Hy-Vee's weirdest business decision yet?

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think @cyfan92 was referring to ownership of the physical buildings themselves. They've been selling off some stores and leasing the properties from the new owner(s).

Ok, that makes some more sense.
 
I didn’t look up the rest of the junk when I found the Spicy Nacho Doritos at Urbandale Fareway online assuming you were DM metro
Ope, stand corrected on that one - they didn't have them the last times I went there but I admit that was awhile ago. Point stands they don't have near the selection, though.

Oh, and they're cheaper at Hy-Vee


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That’s a game changer. Had no idea that Sam’s club had freshly squeezed OJ. Will definitely check it out.
Do you honestly believe Hy-Vee is squeezing oranges on your behalf? All of that is done at the Commissary and comes from TopCo. Another customer paying up for what they value as a premium product.
 
Do you honestly believe Hy-Vee is squeezing oranges on your behalf? All of that is done at the Commissary and comes from TopCo. Another customer paying up for what they value as a premium product.
It doesn’t matter to me who squeezes it, as long as it gets squeezed, I’m good.

I will probably start getting it from Sam’s club though.
Sams Club: $9.98 for 59 oz
Hy-vee: $8 for 32 oz

I would squeeze it myself, but I hate cleaning up the mess, and I am yet to find a really good juicer.

twss
 
We have 10,000 employees. We found 5 that took advantage of the employee discount in a way we felt empowered to share to the world and/or all employees, as a reason to cancel the discount problem for everyone. Very small minded.

Rework the solution, because you see a problem, and announce the new program and its effective date. To announce its canceled company wide, and we will at a future date get a replacement tells me a different story than one of employee abuse.

This reeks of meeting shareholder expectations by hurting morale.
 
Do you honestly believe Hy-Vee is squeezing oranges on your behalf? All of that is done at the Commissary and comes from TopCo. Another customer paying up for what they value as a premium product.
The market grille in each store has an orange juicer that squeezes oranges every morning.
 
Do you honestly believe Hy-Vee is squeezing oranges on your behalf? All of that is done at the Commissary and comes from TopCo. Another customer paying up for what they value as a premium product.
All the stores that have fresh squeezed orange juice do it in store or at least a store. They have a machine that does it.
 
I'm not trying to get political but near Christmas a woman was ranting how Biden was destroy the US economy while she was in Hy-Vee baking aisle because the chocolate chips were over $3/bag. I tried to let her know Hy-Vee was doing this to her, Walmart had the exact same for nearly $1 less. She just continued ranting and didn't listen. A couple other people looked at her and just shook their heads and laughed.
 
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Hy-Vee seems to be single handedly causing inflation issues in central Iowa. There are products at other store (same name brand and everything) that are literally 10%-40% less. One example was sparkling grape juice. Hy-Vee was $4.9/bottle. Wal-Mart was $2.99/bottle. Same brand, flavor size etc...

Large jars of peanut butter were $1 less per jar away from hy vee, about a 15% difference.

I've usually been a "difference isn't that great" guy, but everything I've checked lately is just like this. Hy-Vee is living in their own world of pricing.
 
Biggest issue is the kids no longer treating customers appropriately. They wouldn’t last one hour back in my day.
When I go to HyVee the "kids" are the ones at the checkout/bagging and the "adults" are on the floor.