Commissary shoppers may see more fruit, vegetable options with new supplier for Japan
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Buy PhotoCoastal Pacific Food Distributors, based in Stockton, Calif., has assumed the contract to supply fresh fruits and vegetables to 14 commissaries at U.S. bases in Japan. (Erica Earl/Stars and Stripes)
YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan — A new produce supplier for the Defense Commissary Agency may mean more choices at base grocery stores in Japan, according to the commissary officer at the home of U.S. Forces Japan in western Tokyo.
Coastal Pacific Food Distributors, based in Stockton, Calif., on July 18 assumed the contract to supply fresh fruits and vegetables to 14 U.S. commissaries in Japan, Gene Davis told Stars and Stripes on Friday.