Store is always clean and employees are helpful. The prices are a bit high but the Hy-Vee brand is a great way to save some pennies. The floral department does an amazing job.
Staff is always excellent. Usually a little more spendy than walmart unless you watch their sales. Small store so they don't have a huge variety for selection. Hyvee brand is always 💯
HyVee has a great fresh baked bread selection, and they are all delicious. Great meat department and their sale items are usually amazing sales. My girlfriend and I love shopping at HyVee.
Everytime we go to Hy-vee, we run into the same problems when purchasing fruit. There are never any “fresh” options. Strawberries are always too squishy or browning. Raspberries are dark red and falling apart or have mold. Blueberry’s and grapes are also always squishy or changing color. We shop there quite frequently (4 times a week!) and disappointed everytime with the selection. Do better in rotating these items or quality checking.
I went to Hy-Vee today for some of their Chinese food. I wanted to order two entrees and an appetizer. As I approached the food counter, the lady serving (Peggy) just stood there and looked at me, but never greeted me. After a few moments of standing there, she finally goes "WHAT DO YOU WANT" in the most callus tone. I explained "I know what I want to eat, but I'm not really sure how to order it." I kept explaining to her how I wanted my meal and she proceeded to tell me that I need to get a kid's meal instead. I didn't want a kid's meal because it was half the portion of what I wanted. She was completely not working with me at all to understand my order. She was being very stubborn almost as if she was working against me instead. Her attitude was very rude and her words came off dismissive. She also kept spitting on my platter when she talked. I politely asked her for a new platter. When I did, she threw the platter aggressively into the garbage and reached for a new plate. I asked for her name and she ended up telling me. I later asked if I could speak to a manager of and she claimed there "wasn't one". The reason I'm making this post is because Peggy has waited on me a few times before and none of those encounters were respectful or satisfying. I understand we all have bad days, but please, please, please, don't work with people if you make this a common occurrence.
The store has a good variety of products, they have an extensive collection of cheese.
The isles are a bit tricky to locate stuff even with the overhead billboards.
I like the frozen section especially ice-cream.
The in store help are awesome friendly and they know where everything is. Thank you Gloria and Alexa your help is much appreciated
In general it's the best grocery store in the area.
I am averaging this review out to account for my brief time as an employee here and my general impressions of the store overall.
Hy-Vee is a decent grocery store with a very good bakery, fresh fruits and vegetables, and a wide variety of products that one would expect to find in any major grocery store. In addition, in general, the employees are very friendly and helpful when one has questions. However, I feel that their prices are a bit higher than reasonable, and I always feel like I am spending $10 to $25 too much after I shop here. Overall, I would advise you to shop for your baked goods, breads, and fruits and vegetables here, but to go to Aldi, Midtown Foods, or Walmart for your other items.
Transitioning now to how they (managers, fellow workers) treated me during my daylong stint as an Aisles Online Shopper in November 2022. While I got a decent first impression from the Store Manager (Chris Schultz) who hired me on, both the Accounting Manager/Human Resource Manager (Stacy Williamson) and the Aisles Online Manager (Miranda Bennett) were so authoritarian and condescending that I decided to quit the job the same day I began. The job only had two saving graces, (a) I had very kind co-workers and (b) I got meaning out of helping individuals find their groceries.
In essence my issues with the management were twofold. First, there was a rigidly enforced dress code (e.g., I had to trim my beard to a certain length). Certain elements of this code, like my example, were overly strict and infringed upon my personal autonomy (and on others' as well, I am sure). Second, and more importantly, I got the distinct impression that Bennett and Williamson did not want to do their jobs (i.e., were lazy). While I was asked for my time off requests beforehand, I got called into the office after shift by these two haughty women and told that my schedule "was not going to fly" because "I have too many people to schedule and cannot manage X number of individuals." The gist of our conversation was, "Sorry, but we cannot accommodate your needs because we are too lazy to do our jobs."
Utter incompetence and disregard for others' well-being permeates this store's upper management. If you can, please avoid working here.
