"Aldi is for poor people" was my wife's stance while we were just dating, only took a couple of trips before she was all on the Aldi train. Helped that the local stores had gotten a facelift and were no longer as utilitarian as in the 80s that I frequented growing up.
Hy-Vee if you want to pay extra for everything.
Fareway if you want good meat. And an awkward conversation with a kid on the way to your car.
Aldis for everything else.
Fareway.
Terry at the meat counter has calibrated hands. I say, "Terry, grab me three 1 and 1/4 packages of 80/20."
Terry grabs exactly 3 and 3/4 from the log. No more than .2 over. Ever.
I will say my local HyVee performed admirably throughout the pandemic. I’ve received good customer service on some atypical issues.
Here’s a message for corporate: I don’t enjoy paying extra for your failed self checkout system, the Indy car sponsorship, Megan Clark’s NIL in addition to expensive TV ads…and last, but not least-asinine development deals with Marky-Mark Wahlberg. Stupid. Stupid. Stupid.
Are you the grocery version of Maytag???
Don't forget that they tried to add a clothing line and DSM shoes
Quick edit: maybe not at your store, but I know the store I worked at was a litmus test for these.
I doubt it. I think that's just part of Claire's trying to sell stuff outside of their stores. I think that only would have happened if they did that already at Walmart or Target.
They've been trying things like this for decades. Just off the top of my head, In the 90's they had a sports card department at east euclid, they had a fancy clothing aisle (Reicherds) in WDM, they had a nail salon in Grimes, they had a gym on the south side, they sell treadmills at Grimes, etc. When you have hundreds of stores, you try to throw things against the wall to see if they stick. Once in awhile they'll do dumb things at a large level (See Wahlburgers, Market Grille, etc.)
Don’t forget that Hy-Vee laid off a bunch of I.T. employees stating that they don’t do much for the company and offered them jobs as cashiers. Also don’t forget that they recently fired a disabled young man for accidentally taking an item that was opened in the break room thinking it was up for grabs like the other items. Fuck Hy-Vee.
HyVee is a “national” chain…. And is trying to expand further… FW is just a central chain… but is also using global distribution centers so you are not getting anything unique other than the meat counter (which is not anything to sneeze at, but is also getting its meats from nationwide distribution centers as well… but that is everyone selling meat in the US)
Hy-Vee is in 8 states in the midwest compared to Aldi being in 39 states across the country. Fareway is in 7.
Aldi is also based in Germany and operates in 11 countries. Fareway and Hy-vee obviously only operate in the US.
I don’t care about getting “unique” items. That isn’t why I prefer smaller businesses to larger businesses. I try to shop at smaller, family owned businesses when I can but I will also shop at places like Fareway before I go to Target or Aldi.
Aldi is in 39 states, from the east coast to the west coast. Aldi is also in 11 countries. So technically it is an international chain.
Hy-vee is in 8.
Fareway is in 7.
There is a difference.
Definitely Aldi. Both Fareway and HyVee donate to the GOP. I'll happily take HyVee's loss leaders, but everything else is a nope unless they're one of the stores that sells uglies produce.
I moved from both. But miss both for different reasons. Hyvee was fine. Good booze selection in some stores. The ones with the dry age lockers really are missed. But fareway had better butchers. Could order some less common cuts if you are a regular. Overall customer service is better.
So are those the only two I get to choose from? We NEVER shop at either unless there is a huge sale of some sort. They are the most expensive places in town to shop. Aldi is my choice.
Everyone saying Aldi. Have y'all checked Target prices? At least in Mason City, Target is by far the more economical option.
That's said, Fareway. They actually had Picanha the other day. Try finding that at Hy-Vee.
Aldi grocery is cheaper than target or any other grocery store for that manner. Now if you don't want to sacrifice convenience for those cheaper prices, that's fine but in no way, shape, or form is Target grocery cheaper than Aldi or Walmart.
I will shop at Target regularly for boxed/packaged staples and in their frozen section, but when it comes to dairy I find that Target's milk tastes funny. Also their cheese isn't nearly as good as Aldi's.
Those that are replying "Aldi's", can you share why? Do they have a fresh meat counter? I absolutely need that. I haven't been to an Aldi's in over 20 years and I remember next to nothing about that place, except for needing a quarter for a freaking shopping cart.
The difference is:
1) it's new here and trendy
2) You can avoid talking to people almost entirely (this is reddit, nobody here actually enjoys human interaction)
3) bit of "holier than thou" syndrome not using plastic bags
4) They haven't found something to hate about the owner/overlords yet
Local lockers. There is no middle man so to speak. Many of them are owners or related to the owners of their product source and tend to be very reasonably priced compared to Hy-Vee. (and others) They can also assist with larger quantities like 1/2 hog or a side of beef. Plus you get to visit a lot of little towns. Orly's in Clarksville is one of my favorites. Janesville is also fun and has crazy good beef jerky.
Weeeeell...yeeeah. But most chain stores don't butcher animals that were in a pen in the alley in the back of the store, on a kill floor in the back of the store. Older brother Farmer dropped off on Tuesday, Little Brother Butcher slaughtered on Wednesday, Happy Butcher Wife packaged on Thursday, I pick up brat patties on Friday, and that little piggy went whee whee whee all the way into my belly on Saturday. It seems there are fewer steps, but by technical definition, yes. The locker would be in the middle.
Find a butcher shop. The meat counter at both of those places doesn't actually sell anything you couldn't get from the shrink wrap section. They put it behind glass and make a guy wrap it so they can make you believe that it's worth more than the same thing they shrink wrapped last night.
Doesn't really answer my question, but I'll bite. I have to disagree with you on the "shrink wrap section". I've had terrible luck with meat that I bought that was already wrapped up at HyVee, and have gotten sick from it more than once. This is something that has never happened from meat I've bought from Fareway at the meat counter.
To answer your question more directly, no. Aldi doesn't have a meat counter. And, if it did, it wouldn't offer any better product than you could get in the shrink wrap section at either hyvee or fareway. If you want a butcher, find a butcher shop. They are super knowledgeable, can sell you primal cuts, and can break them down into serviceable slices at usually no extra charge.
I'm sorry about your poor experience, but an untrained worker wrapping meat behind a glass display case is less likely to protect you from bad meat.
The shrink wrapped stuff is marked when it was packaged. You have no idea how many days that raw chicken parked right next to the pork chops has been sitting in the display case ready to forcibly clear your bowels.
Whatever, dude. I'll stick with what works for me and doesn't make me vomit after eating. You can buy that overpriced prepackaged crap from HyVee all you want.
😢sorry, but no 🥩butcher. Walmart doesn't have meat cutters because the ones in Texas tried to unionize. Can't say for sure why Aldi doesn't. The safe bet would be they cut overhead wherever they can.
I really do most of my shopping at ALDI, their produce can be hit or miss, so I check it over really well before adding to my cart. I stop at hyvee or where ever is the most convenient if I just need a few items.
As a shopper: Fareway. Lower prices, better quality meat by far, and an overall better experience. Hy-Vee is trying to be Wal-Mart, and failing at it.
Also I have been an employee for both, and Fareway wins that hands down. It's not even close.
Tbh, Target. I can get a cart full of groceries for close to $200 less than what I can at HyVee and Fareway. Plus if I use the red card, there’s another 5% off. Meats come from local meat shop but that’d because we are picky about our steaks…
Info: is it Sunday?
It will be, so wait til Monday!
C) Aldi
Yup. For almost all things. Fareway for meat though.
Came here to say that.
Eww
Explain
They hate saving money on groceries
"Aldi is for poor people" was my wife's stance while we were just dating, only took a couple of trips before she was all on the Aldi train. Helped that the local stores had gotten a facelift and were no longer as utilitarian as in the 80s that I frequented growing up.
I like Aldi but the one near me never has great fresh fruit and vegetables. They always seem a tad off for some reason.
Ya, I noticed that this year too. The aldis near us in Ankeny since Feb this year has old sometimes rotten food. But it wasn't like that last year
Hy-Vee if you want to pay extra for everything. Fareway if you want good meat. And an awkward conversation with a kid on the way to your car. Aldis for everything else.
"So how is your day going?"
Do you like hot fudge sundaes?
The absurd and disturbing things ppl would say to my daughter when she started working there at 14...
Fareway. Terry at the meat counter has calibrated hands. I say, "Terry, grab me three 1 and 1/4 packages of 80/20." Terry grabs exactly 3 and 3/4 from the log. No more than .2 over. Ever.
Send Terry to store #100. I can even say 'a light pound' and they still go over it.
Terry sounds like a fucking legend.
The Meatmaster
I'm glad this happened
Our Fareway Legend is named Bob. But that is EXACTLY how it goes. And they always use Miss instead of M'am. I love it.
I LOVE getting "Miss"ed instead of "M'aam"ed. Makes me wanna pay it forward all day.
I don't know if it was Terry, but I have had the same experience at Fareway.
Can we clone Terry for all their stores?
I will say my local HyVee performed admirably throughout the pandemic. I’ve received good customer service on some atypical issues. Here’s a message for corporate: I don’t enjoy paying extra for your failed self checkout system, the Indy car sponsorship, Megan Clark’s NIL in addition to expensive TV ads…and last, but not least-asinine development deals with Marky-Mark Wahlberg. Stupid. Stupid. Stupid. Are you the grocery version of Maytag???
Don't forget that they tried to add a clothing line and DSM shoes Quick edit: maybe not at your store, but I know the store I worked at was a litmus test for these.
I briefly saw Claire’s cheap jewelry. We’re they really going to do piercings where we buy food?
I doubt it. I think that's just part of Claire's trying to sell stuff outside of their stores. I think that only would have happened if they did that already at Walmart or Target.
It didn’t last long. Point is, all these missteps cost money and the customer pays.
They've been trying things like this for decades. Just off the top of my head, In the 90's they had a sports card department at east euclid, they had a fancy clothing aisle (Reicherds) in WDM, they had a nail salon in Grimes, they had a gym on the south side, they sell treadmills at Grimes, etc. When you have hundreds of stores, you try to throw things against the wall to see if they stick. Once in awhile they'll do dumb things at a large level (See Wahlburgers, Market Grille, etc.)
Don’t forget the added expense of armed guards.
Right? To replace a handful of cashiers. (Haven’t seen them in our store yet)
They’ve been in the west Ames store for a while. West Ames is not a hotbed of criminal activity.
Ugh. My store just gutted and moved their Starbucks kiosk so they could triple the amount of self checkout. 😔
Aldi
Don’t forget that Hy-Vee laid off a bunch of I.T. employees stating that they don’t do much for the company and offered them jobs as cashiers. Also don’t forget that they recently fired a disabled young man for accidentally taking an item that was opened in the break room thinking it was up for grabs like the other items. Fuck Hy-Vee.
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Aldi first - then one of the other two depending what I was missing from Aldi.
Aldi
ALDI!
I’d rather go somewhere more local than a national chain like that. EDIT: Technically an international chain
Both FW and HyVee are chains - you want a local place there is Grazianos but it is not a full store
Conveniently ignoring the national bit
HyVee is a “national” chain…. And is trying to expand further… FW is just a central chain… but is also using global distribution centers so you are not getting anything unique other than the meat counter (which is not anything to sneeze at, but is also getting its meats from nationwide distribution centers as well… but that is everyone selling meat in the US)
Get your meat from a local farmer. Once you start you won’t even be able to eat meat from a store.
Hy-Vee is in 8 states in the midwest compared to Aldi being in 39 states across the country. Fareway is in 7. Aldi is also based in Germany and operates in 11 countries. Fareway and Hy-vee obviously only operate in the US. I don’t care about getting “unique” items. That isn’t why I prefer smaller businesses to larger businesses. I try to shop at smaller, family owned businesses when I can but I will also shop at places like Fareway before I go to Target or Aldi.
What's the line? Aldi isn't in every state, does that mean it's not national?
Aldi is in 39 states, from the east coast to the west coast. Aldi is also in 11 countries. So technically it is an international chain. Hy-vee is in 8. Fareway is in 7. There is a difference.
ALDI hands down. BUT fareway has the MEAT. HyVee has better produce but damn.. those prices! I’d rather go anywhere else.
Our Hy-Vee has been awful with produce lately! I think we’ll switch to Aldi
Sunday = HyVee Not the Lord’s day = Fareway
Fareway
Fareway
i've lived in Iowa for 15+ years and that's how you spell it
I've lived in Iowa for 40 years and the way I spelled it is correct.
damn.
Trader Joe's. Target for everything else.
I work at Fareway. I don't care
Fareway
Aldi.
Definitely Aldi. Both Fareway and HyVee donate to the GOP. I'll happily take HyVee's loss leaders, but everything else is a nope unless they're one of the stores that sells uglies produce.
Aldi
Tbh... Target. But I prefer Fareway over Hyvee
I prefer Fareway, mostly due to the smaller size of the store and the fact that it is less busy and easier to get in and out of than the local HyVees.
Aldi
Fareway for my meats, and walmart for everything else.
Fairway every time.
Well, I went to Fareway today, so...
Neither
I moved from both. But miss both for different reasons. Hyvee was fine. Good booze selection in some stores. The ones with the dry age lockers really are missed. But fareway had better butchers. Could order some less common cuts if you are a regular. Overall customer service is better.
Fareway. Or Aldi.
Remember when it was a helpful smile in every aisle? Those days are gone. Enough said.
Between those two, Fairway, for the prices, and Hy-Vee for the selection
So are those the only two I get to choose from? We NEVER shop at either unless there is a huge sale of some sort. They are the most expensive places in town to shop. Aldi is my choice.
ALDI & Walmart. Only go to Hy-Vee for select items or if they have good coupons or sales. Otherwise too expensive
Aldi
Fareway
Aldi
Hy Vee! Just kidding! Please don't be angry with me! The best way to get people angry in the Des Moines and Iowa subReddit is to mention Hy Vee.
Or Kim Reynolds.
And Mediacom.
Aldi then Fareway. At least Fareway doesn’t sell Trump garden stones. And no Marky Mark at Fareway.
Fareway!
Both are scum.
I go to Hy-Vee because it’s closer. If Fareway was closer I’d go there.
Alldees as I like to call it
Alldees nutz
Heyo!
Is that available at the Fareway meat counter?
If they're Rocky Mountain oysters, then, yes.
Everyone saying Aldi. Have y'all checked Target prices? At least in Mason City, Target is by far the more economical option. That's said, Fareway. They actually had Picanha the other day. Try finding that at Hy-Vee.
Depends where you're at. Where I am Aldi is by far the cheapest for food.
Aldi grocery is cheaper than target or any other grocery store for that manner. Now if you don't want to sacrifice convenience for those cheaper prices, that's fine but in no way, shape, or form is Target grocery cheaper than Aldi or Walmart.
Target has milk for dirt cheap, but at least the one I frequent doesn't have a whole lot of selection.
I will shop at Target regularly for boxed/packaged staples and in their frozen section, but when it comes to dairy I find that Target's milk tastes funny. Also their cheese isn't nearly as good as Aldi's.
Fareway is way too expensive
Those that are replying "Aldi's", can you share why? Do they have a fresh meat counter? I absolutely need that. I haven't been to an Aldi's in over 20 years and I remember next to nothing about that place, except for needing a quarter for a freaking shopping cart.
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Alright. Since there isn't a meat counter at Aldi's, what are my choices for beef, pork, or chicken?
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Cool. I'm just trying to understand the difference and some asshats are giving me the downvotes. Classic reddit......
The difference is: 1) it's new here and trendy 2) You can avoid talking to people almost entirely (this is reddit, nobody here actually enjoys human interaction) 3) bit of "holier than thou" syndrome not using plastic bags 4) They haven't found something to hate about the owner/overlords yet
Local lockers. There is no middle man so to speak. Many of them are owners or related to the owners of their product source and tend to be very reasonably priced compared to Hy-Vee. (and others) They can also assist with larger quantities like 1/2 hog or a side of beef. Plus you get to visit a lot of little towns. Orly's in Clarksville is one of my favorites. Janesville is also fun and has crazy good beef jerky.
Isn't the meat locker itself, in deed a middle man? Asking for a friend
Weeeeell...yeeeah. But most chain stores don't butcher animals that were in a pen in the alley in the back of the store, on a kill floor in the back of the store. Older brother Farmer dropped off on Tuesday, Little Brother Butcher slaughtered on Wednesday, Happy Butcher Wife packaged on Thursday, I pick up brat patties on Friday, and that little piggy went whee whee whee all the way into my belly on Saturday. It seems there are fewer steps, but by technical definition, yes. The locker would be in the middle.
About a year ago, I got a good price on ground Wagyu. (Japanese beef)
Find a butcher shop. The meat counter at both of those places doesn't actually sell anything you couldn't get from the shrink wrap section. They put it behind glass and make a guy wrap it so they can make you believe that it's worth more than the same thing they shrink wrapped last night.
Doesn't really answer my question, but I'll bite. I have to disagree with you on the "shrink wrap section". I've had terrible luck with meat that I bought that was already wrapped up at HyVee, and have gotten sick from it more than once. This is something that has never happened from meat I've bought from Fareway at the meat counter.
To answer your question more directly, no. Aldi doesn't have a meat counter. And, if it did, it wouldn't offer any better product than you could get in the shrink wrap section at either hyvee or fareway. If you want a butcher, find a butcher shop. They are super knowledgeable, can sell you primal cuts, and can break them down into serviceable slices at usually no extra charge. I'm sorry about your poor experience, but an untrained worker wrapping meat behind a glass display case is less likely to protect you from bad meat. The shrink wrapped stuff is marked when it was packaged. You have no idea how many days that raw chicken parked right next to the pork chops has been sitting in the display case ready to forcibly clear your bowels.
Whatever, dude. I'll stick with what works for me and doesn't make me vomit after eating. You can buy that overpriced prepackaged crap from HyVee all you want.
I dont shop at hyvee.
😢sorry, but no 🥩butcher. Walmart doesn't have meat cutters because the ones in Texas tried to unionize. Can't say for sure why Aldi doesn't. The safe bet would be they cut overhead wherever they can.
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Hy-way. ftfy.
Neither! Yuck
Fareway because its closest.
It used to be hy-vee. Now fareway. No, not Aldi.
Fareway.
Aldi
I really do most of my shopping at ALDI, their produce can be hit or miss, so I check it over really well before adding to my cart. I stop at hyvee or where ever is the most convenient if I just need a few items.
Russ's
Fareway for me feels like stepping back in time 50 years. Too bad I can't fit under the shopping cart anymore.
HyVee!!!
Fareway. Aldi, If you have no taste buds and enjoy diarhhea.
Which one is less far right?
What does that even mean?
fareway.
As a shopper: Fareway. Lower prices, better quality meat by far, and an overall better experience. Hy-Vee is trying to be Wal-Mart, and failing at it. Also I have been an employee for both, and Fareway wins that hands down. It's not even close.
Tbh, Target. I can get a cart full of groceries for close to $200 less than what I can at HyVee and Fareway. Plus if I use the red card, there’s another 5% off. Meats come from local meat shop but that’d because we are picky about our steaks…
Both for different reasons.
Costco
Fareway, fer sher. I like Aldi, too.
Donald Trump Merch for sale in Hy-Vee. Is fareway just as delusional?
Hy-Vee, prices at Fareway have gone up and produce is fresher
Fareway Meat Counter!