covers the costs of building new
commissaries and modernizing existing ones. Shoppers save an
average of more than 30 percent on their purchases compared to
commercial prices – savings worth about $3,000 annually for
a family of four. A core military family support element, and
a valued part of military pay and benefits, commissaries
contribute to family readiness, enhance the quality of life
for America’s military and their families, and help recruit
and retain the best and brightest men and women to serve their
country.
