Alaska Commercial Company

Great place to go to stock up when you’re living in bush Alaska. Very nice selection. I took a few pictures of prices to give you an idea what they are like. Expect to pay more because the transportation costs to Bethel are significantly more than where you may be from.

I shopped at AC Alaska Commercial Company over several days in February 2025. At that time, the store was incredibly well stocked and inviting (although, like the lower 48 states, they were out of eggs). The store allowed me to buy much appreciated rubber boots for the unseasonal thaw :) They offered cell phone coverage as well as groceries, hardware, banking, deli etc etc. Why 4 instead of 5 stars? It was a bit pricey although for southwest Alaska it was perhaps the norm.

I shop here every few months when I can get into Bethel. The last time I went to get fresh fruit and vegetables for my family they were out of pretty much Everything. They were also out of most of their bulk frozen foods and frozen berries. This place is basically like a very expensive Walmart. Many of the food items that are available in our village are the same price as the AC or slightly cheaper. We shop here mostly for the variety of fresh food. Dont do bush orders from here. They have messed up most of the orders I have called in. I am Very specific when I call in an order and I have told them Not to make substitutions at all and they still just grab whatever resembles the items on the order. For example I asked for 2 of the large family size bags of iceburg lettuce mix. I was sent 12....yes 12 small bags of a variety of lettuces. Some iceburg mix, some romaine mix, and Lots of spring mix which my kids don't eat. I asked for 10 pounds of Gala or Fuji apples. I was sent 10 pounds of Washington apples. I asked for 3 bags of mandarin oranges I was sent loose oranges. They did pack my 2 flats of eggs really well so none of the eggs were broken when we got them which was nice. The staff at the AC is for the most part friendly and the store is clean. We will continue to shop here but we probably wont be calling in any more bush orders.

This was the best AC Store I've been to in all of my work trips around Alaska. They were well stocked, produce looked fresh, avocados were only $3.49 each, and staff was courteous. The lines were quite long when I was there around 5:30pm, but another checkout line was opened to speed things up.

Managers/supervisors are so bad at being stores supervision they totally are the dumbest people to ban anyone for life when the person they ban is from this location and Alaska Commercial Company, Swanson’s are our main stores entering shops at. Sine supervisors are doing this they need to be banned from bethel then Alaska commercial company needs to rehire new supervisors for the store.