Commissary (store)

A commissary at the Scotts Run coal mining camp, 1938, near Morgantown, West Virginia
Commissary for sharecroppers, on display at the Louisiana State Cotton Museum

A commissary is a store for provisions which can include prepared foods for eating either on-premises or off-premises. It is usually run within an organization such as a mining operation, a steel mill, a corporate center, or a government or military unit, and is usually primarily for the use of employees.