December 1, 2021 | News & Press Releases
West Des Moines, Iowa (Dec. 1, 2021) — Hy-Vee, Inc. announced today that it will be repurposing two grocery stores and closing two other grocery stores in early 2022. All employees effected will be offered positions with the same pay and benefits across the company’s other stores in each respective market.
The following stores will be ceasing retail operations in early January 2022:
- The Englewood Hy-Vee store, located at 207 NE Englewood Road in Kansas City, Missouri, will close at 6 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 1, 2022. The location will be transitioned to a Wall to Wall Wine and Spirits location in the coming months. The current Hy-Vee Fast & Fresh convenience store located at this site will remain open.
- The Kiwanis Avenue Hy-Vee store, located at 2700 West 10th Street in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, will close at 6 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 1, 2022. This site will be renovated to become a non-retail site by the company.
- The John Deere Road Hy-Vee, located at 750 42nd Avenue Drive in Moline, Illinois, will close permanently at 6 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 1, 2022.
- The Collins Road Hy-Vee, located at 279 Collins Road NE in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, will close permanently at 6 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 9, 2022.
All full- and part-time employees at each location will have the opportunity to transition to comparable positions at other Hy-Vee stores in the area.
Customers will be notified verbally and by signage posted throughout the store. Hy-Vee Aisles Online pick up services at these locations will cease on Monday, Dec. 6; however, Aisles Online delivery options for customers served by these stores will still be available and fulfilled by a nearby Hy-Vee location.
Pharmacy customers will receive a letter informing them that their prescriptions will be transferred to a nearby Hy-Vee Pharmacy, or a pharmacy of their choosing.
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Hy-Vee, Inc. is an employee-owned corporation operating more than 285 retail stores across eight Midwestern states with sales of more than $12 billion annually. The supermarket chain is synonymous with quality, variety, convenience, healthy lifestyles, culinary expertise and superior customer service. Hy-Vee ranks in the Top 10 Most Trusted Brands and has been named one of America’s Top 3 favorite grocery stores. The company’s more than 91,000 employees provide “A Helpful Smile in Every Aisle” to customers every day. For additional information, visit www.hy-vee.com.