FORT WAINWRIGHT, Alaska -- (April 13, 2012) Sergeant 1st Class James Yarnell, noncommissioned officer in charge of the Nutrition Care Division at Bassett Army Community Hospital is retiring in August and he can do so knowing his vision has come to life.
On April 11, after more than a year of legwork by various sections within the organization, the BACH dining facility became the first dining facility on post with the ability to accept credit cards.
Yarnell worked to implement this functionality at his last two assignments but both facilities finalized the process shortly after he transferred, so he never got to see the system in action.
"I believe that accepting credit cards helps us to serve our customers better," Yarnell said. They won't need to run to the ATM to pay for their food and the lines should move faster because customers won't be digging for money in their bags or waiting for our cashiers to give them change. This is just a more customer-focused system."
If BACH trends the same way as other Army Medical Command dining facilities that accept credit cards, then sales should increase by 20 percent over the next year.
The BACH DFAC is open Monday through Friday from 6:30 a.m. to 8 a.m. for breakfast and 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. for lunch. Between meal times, the dining facility has 'grab-and-go" times available from 1 to 2 p.m. and 4 to 6 p.m. The monthly menu can be found on the hospital's website at http://www.alaska.amedd.army.mil/menu/menu.pdf or on our Facebook page.
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