European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 8, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes july Baum older commissary Small in big in sales by Dick Hodgson Kaiserslautern Bureau chief Germany although Baum holders commissary has been named the Best Large army commissary in Many of its customers think its the Best Small store Treyve Tor being this is the Best one in said Rita who shopped in the army commis sary at flans Borg during a previous assignment in Ive gone Down to they have a very Large and i think its really Ive been at Baum older almost two and Ive seen this store grow and Stock More items than and the meat is the Best Ive seen but its a Small commissary she commissary officer Guenther Kroehnert explained that the commissary sales figures determine whether it competes As a Large or Small were a much smaller store than he we have about Square feet of sales and we Stock about line Over million in sales since we do More than million Worth of sales each we Are considered a Large commis Kroehnert and we must be Good As a Large weve been the first or second place Winner every year since and we won last air Force commissary officials said the Ramstein 40 Miles has Square feet of sales area and stocks nonperishable line master a commissary manage ment specialist at air Force commissary service Europe said that figure does not include Frozen foods or perishable Dairy Fig ures for perishable items were not he Kroehnert agrees with his customers who say meats arc the Baum older stores greatest we have excellent Quality and prices in our meat he and we have specially items like Spiess Bratun available on some people even drive up Here from Ramstein who shop for this is the Only commissary Ive been in for the past five said Hansi Ive had no since in there Are some things like bread and ingredients for German Reci Pes that i will always buy on the june Mcmillen also thought the Baum older store was Good with one a pretty Good i really enjoy this its almost like a grocery store Back they have a pretty Good selection of brands and she but today i wanted to buy some Voisine or Murine Eye and they dont Stock its kind of inconvenient to have to make another Stop at the by just for those 4 James Bochard said he believed he could have saved by buying the same groceries at the Ramstein the air Force has still got us he i used to be stationed at Wiesbaden with the air by they have have better his the air Force commis Saries carry smiles diapers and there for 36 she Here Treyve got buggies and the buggies Cost for 48 but the smiles Are just As Good and there i think its better than the one we shopped in Colorado said Cindy the selection of fresh fruit and vegetables is really that what i she said the Ramstein store is but you spend More because Treyve got so much More Selec you wind up buying things you dont really Here at least Treyve got everything you everything i want Kevin Robertson said Baum holders store was everything he wanted it to Treyve always got everything i he i never have to go Down to Ramstein and see if they have i like said Wilma but we do shop Here because i work Here and it is Ramstein has a much larger variety of foods because its a much larger my husband works in k town and the things i cant get he picks up Down its not that the store Doest carry but a lot of times there out of so you have to go somewhere i dont have any complaints except that they could have More so the selection would be said Dana it would be Nice to be Able to choose from More than one Kroehnert said a major reorganization of the stores sales area in March resulted in More items being but he said he has plans to increase the number to about items by years right now we have warehouses located away from the he that is part of the As we determine which items sell and which ones Well be taking some things off the shelves and replacing them with new but i doubt that Well Ever be As big As he world today grocery shoppers at Heilbronn appreciate the touch by Dan Wollam Stuttgart Bureau chief Germany walking through the Hail Bronori commissary with Gerlinde Smith is like skimming the pages of the military Community who every customer seems to know and she knows most of Pardon but can you Tell me Good you Guys giving any credit Smith Smith likes it that she believes in being there for her the commissary Smith runs was selected the Best commissary in Usa eur for 1985 among those having average monthly sales of less than or annual sales of less than it int hard to see Why As Smith and her employees stroll helping customers find canned peas and chocolate Smiths philosophy of being of talking to of helping customers extends from top to we dont have any night she i believe its better to have people out Here where customers can see them Ana ask them its More Smith Doest know All of the she but i know a lot of customers agree the personal touch pays Vici Landkamer has lived in Southern Germany three when she lived in she preferred to make the 40minute drive to Heilbronn for groceries rather than shop in most of the people i knew in Stuttgart came she it even seems like its less expensive on a lot of Little Landkamer lives in Heilbronn and Shes still a Many times Ive asked for something and Treyve found she one Landkamer was looking for White Fluffy during the worst time of the Smith found it for i dont know How she did but she found Ive been going said Margaret this was her first trip to the Heilbronn she usually shops in my neighbor comes Here All the because this is the Only commissary that has the kind of cat food she so i decided to try they have More products and its easier to she Smith insists that at least two of the management staff members be in the store one on the floor and one in Deputy commissary officer Richard Walker says its the combination of Good employees and Smiths style that makes the store the secret Here is the work he a lot of its respect for she gets right in with Shell unpack boxes or 6 mormon churches attacked with bombs in chilean cities Chile up six mormon churches were attacked with bombs and Molotov cocktails in san Tiago and three other chilean cities in the latest outburst of ant american police one explosion shattered 31 windows of a building be longing to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latte Day saints in Central and two other churches in the City were damaged by police nobody was injured in the the attackers painted Graffiti outside the churches say yanks out of Chile easter chilean a reference to a plan to use the Pacific Island As an emergency space shuttle Landing huge Stone City discovered in Peru by american explorer Peru up an american explorer who has spent More than a Quarter of a Century in South America says he May have made his greatest discovery a huge Stone City that May be one of the largest pre columbian ruins Ever Gene who has made a career of exploring Peru and South returned from a 60day expedition into the amazonian Jungle Between Perus Maranon River and it Cuamba River some 400 Miles Northeast of he said he discovered an ancient City stretching for some 50 Miles and covering an area of 120 Square he and his team of 20 Machet wielding explorers counted some structures in the he freighter with Crew of 28 assumed sunk in South Atlantic Cape town a a search has been ended in the South Atlantic for a missing panamanian registered Ore Carrier with a Crew of and it is assumed that the Arctic career Sank nautical Miles West of Cape the South african broadcasting the government controlled radio quoted an air Force spokesman As saying a South african search plane found debris and an Oil Slick in the but no the Crew included 12 Hong Kong and filipino the Hong Kong owned vessel was in route from Brazil to Indonesia with tons of Iron Ore when its last radio 12 Days said it had been damaged in a Jef makes emergency Landing at Sydney Airport during strike Australia a a Canadian Pacific jumbo Jet with 326 people on Board made an emergency Landing at Sydney International which has been without firefighting services during the past week because of a the in route from Vancouver to made an uneventful Landing with one engine shut Airport authorities hastily arranged alternative standby firefighting services after the Pilot requested fire officials eight fire engines were rushed to the Airport and were to remain on standby until the strike is seeking a 38hour week and in creased Manning say the strike will go National unless their demands Are Gallup poll says most britons think defense budget is too High London a a majority of britons believe their government spends too much on defense and too Little on pensions and a Gallup poll has the Public opinion which questioned elec tors in More than 100 said that 53 percent of those asked Felt too much was spent on nine percent replied that the sum was too 27 percent said it was about and 11 percent had no the Survey As printed in London sunday Telegraph noted no margin of Britain current defense budget is billion pounds billion at current Exchange up 1 billion pounds billion from last the budget accounts for percent of Gross Domestic according to government compared with the United