The last quarter of the 20^th century had witnessed a remarkable rise in prices of goods and services, as well as in the cost of living reasoned in the population rapid increase, which resulted in their extra demands anc consumptions of goods and services essential to fulfill their needs for better standard of living.

Jordanian civil employees – this significant social segment of the Jordanian society – have suffered a lot from the severe rise in prices, which contradicts with the their low income. So, the state had to study the employees issues aiming at re-balancing their living conditions, and lifting prejudice inflicting on them caused by the tremendous rise in prices and on their lives.

 To put an end for the employees suffering, the state has decided to establish a corporation, which will be responsible in providing them with all their needs of food items and consumer goods.

 By act # 50 of 1976, steps were taken to establish the Civil Services Consumers Corp. which was approved on the 1^st, of February 1977 on which this corporation has assumed its initial services, later on the dream turned into reality on the 6^th of April 1977 when the corporation opened its doors to beneficiaries to providing them with its services through its first market in Al-Abdal area: within Amman, the capital.

In 1977 the number of corporation's markets were two only, later on this number has rapidly increased as many other markets have been opened within the kingdom to become (38) markets by the year 2006. These markets are able to cover the governorates and important centers in Jordan for their essential needs of products and consumer goods.

 This increase in the number of markets has been associated with the increase in the number of the corporation's employees, whereas the number of employees in the year of its establishment was (108), this number reached to (864) employees in 2006. This corporation has adopted several developmental programs aiming at upgrading its functions through the implementation of training courses in order to enhance the corporation's level to match with the volume of its business activities, which resulted in increasing and developing its purchases.

 This huge volume of purchases have required to build storage areas and warehouses to store its goods and products; consequently, huge warehouses have been built in order to fulfill the corporation's storage needs. Thus, the corporation have built its storage complex in "Khaw" area, one of the benchmarks of the corporation's achievements in 1995. "Khaw" complex storage area consists of (8) major warehouses with 180,000m2, in addition to administration areas, areas for logistic services, as well as general facilities buildings taking into account the most important scientific methods of storage techniques.

"All goods and products in the corporation's markets must match in quality and specifications with goods and products in the local markets but with competitive prices. Each item for sale in the corporation's market will not be accredited until it passes through a series of producers and heath, metrological and tangible criteria to be sure of the item's validity and excellence".

 The combined procedures have contributed in the mass sales of the corporation. In addition, to the low marginal profit which also contributed effectively in this sales increase. Whereas sales volume in 1977 was JD (963) thousand, it reached to JD (41,250,000) million by 2006.

 The development of Civil Services Consumer Corporation is reasoned to its independence financially and administratively. It is governed by a Board of Directors consists of (8) central directorates, they are:

 Administrative Department, Financial Department, Commercial Department, Internal Monitoring and inspection Department, Marketing and Quality Assurance Directorate, Central Warehouses Directorate, Information Technology Directorate, Development and Human Resource Management Directorate,

In addition to the above, there are several committees such as: Central Purchasing Committee, Purchasing Subcommittee, Planning and Development Committee, and Supplies Purchasing committees.

 In order to enhance its business proficiency; the corporation's has applied decentralization methods in all branches, which reflects positively on the consumers through providing them with utmost marketing services and facilities. Furthermore, the corporation has adopted unique methods in providing goods and products to all consumers.

 Through its achieved successes, the corporation hoped to set its future plans for maintaining and increasing its services volume. In this regard, the corporation decided to broaden its beneficiaries number to cover all Jordanians by allowing them to buy from its markets; especially the goods that are in rapid prices increase in the local market. The corporation aims at re-balancing the prices and control its rapid increase. To achieve such noble goal; the corporation will open new markets all around Jordan, and will develop new methods by adopting transparency and tolerances in accordance with its business needs.

Since its establishment, the corporation has set a number of goals aiming at providing the Jordanians with varieties of food and consumer products at low prices and good quality. It has adopted suitable mechanisms that are proper with the local market's supply and demands principles, whereas required markets, warehouses, stores and show rooms have been established.

Through this mechanism, the corporation has toiled to slow down high cost and to minimize its effect on employees life, through its direct contribution in supporting the national industries, promote and encourage the development of their products, several markets. Which will result in more revenue to the state's public treasury.

Through this mechanism, the corporation has succeeded in reducing high prices and minimizing their effects on the employees, through its direct contribution in supporting the national industries, promoting and encouraging the development of their products in its several markets, which will result in more revenue to the state's public treasury.