Sadly, our summer vacation is coming to an end.
We will soon swap our lazy mornings for a fast-paced up and out the door routine. I guarantee there will be tears and resistance, and my kids aren’t too excited about the change either!
We can choose to spend our last days of summer sulking and wondering where the time went or we can head to our commissary and stock up on all the back to school essentials.
The Defense Commissary Agency announced the Back to School Sidewalk Sales beginning mid-August and running through September will take the place of the annual case lot sales. Don’t fret over the loss of the case lot sales, the Back to School sale offers savings on healthy family breakfasts, fresh-packed school lunches, after-school snacks, club pack items, cases of breakfast cereals, bottled water and much more.
Here is the list of Back to School Sidewalk Sale dates:
August Back to School Sidewalk Sale Dates
July 26-29
Patrick AFB
August 1-4
- Key West NAS
- Kingsville NAS
- Schofield Barracks
August 1-3
Fort Rucker
August 1-5
Tyndall AFB
August 2-3
Air Force Academy
August 2-4
Charleston AFB
August 2-5
- Fort Leavenworth
- Kaneohe Bay MCBH
- Quantico MCB
August 3-4
Fort Knox
August 10-11
- Tobyhanna
August 13-16
- Jacksonville NAS
August 14-16
- Laughlin AFB
August 15-18
- New River MCAS
- Portsmouth NSY
August 15-19
- Fort Hood – Clear Creek
August 16-18
- Albany MCLB
- Buckley AFB
- Camp Merrill
- Carlisle Barracks
- Gunter AFB
- New London
August 16-19
- Anchorage Area
- Barksdale AFB
- Fort Belvoir
- Fort Bragg North
- Fort Myer
- Imperial Beach
- MacDill AFB
- Smokey Point
August 17
- Rota
August 17-18
- Barstow MCLB
- Bremerton NBK
- Cairo
- Chievres AB
- Fort Gordon
- Fort Hunter Liggett
- Rock Island Arsenal
- Shaw AFB
- Sheppard AFB
- Sigonella
- Vogelweh
August 17-19
- Annapolis NSA
- Camp Casey
- Cannon AFB
- Charleston NWS
- Edwards AFB
- Eielson AFB
- Forest Glen
- Great Lakes NS
- Hario Village
- Kodiak
- Lemoore NAS
- McConnell AFB
- Ord Community
- Patch Barracks
- Schinnen
- Scott AFB
- Selfridge ANGB
- Vance AFB
- White Sands
- Yokota AB
August 17-20
- Fort Riley
August 18
- Ansbach
- Lajes Field
August 18-19
- Wiesbaden
August 18-20
- Camp Zama
August 20-21
- Dugway PG
August 21-22
- Hohenfels
Aug. 23-25
- Corpus Christi NAS
- Crane NSA
- Lakehurst NAES
- Meridian NAS
August 23-26
- Alconbury
- JB Andrews AFB
- Robins AFB
August 24
- Mildenhall
August 24-25
- Lakenheath
August 24-26
- Aviano AB
- Little Rock AFB
- New Orleans NSA
- Randolph AFB
- Tinker AFB
- Vicenza
August 24-27
- K-16 Airfield Commissary
August 27-31
- Hickam AFB
August 28-31
- Beale AFB
- Bolling AFB
- Seymour Johnson AFB
August 28 – September 1
- Fort Eustis
- Parris Island MCRD
August 29 – September 1
- Bridgeport MCMWTC
- Fallon NAS
- Fort Stewart
- Offutt AFB
August 30-31
- Pensacola NAS
- Picatinny Arsenal
August 30 – September 1
- Aberdeen PG
- Arnold AFB
- Baumholder
- China Lake NAWS
- Croughton
- Fort Drum
- Fort Greely
- Fort Jackson
- Fort Polk
- Garmisch
- Goodfellow AFB
- Holloman AFB
- Little Creek Navphibase
- Maxwell AFB
- McGuire AFB
- Memphis NSA
- Mitchel Field
- Newport NS
- Pittsburgh Area
- Redstone Arsenal
- Saratoga Springs
- Whiting Field NAS
August 30 – September 2
- Camp Lejeune MCB
- Fort Lewis
- Fort Sam Houston
- Gulfport NCBC
- Kirtland AFB
- Kings Bay NSB
- Keesler AFB
- Lackland AFB
- Luke AFB
- Mayport NS
- Richards-Gebaur
- San Diego NB
- Spangdahlem Air Base
- Whidbey Island NAS
August 31 – September 1
- Fort Lee
- Peterson AFB
- Sasebo
- Yokosuka NFA
August 31 – September 2
- Andersen AFB
- Camp Foster MCB
- Camp Kinser MCB
- Camp Pendleton MCB
- Chinhae
- Daegu
- Davis-Monthan AFB
- Fort Campbell
- Hill AFB
- Harrison Village
- Kadena AB
- Los Angeles AFB
- Moffett Field
- Moody AFB
- Norfolk NAVSTA
- Osan AB
- Portsmouth NNSY
- Sagamihara
- Vandenberg AFB
August 31 – September 3
- Camp Carroll
- Iwakuni MCAS
August 31 – September 4
- March ARB
September Back to School Sidewalk Sales Dates
September 1-2
- Dover AFB
September 3-6
- Menwith Hill
September 4-7
- Panzer Kaserne
September 5-6
- Izmir
September 6-9
- Bangor ANGB
September 7-8
- Bangor NBK
- Fort McCoy
- Incirlik AB
- Riyadh
September 7-9
- Camp Humphreys
- Fort Worth
September 8-9
- Ankara
- F. E. Warren AFB
Sept. 12-16
- Columbus AFB
September 13
- Kelley Barracks
September 13-15
- Dahlgren NSF
- Eglin AFB
- Fort Benning
- Fort Bragg South
- Fort Sill
- Malmstrom AFB
- Wright-Patterson AFB
September 13-16
- Dyess AFB
- Ellsworth AFB
- Fairchild AFB
- Fort Bliss
- McChord AFB
- Miramar MCAS
- Nellis AFB
- North Island NAS
- Travis AFB
September 14
- Livorno
- Rota
September 14-15
- Patuxent River NAS
- Vilseck
- Whiteman AFB
September 14-16
- Altus AFB
- Atsugi NAF
- Cherry Point MCAS
- Fort Carson
- Fort Hamilton
- Fort Huachuca
- Fort Leonard Wood
- Fort Wainwright
- Hanscom AFB
- Kunsan AB
- Minot AFB
- Misawa AB
- Naples NSA
- Oceana NAS
- Orote
- Robinson Barracks
- San Onofre
- West Point
- Yongsan
September 15-16
- Camp Courtney MCB
- Ramstein AB
September 20-23
- Fort Detrick
September 21-22
- Grafenwoehr
September 24-27
- Fort Irwin
September 27-29
- Langley AFB
- McClellan
- Port Hueneme
September 27-30
- Fort Hood – Warrior Way
- Hurlburt Field
September 28-30
- Fort Meade
- Grand Forks AFB
- Mountain Home AFB
- Pearl Harbor
October 13-15
- Twentynine Palms MCAGCC
October 12-13
- Yuma PG
October 12-14
- El Centro NAF
October 26-28
- Yuma MCAS
In addition to the savings the Back to School Sidewalk Sales, participating commissaries will also be hosting sale events throughout August and some of these are pretty cool!
The first event is the Back to School Sweepstakes. Patrons can enter to win a $100 commissary or exchange gift cards or a $50 entertainment/restaurant gift card that can be used at AAFES theatres or exchange food malls. For full details and instructions on how to enter this sweepstakes, ask your local commissary manager.
The next event is the Box Tops for Education event taking place from August 6-19 at participating stores.
Cutting out box tops can be a pain, but schools can earn up to $20,000 a year from Box Tops.
What could your school do with an extra $20,000?
This promotion includes double box top value on several General Mills products, high-value coupons, in-store product demonstrations and decorative displays.
“Make this School Year a Success Story” is another event taking place August 6 to 19. This event sponsored by Kellogg’s and Scholastics offers discounted prices on Kellogg’s brand items and free Scholastic books. These free books would make a great addition to your child’s classroom library. For full details visit your local commissary.
This promotion doesn’t only save money but will provide a fun family outing. Back-to-school free movie ticket allows customers to earn a free movie ticket when they purchase seven name brand products in one transaction at participating commissaries between August 5 and September 5.
Brands include Gatorade, Entenmann’s, Oreo, Nabisco, Frito Lay, Planters, Capri Sun, Kraft, Oscar Mayer, Hillshire Farm, (these are all lunch box staples) Aveeno, Neutrogena, Tylenol, Listerine, Centrum, Tums, Sensodyne, Aquafresh, Biotene, (great opportunity to stock up on personal hygiene products) Scott towels and Kleenex (these are a must-have for any classroom). For complete rules for the back-to-school free movie ticket, check out your local commissary.
The AXE “Back to School” Sweepstakes is perfect for parents of middle school and high school boys.
Visit the AXE shower gel, deodorant and hair care product displays in your local commissary from now through September 15 to enter to win a variety of prizes including commissary gift cards, Apple MacBooks, iPads, iPods and Apple gift cards. There will more than 90 prizes awarded.
Cheese is a great way for kids to get much-needed protein and dairy wrapped up in a healthy snack. The Say “Cheese Please!” promotion offers savings on Freedom’s Choice cheese products. Stock up on all things cheese August 20 through September 9 at your local commissary.
If these great promotions and sales aren’t enough to soften the blow of the preparation for a new school year, DeCA’s industry partners will be offering additional discounts and themed items with low pricing. Be sure to check the end of the aisle for these discounted products.
Most of these promotions are offered worldwide however some overseas stores may have substitute events for certain promotional programs. Customers are encouraged to check with their store manager to confirm dates and promotions.
The start of a new school year is often met with a little anxiety, especially for our military children who experience the first day in a new school far too often.
By stocking up on school supplies, breakfasts must-haves, lunch box necessities and healthy afternoon snacks we can all step into the new school year prepared and ready for success.
