Hot days call for cool treats: Shop your commissary during National Ice Cream Month

FORT GREGG-ADAMS, Va. – I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream! As the temperatures rise during the summer months, the delicious frozen treats help cool us off.

July is National Ice Cream Month, and your local commissary has a wide selection of frozen treats for those hot summer days.

“It’s the perfect time to spend with family and friends and cool off with an ice cream treat from the commissary,” said Navy Command Master Chief Mario Rivers, senior enlisted advisor to the Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA) director. “Customers can find ice cream in sizes ranging from gallons to pints and single serve cups, bars and cones in a variety of tempting flavors. The commissary has all your favorites covered and at significant savings.”

Not surprisingly, commissary ice cream sales are much higher in the summer months, according to Kim Galvin, a frozen/dairy merchandising specialist at DeCA’s Headquarters and Support Center. Shoppers can look out for the below treats and more this summer season:

• Crav’n Flavor, the commissary’s private label brand – Ice Cream Sandwiches, Mini Vanilla Ice Cream Sandwiches, Orange Cream Ice Cream Bars, Fudge Bars, Vanilla Ice Cream Cones, Ice Cream Bars, Rainbow Frozen Pops, Sugar-Free Rainbow Frozen Pops, Red, White and Blue Frozen Pops, and Cookies and Cream Ice Cream Sandwiches

• Blue Bunny – Soft Serve Twist Cones, Soft Serve Peanut Butter Cup Ice Cream, and Soft Serve Twist Ice Cream in Strawberries & Cream, Cookies & Cream and Chocolate Vanilla flavors

• Ben & Jerry’s – Dirt Cake Topped, Impretzively Fudged, Non-Dairy Strawberry Cheesecake (oat-based) and Peanut Butter S’more Ice Cream

• Breyers – CarbSmart Chocolate Peanut Butter, Mint Fudge Cookie, and Vanilla Chocolate Strawberry; Star Spangled Scoops and Pistachio Almond Ice Cream

• Haagen-Dazs – Caramel Cone, Cherry Vanilla, Chocolate Peanut Butter, Chocolate, Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough, Chocolate Chip, Cookies and Cream, Mint Chip, Pistachio, Strawberry Vanilla Bean, Vanilla Chocolate Chip and Vanilla Swiss Almond Ice Cream

• Lactaid – Mint Chocolate Chip and Salted Caramel Lactose-Free Ice Cream

• Oatly – Chocolate, Strawberry, Mint Chip and Vanilla non-dairy frozen dessert flavors

• Oreo frozen desserts – Oreo and Oreo Mint Ice Cream, Oreo Ice Cream Sandwiches, Oreo Ice Cream Cones and Oreo Ice Cream Bars

• Reese’s frozen novelty items – Breyers 2-in-1 Reese’s Cups and Mini Pieces Frozen Dairy Dessert, Breyers Reese’s Cup Chocolate Frozen Dairy Dessert, Klondike Reese’s Peanut Butter & Chocolate Frozen Dairy Dessert Cones and Good Humor Reese’s Frozen Dessert Bar

• Talenti – Alphonso Mango Sorbetto, Black Raspberry Chocolate Chip Gelato, Coffee Chocolate Chip Gelato, Summer Strawberry Sorbetto and Zesty Lemon Sorbetto Ice Cream, and Mini Vanilla Caramel and Mini Roman Raspberry Sorbetto Bars.

The commissary’s selection of ice cream offers plenty of value and variety, Galvin said. This includes non-dairy ice cream for the lactose intolerant. So, this summer, be sure to indulge in every scoop of ice cream, one flavor at a time.

* Item selection and pricing may vary by store.

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About DeCA: The Defense Commissary Agency operates a worldwide chain of commissaries providing groceries to military personnel, retirees and their families in a safe and secure shopping environment. Commissaries provide a military benefit, saving authorized patrons thousands of dollars annually on their purchases compared to similar products at commercial retailers. The discounted prices include a 5-percent surcharge, which covers the costs of building new commissaries and modernizing existing ones. A core military family support element, and a valued part of military pay and benefits, commissaries contribute to family readiness, enhance the quality of life for America’s military and their families, and help recruit and retain the best and brightest men and women to serve their country.