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Re:Public toilets are vanishing and that's a civic catastrophe by mistersquid on Saturday July 20, 2024 @09:55AM (#41016525)
> Government grocery stores would almost certainly be an abomination (just ask your local public school cafeteria or military base mess hall).

Military bases run PXs and commissaries and these stores have reasonable (mid to high mid) quality goods.

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Re:Public toilets are vanishing and that's a civic catastrophe by freedomben on Saturday July 20, 2024 @10:23AM (#41016704)
> Military bases run PXs and commissaries and these stores have reasonable (mid to high mid) quality goods.

The PXs are pretty good but are priced comparably or higher than free-market stores off-base, and even still are subsidized by base funds. The Class Six is very well done and potentially profitable, though that's just a guess.

The commissaries are much more expensive than off-base stores and likewise are subsidized by base funds. For the most part only the officer's and senior NCO's families can afford to shop at the Commissary.

Disclaimer: I left active duty in the late 00s so things might have changed since then

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