Food

GENERAL. The NCMBC is teaming with the NC Department of Agriculture to assist NC growers and food producers to sell more products to DoD.  This includes:

• stocking products at DoD Commissaries (base grocery stores) in NC and worldwide
• foodstuffs for troop dining facilities at bases in NC and neighboring states
• prepared foods for sale at recreation and military exchange (retail) facilities
• foodstuffs for tactical rations

NCMBC REFERENCE MATERIAL

• NCMBC Getting Started Guide
• Getting Started in Food
• How to Sell to Defense Commissary Agency
• Doing Business with the Exchanges
• Defense Commissary Agency Opportunity Forecast
• Future Opportunities Database
• Web Conferences: Creating Opportunities to Supply Our Military with North Carolina Food & Beverage for Subsistence, Performance and Nutrition (presentations, recordings)

TRADE ASSOCIATIONS

• Defense Alliance of North Carolina
• North Carolina Beer & Wine Wholesalers Association 
• North Carolina Cattleman Association
• North Carolina Growers Association, Inc. 
• North Carolina Pork Council 
• North Carolina Poultry Federation, Incorporated
• North Carolina Restaurant and Lodging Association, Inc. 
• North Carolina Vending Association
• North Carolina Wholesalers Association
• North Carolina Beverage Association, Inc. 
• Food Industry Association

NORTH CAROLINA INSTALLATION FOOD FACTS

Dining Facilities

• Fort Bragg (16 Dining Facilities) = 36,000 Soldiers Served Daily
• Camp Lejeune (14 Dining Facilities) = 21,429 Marines/Sailors Served Daily
• Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point = 2,742 Marines/Sailors Served Daily
• Seymour Johnson Air Force Base = 1,000 Airmen Served Daily

Commissaries

• Fort Bragg  (North) = 2,657 Patrons Daily
• Fort Bragg  (South) = 2,753 Patrons Daily
• Camp Lejeune  = 2,048 Patrons Daily
• Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point  = 939 Patrons Daily
• Marine Corps Air Station New River  = 877 Patrons Daily
• Seymour Johnson Air Force Base = 950 Patrons Daily

OTHER REFERENCE MATERIALS.

• NC Food Industry Resources
• Feeding the Military, Elite Magazine Graphic
• Food NAICS Codes
• Food Contacts
• Military Brokers
• Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA) Buyer Contact List
• Defense Commissary Agency Business Guide