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Lawmakers want to limit Chinese business in military quality of life
Lawmakers want to ban the sale of Chinese goods in military stores, and restrict online tutoring services provided by Chinese companies.
By Karen Jowers
Commissaries set limits on purchases of baby formula amid nationwide shortage
The supply of infant formula is running 40 percent to 50 percent below normal in commercial stores, but the most critical, specialized formulas have been even more depleted.
By Karen Jowers
DoD officially kills plan to merge commissaries, exchanges
Recent studies have shown that alternative approaches can realize the benefits of consolidation without the risks such a move would bring to the missions of the commissaries and exchanges.
By Karen Jowers
Military exchanges, battling supply chain issues, urge customers not to wait on holiday shopping
Exchange officials: 'Do not wait to buy — if you see it buy it!'
By Karen Jowers
All overseas DoD school students will get free meals through June
USDA extends waiver allowing free school meals, initially granted last fall.
By Karen Jowers
Starting May 1, military exchanges open to more than half a million DoD and Coast Guard civilians
Military stores are ready for the more than half a million new eligible customers.
By Karen Jowers
Exchange shopping approved for more than half a million DoD, Coast Guard civilians
New policy directs in-store shopping privileges within 30 days for DoD and Coast Guard civilians
By Karen Jowers
Here’s how military stores are increasing your shopping options
Military stores are increasing their online ordering/in-store pickup options, like commercial stores have done during the pandemic.
By Karen Jowers
Approval expected soon for DoD civilians to shop in military exchanges
Nearly 600,000 DoD civilians would get new shopping privileges.
By Karen Jowers
Military exchange, MWR operations hit hard by effects of pandemic
MWR employees are facing an immediate risk of furlough, without COVID assistance, comptroller says.
By Karen Jowers
Is it hoarding or panic buying? Some military stores are limiting quantities of sanitizing products
One commissary customer saw a couple with a "large shopping cart bulging" with hand sanitizers and related products.
By Karen Jowers