Hy-Vee vs Fareway - Sunday Commercials
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I remember each of those stores... Going on a Saturday was a full day that included stops at all those spots.
Oh man, my pops had a house account at our small town grocery store. Haha we definitely slid some Dewskies and candy bars past him.
Pretty sure mine came from Sears and was made of pure steel.
Yep! Storm Lake was about a 20 minute drive and we did all of our shopping there. We would have to go with mom about every Saturday to get groceries etc. Every once in awhile we would get to have lunch at either Hardee's or The Villager which was a HUGE treat.
Haha for real! I swear my Coast to Coast bike weighed no less than 175 lbs.
It didn't really go down until high school when the Amoco card came out.
I once watched one of my roommates in Ames drop $200 at a BP on Duff on his Dad's card. Beer, cigarettes, frozen pizzas, etc. It was a bold move that didn't work out well for him.
My parents would buy absolutely nothing on credit. Dated over a decade because Dad wouldn’t get married until he could buy the house with cash. Once when we were traveling, my older sister had to pay the hotel bill with her credit card because the hotel would not take the pile of twenties my father put on the counter to pay with. Guessing this was a growing up in the Depression thing.
We went with the Ken A Bob a lot of the time. Or McDonald's since the had the play ground out front.
I remember buying Qbert there with my birthday money.
Could not agree more. Hy-Vee stopped training their baggers how to not squish bread or crack eggs many years ago. Cashiers these days are a 16 year old kid who is only there because their mom and dad made them get a job. They barely look at you let alone your typical cashier small talk. I would much rather take care of it myself and bag how I like as opposed to leave it to the 16 year old who thinks it's ok to bag my Draino with my sirloins.
Fareway baggers are not much better, which is kind of surprising considering they have the forced carry out to your vehicle. Something I also don't really care for. I'm not disabled and I'm not 85 years old, I can manage.
Fortunately Fareway has also started to put self checkouts in their stores.
Just don't make a mistake on those terminals, you'll be waiting 5 minutes for someone to come override the issue.
KidSilverhair
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I don’t mind the self-checkout that much if I only have a few items. If I have a big cart, or some coupons, I’d rather go through the staffed checkout lanes so if there’s an issue with a coupon they can handle it instead of me waiting for someone to come help me. At the store we go to in Cedar Rapids, a lot of the checkers and baggers have been there for years and we recognize their faces, if we don’t know their names.
I’m also still waiting to receive the employee discount for checking and bagging my groceries.
I’m also still waiting to receive the employee discount for checking and bagging my groceries.
They really need to enforce the self checkout as an express lane with under 12 items or something. Incredibly annoying when you have someone with two weeks worth of groceries using the lane like they've never seen such technology in their life, while you stand there with two items. Doesn't help that they only keep 2/20 checkout lanes open.
Rumor around HyVee corporate and IGIA is that HyVee is being bought out by Kroger
That makes sense, Kroger would probably just add the brand to their collection and not much would change. But dang, that’s got to be a HUGE number for HyVee. They don’t just have the stores, gas stations, drug stores etc. they have massive food processing centers, a massive truck fleet.
Any guesses what the number would be?
