Exchange Offers Gas Savings Aug. 8-10 in Time for Back-to-School Shopping

DALLAS – As military shoppers load up their students’ backpacks with pencils, notebooks and other back-to-school gear, MILITARY STAR® card users can fill up on savings at pumps at Army & Air Force Exchange Service Express locations worldwide.

From Aug. 8 to Aug. 10, the Exchange is doubling the everyday 5-cents-per-gallon gas discount MILITARY STAR® cardholders receive when fueling up. On those three days, drivers paying for gas with their MILITARY STAR® card will receive 10 cents off per gallon.

“With back-to-school season in full swing, the MILITARY STAR® gas discount gives military shoppers another reason to see how the Exchange makes the grade,” said Chief Master Sgt. Tony Pearson, the Exchange’s Senior Enlisted Advisor. “The extra savings at the pump are just the beginning of the value shoppers will find at their Exchange.”

No matter the season, shoppers can reap the benefits of paying with their MILITARY STAR® card. Besides the everyday discount of 5 cents per gallon on all gas purchases, cardholders enjoy a 10 percent discount on all Exchange food court purchases year-round.

For information about the features and benefits of the MILITARY STAR® card, shoppers can visit www.shopmyexchange.com/ExchangeCredit.

— 30 —

The Army & Air Force Exchange Service is a joint nonappropriated fund instrumentality of the Department of Defense and is directed by a Board of Directors which is responsible to the Secretaries of the Army and the Air Force through the Service Chiefs of Staff.  The Exchange has the dual mission of providing authorized patrons with quality merchandise and services at competitively low prices and generating non-appropriated fund earnings as a supplemental source of funding for military morale, welfare and recreation programs. To find out more about the Exchange history and mission or to view recent press releases please visit our Web site at http://www.shopmyexchange.com.

###

Media Notes:

For more information or to schedule an interview with an Exchange representative please contact Julie Mitchell, 214-312-3327 or [email protected].