Denise Palmer

Review of Fort Belvoir Commissary

As far as commissaries this one just rocks! If you...

As far as commissaries this one just rocks! If you cannot find it here not sure it exists. Let me rephrase the previous thought...if they have it in stock you will find it. The inventory system seems to be hit or miss and sometimes items will be out of stock for months and then suddenly appear again. Good areas are wide open aisles and produce as fresh as a regular grocery on the economy. Also things turn over so quickly that expired products or freezer burnt items are never an issue. Prices are definitely better for general household cleaners, boxed or canned food and fresh meat. However produce and speciality type items are generally just a few cents cheaper but rarely is anything more expensive than on the economy.
It has downfalls for sure. Just too big some days to contemplate getting down all the aisles I need to go down. This is a new commissary and considering how quickly some of freezers, bathrooms and cases have deteriorated means this build was cheaped out tremendously. The biggest area of common complaint and one that drives all of us shoppers batty is why they have taken the main aisle in front of the cashiers and cluttered it up with displays of seasonal candies etc. YOU CANNOT MOVE if busy and shoppers banging into each other and throwing out killer glares left and right. If you have 2 carts, and often I do, I am driving one of them into these displays while I try to avoid oncoming carts. Also there is no cart parking so people abandon their first cart somewhere in this aisle too. Just a nightmare some days! Despite the downfalls I use this as a way to save some dollars over buying everything on the economy. Have an idea what you want before coming in though because you can lose alot of time wandering thru this massive place.