European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 9, 1967, Darmstadt, Hesse                              Page 16 ref stars and str Pes saturday september 9, 1967 empty shelves Are scarce in Rhine main s commissary even on busiest pay Days. Rhine main s own special recipe for commissary that often takes the cake by Mary Ann Reese staff writer line up a dozen Safe commissaries an chances Are you can pick out Rhine main s. It s the one that wins Blue ribbons. It May not look like much from the outside but inside the shelves bulge with virtually every item available through the Supply and maintenance Agency sea in we Bruecken which supplies Safe and Usa eur commissaries. Chances Are that you will find wandering around the aisles sgt. Jim Askew commissary operations supervisor and Alvin s. Levine commissary officer who Are proud for Good reason of certificate of achievement awards pinned on their commissary the past four years. Reasons for their Success Are Many. Levine who has been in the commissary business 25 years and Askew a 16-year Veteran make a Point of spending much time on the floor keeping Eagle eyes on supplies and watching to see that custom ers Are pleased. If they re not they make a Point to find out Why. If supplies run Low before regular order Days they make special orders. But most important is what Levine Calls his number one Golden  i insist that our employees treat every commis sary Patron As he himself would like to be treated he explained. We Are fortunate to have an Excel Lent  their commissary features special displays like the supermarkets Back Home a new items display Case to introduce new products in the system and 68-shelf-feet of troop Issue items which Are non Brand name foods sold at Economy  shoppers mystified by food prices in the system Levine explained that costs of canned an Frozen goods Are fixed by the sea. Any change in prices of these items will be made the 25thof the month. The individual commissary sets prices on meats and produce. We Are not supposed to gain More than $50per department per month in these items. If we lose Money in a department we up the Price. I we gain the prices Are  grocery or household items not available through the sea cannot be special ordered. The Only Way commissaries can get them is to make a written recommendation to Safe or Usa eur. Levine will be one of 25 people on the european commissary resale items Board meeting this month in Giessen to discuss recommendations for new items. One item in particular he highly recommends is re Tenderizer beef which runs three cents per Pound More than regular beef but is guarantee to be tender. His meat department along with ones at Wiesbaden and Span Dahlem has Bee running tests on the product the past seven months. Levine finds the meat Sells very Well and will recommend its continuation. In Brief Levine sums up the Success of his commissary As not any one thing but a general Pride in the store and its operation and a sincere desire to give  the Only trouble with All the Blue ribbons is Ascol. John p. O Reagan chief of services division told him now col. Richard Tiede Rhine Mai base commander will expect them All the  sgt. Jim Askew right and Al Levine commissary officer available for patrons questions. Is photos by Merle Hunter one Way mirrors make meat counter More attractive. Discourage shop lifting. Bright end displays. Produce piled High like big piece of of Art. It All helps make a Winner