NAS Whidbey Commissary

The store is clean, the staff are friendly, and the prices are great. Decent variety of international items that one may have gotten accustomed to getting at other bases, but the selection of organic products throughout the store could be better.
Don’t forget your coupons and military ID!

Always appreciate that we are lucky enough to have a Commissary in the Whidbey area. Workers are helpful and courteous always! Helps provide jobs for our young teens, and older Military Family members! Can’t beat the deli or meat department on custom cuts or custom food items. Wide variety on foreign food products that we cannot find at other places.
Thank you!

my first stop for groceries. can’t beat the price. nothing fancy a the commissary just what you need.

This commissary is pretty basic. I hate that it is closed on Monday and only open till 7pm. And now because of the furlough, they also have to be closed on Tuesdays all summer. Erg. But the people who work here make it my grocery store of choice. They are all friendly and willing to help anytime. Their selection of organic and natural products is growing, and I appreciate that. However, I do wish they would have some organic meat– we have several wonderful farms on our Island that could help with the supply that is currently in high demand. Plus, the local produce would be an added bonus.
The prices here are average, maybe a little less, than at the other local grocery stores. And because of the military community’s tendency to have been well-​traveled, there is a great selection of European goods that are super pricey anywhere else. I always go here around the Holidays for real Lebkuchen from Nürnberg, my old hometown, plus giant jars of Nutella!

As my three-​star-​rating indicates, this place is A-​Ok. I’ve been going here for years, and I can usually find most of what I’m looking for when I shop there. Since it’s a military grocery store, most of the prices can’t be beat, but I do wish they carried more organic products in all areas of the store. There are a few fruits and veggies, but they carry exactly NO organic meat of any kind, or even grass-​fed beef, as far as I’m aware.
The staff is friendly and helpful, if you can find someone when you need help. That’s usually the tricky part. I also wish they didn’t close on Mondays to stock, it’s proven very inconvenient in the past. Plus, because that’s their stocking day, they don’t seem to do much during the week … Shopping on a Sunday can prove very frustrating, since a lot of aisles (like bread, dairy, and meat) are practically empty by then.
But I’ll probably always shop here, even though I often pick up a couple things elsewhere … Just can’t beat the prices of what they do have on base.