There is a 5% restock fee. Prices are as bad as regular grocery stores. The only better thing is the meat. But the prices are just as high as regular grocery stores. And they don’t do gas points! The few cents I spend in sales tax is offest by getting a $1.00 off per gallon on gas per month. Some times $2 dollars if we have a big project, we just buy gift cards which count as gas points and on some months they are double or 4 times the points at Kroger’s.
You are right on target. I work at Ft Knox, so have the advantage of not having to make a special trip to the commissary since I am already there. I am noticing fewer and fewer retired folk every time I go. The Kroger points for gift cards are a real bonus. I keep telling people about them, but it seems they fall on deaf ears. We get them for Amazon, Lowes, Cracker Barrel and others. I paid $2.52 for Kroger gas this week.