MEDIA CONTACT:\u00a0Chris Ward
\nMEDIA ADVISORY: 13-025
\nRELEASE DATE:\u00a0May 7, 2013<\/p>\n
DALLAS \u2013 <\/strong>Diners can spend a little more on Mom by dining and saving at an Army & Air Force Exchange Service restaurant this Mother\u2019s Day as food orders made with a M<\/em>ILITARY<\/em> S<\/em>TAR<\/em>\u00ae <\/strong>Card<\/em> on May 12 will be discounted 20 percent.<\/p>\n \u201cAccording to retail estimates, the average shopper will spend more than $150 on Mother\u2019s Day,\u201d said the Exchange\u2019s Senior Enlisted Advisor Chief Master Sgt. Tony Pearson. \u201cThe Exchange is offering an opportunity to shave a little bit off the bottom line, and, instead of the usual 10 percent off diners enjoy every day when using their M<\/em>ILITARY<\/em> S<\/em>TAR<\/em>\u00ae <\/strong>Card<\/em>, for this special day those savings will be doubled.\u201d<\/p>\n In addition to getting more for less at the food court, M<\/em>ILITARY<\/em> S<\/em>TAR<\/em>\u00ae <\/strong>Card<\/em> holders receive exclusive savings at the pump with a five cents a gallon discount every time they fuel up at Army and Air Force gas stations. In addition to the everyday savings, steeper discounts are offered periodically throughout the year.<\/p>\n — 30 —<\/p>\n The Army & Air Force Exchange Service is a joint non-appropriated 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. \u00a0The 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<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n ###<\/p>\n Media Notes:<\/strong><\/p>\n For more information or to schedule an interview with an Exchange representative please contact Chris Ward, 214-312-2714 or wardchr@aafes.com.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\t