A lot of people lost their jobs so HyVee could sponsor that race…
Hy-Vee's weirdest business decision yet?
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I see your point, but those vendors are in there daily. If the item is moving slow to the point where you are getting short dates, it’s the vendors fault for either A) not paying attention or B) bringing in too much and hoping to sneak short dated items through since they work on commission.
Guessing this is the east Ames store. Distributor must want to offload the old stuff for cheap knowing that college students will clear it out.
They are absolutely gaming the system there. Vendors know which stores they can do that in due the the customer demographic.
I get why some get wound up about Fareway being closed on Sundays but I couldn't care less.
Anytime I set foot in a grocery on a Sunday I hate myself for a solid two weeks. It's a freaking zoo and complete waste of time. Gotta find time any other day for me.
Anytime I set foot in a grocery on a Sunday I hate myself for a solid two weeks. It's a freaking zoo and complete waste of time. Gotta find time any other day for me.
They could rotate the schedules somehow. If someone works 5 days a week one week you could take like Saturday and a Tuesday off. The next week you can take Sunday and like Wednesday off. I actually did that one summer back in H.S.
Counterpoint: having Fareway open on Sundays means less crowding in other stores.
Agree. If we need groceries on a Sunday, I will find any way possible to convince my wife to go. Stop at Starbucks, get away from the kids, my head hurts, I won’t ask for sex, etc.
In theory you could but that’s assuming people aren’t taking days off for different things. Nowadays, high school kids are in a lot of things. Just getting enough help to keep the store open 6 days a week is hard now.
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Before they get to the sausage, it could merely be a white meat / dark meat thing. You know, breast vs. leg preference.
I'll see myself out.
That brings up another question…. Have we every figured out what happened to the missing working class since the pandemic?
At first the theory was people were happy with unemployment, but that ended like 12-18 months ago. Then the theory was they wanted remote working options, but that didn’t pan out and shouldn’t apply to service industry workers. So why is every business - even Walgreens pharmacy tonight - having to close early due to staff shortages?
No clue. I know a lot of retail/service employees basically told companies to kick rocks and found a new career path, to which I don’t blame them. They take a lot of abuse from customers and are deemed expendable on a whim.
- Some people died…
- A lot of people enjoyed being at home and took early retirement
- Many people in hourly-wage jobs took better, more secure/higher-paying jobs
- Other people in hourly jobs aren’t willing to go beyond their minimum after seeing how expendable people felt they were during the pandemic
- There are not as many kids coming in to replace the retiring generation
I used to go to the Urbandale Hy-Vee as our go-to. Then a year or two ago they shuffled every aisle around so after 3-4 years of learning where every way, I had to start over. No thanks.
That along with their higher prices and closing the distribution center so there are 20 personal shoppers dragging 3 carts all over the store that I have to maneuver around…I’m a Fareway guy for 90% of our stuff now. Simple, I know where stuff is, and I’m in and out much quicker (no shoes, bath bombs, or clothing tho…).
That along with their higher prices and closing the distribution center so there are 20 personal shoppers dragging 3 carts all over the store that I have to maneuver around…I’m a Fareway guy for 90% of our stuff now. Simple, I know where stuff is, and I’m in and out much quicker (no shoes, bath bombs, or clothing tho…).
I also wonder if things like Shipt, Uber eats and Instacart have hurt retail a lot. Good wage and flexible hours
Drive for Uber (or another gig job) and set your hours/schedule or work for minimum wage and get screamed at by a bunch of Karens all day? Lots of people choosing the former.
They would have to change everything in a system that works pretty well and I know this from my Fareway management days. Deliveries are every other day at the stores at 5-6 am so shelves can be stocked during hours when the store is closed.
Most of the management staff has to be present on those days (my store was every Tues/Thurs/Sat). The other half of the stores were Mon-Wed-Fri. Those same managers have to take at least 1-2 nights a week to close the store down and count money, a lot of times in a split shift. They also work through the other days during the day because most of the employee base are high schoolers that don’t come in until 4.
In my stores situation, opening on Sunday would require most management staff to work at least part time on Saturday and most Sundays. If they did open Sundays, they would have a large increase in employee wages y hiring more management staff and part timers that they really only need on weekends with probably not a lot of return. Customers know at this point to get their shopping done mon-sat.
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produce mostly at Aldi’s. (lower price and same quality. I won’t sacrifice quality, so if I can’t get top shelf at all Aldi’s, I move on to a different store)
watermelons, kiss melons, baby tomato’s at Sam’s Club. (Sam’s Club has the best watermelons in Ames. Also most expensive)
eggs/meat/fish at Fareway or Walmart (whichever I’m closest to)
If I want to pick up a pre-cooked meal or some Chinese food or whatever I’ll go to Hy-Vee.
Aldi’s gets a bad rap, but its a great place to shop.
watermelons, kiss melons, baby tomato’s at Sam’s Club. (Sam’s Club has the best watermelons in Ames. Also most expensive)
eggs/meat/fish at Fareway or Walmart (whichever I’m closest to)
If I want to pick up a pre-cooked meal or some Chinese food or whatever I’ll go to Hy-Vee.
Aldi’s gets a bad rap, but its a great place to shop.
Cool story. But not many people are going to be able to do much of anything fun with a weekday off because most of the world is still working. There's a reason nobody likes working weekends.
Or you can just be a big boy and figure out how to get to the store at some point during the other 86% of the week.
