{"id":71907,"date":"2019-05-31T14:09:34","date_gmt":"2019-05-31T14:09:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/05\/31\/heres-where-commissary-curbside-grocery-pickups-are-coming-next\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T13:41:26","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T13:41:26","slug":"heres-where-commissary-curbside-grocery-pickups-are-coming-next","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/management\/pay-benefits\/2019\/05\/31\/heres-where-commissary-curbside-grocery-pickups-are-coming-next\/","title":{"rendered":"Here\u2019s where commissary curbside grocery pickups are coming next"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Too busy to fit a commissary shopping<\/a> trip into your day? Dreaming of making a quick curbside stop to pick up your commissary groceries without having to unstrap your toddlers from their car seats? Do you have a mobility issue that makes it difficult to navigate the commissary aisles?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you\u2019re in the Virginia Beach, Va., area, the commissary at Oceana Naval Air Station could fill the bill for you, as it becomes the next commissary to roll out the curbside pickup service known as Click2Go, on June 3. It\u2019s one of the efforts commissary officials<\/a> are undertaking to make shopping more convenient for customers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You place your order online. Commissary employees pick the items in the store, pack them, and place your groceries in your vehicle at curbside. You pay at curbside. For the first 30 days, the service will be free; after that a $4.95 service fee will be charged for each order. Click here<\/a> for complete instructions and requirements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Three other commissaries have been offering the Click2Go services for more than five years, using a different business system \u2013 Fort Lee, Va.; Offutt Air Force Base, Neb.; and Travis Air Force Base, Calif. Those programs will end June 1, when the contract ends, but Defense Commissary Agency officials are rolling it out at other locations using a new technology system. Those three will be considered later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The commissary at Fort Eustis, Va., launched the Click2Go program with the new technology in March. The plan is to roll out Click2Go at three other locations this year \u2013 Fort Belvoir and Quantico Marine Corps Base, Va.; and Andrews Air Force Base, Md.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Depending on the arrival of equipment and other factors, the next one may launch by late summer, probably at Fort Belvoir, said Rob Bianchi, a retired Navy rear admiral who is DoD special assistant for commissary operations. There aren\u2019t firm dates yet, he said, because some construction is required before the program can be implemented.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cObviously there\u2019s an investment to each of these. It\u2019s a convenience\u2026 in the grocery industry it seems to be very popular so far, with retailers that have launched it,\u201d Bianchi said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt probably won\u2019t be deployed to every single location. There\u2019s a cost to installing it and funding it. So we\u2019ll probably pick the larger locations first, where there\u2019s more [customer] traffic, and work our way down.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t