I was waiting to see if this was available up in MN as I know that its traditionally been a Hy-Vee/Casey's partnership on this. But it's easy to save up Fuel Saver points and pay less than a quarter for 20 gallons of gas.
Hy-Vee is taking the Twin Cities by storm; are you a fan, too?
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I was waiting to see if this was available up in MN as I know that its traditionally been a Hy-Vee/Casey's partnership on this. But it's easy to save up Fuel Saver points and pay less than a quarter for 20 gallons of gas.
What aspect of the opening QUESTION I posted in that post is not understandable for you?
Is the 'fuel saver' thing the $0.10-off-per-gallon for every $100 you spend at the store?
....and I wonder how much more you spent on those groceries to collect those $20 "savings"....?
As noted above, paying attention to ads/club card specials can drop your grocery bill in HALF, saving $50-100/month. I'd take that ANY day over "saving" $20-30/month on gas....
Someone should really look at the items "on special" earning you 'fuel points' and seeing what they cost when on sale or at other locations so you have an idea how much over 'list price' you are paying. If they are making an extra 10%-20% on those items, then buying $100 worth of them to save $20 on gas is a 'push'.
We don't go out of our way to get anything just because it has fuel saver points. But a lot of the stuff we do get has them. They also have weeks where if you spend (for example) $50 on groceries you get $.25 on fuel saver, spent $100 you get $.50 and so forth. A lot of Hy-Vee branded stuff will give you fuel saver as well and they have promotions around them. As I said fuel saver is NOT a factor in our shopping, but in a months time we can usually get enough to get 20 gallons of gas for free.
They have different levels from time to time and I think sometimes you can get 30 or 40 cents of for spending $100. They also have other things that you can buy and get 1 or 2 or more cents off. I bought beautiful 8 oz butterfly pork chops yesterday, 5 or $10 and got 10 cents off. We shop mostly at Hy-Vee but not necessarily for the cents off of gas. It is cumulative and you need to use it every month or lose it and right now we have 48 cents off. No big deal but that's $9.60 off of 20 gallons.
You assume people do not know what the prices are from week to week.
I'll give you a few recent examples that were too good to pass up. There is a certain frozen pizza we eat maybe once or twice a month, and it is usually $4.99 or 2/$10 on sale. HyVee was offering $25 cents off per gallon if you purchased one for $4.99. My car is big enough that I can use all 20 gallons of savings. You can do the math, but that pizza was free. Other examples, soda in 12-packs you can find on sale for 4/$10. The last time I waited until I also got 3 cents off per 12 pack, so that saved 12 cents per gallon or $2.40 which is like getting one for free.
The lesson - you're a smart guy, clearly, but don't assume everybody else is so dumb.
Sorry, that's not well-written. My point was I know the price I am willing to pay for that pizza (and it does move around, sometimes as high as 6.99) and when they offer it at $5 with a 25 cent fuel saver, you bet I'm buying it.
Anyway though, you got me...
how many sq feet is it? is it multi level?
that is the biggest complaint i have heard so far; there are no Hy-Vees in downtown MPLS or downtown St Paul; you have to travel 10-15 minutes to get to one
It's one level, I don't know how many sq ft it is but it's much smaller than a regular Hy-Vee. Not as much diversity of options as far as brands of things go and a lot of the store is dining. I'd say liquor/beer section + dining options are close to 3/4 of the store. Only 4-5 checkout lanes and a couple self checkouts. No full size grocery carts.
Store is more geared around business/lunch crowd and single or couples living downtown. Not a great place to shop if you're a parent with 3 kids planning on shopping for the month. Part of the reason I like it so much, not a ton of kids everywhere and people with giant shopping carts.
Interesting; right now all of the MN Hy-Vee's are 90,000+ sq feet; they are looking at possibly building 10,000 sq foot "convenience stores on steroids" that would have a gas station; they are also looking at building smaller stores similar to what you are describing so that they can get closer to downtown MPLS and downtown St Paul
what is weird to me is the clothing section that is now part of a HyVee store; also, a store that will soon open will have a health club/gym (not sure how that will go over); it just seems like HyVee needs to stick more to food concepts if they are going to add something
Are there still aisles within the store containing regular beer and hard liquor? In Minnesota, the wine/spirits is its own separate room; liquor laws in MN are so outdated
beer/wine/liquor are in the "wine and spirits" room although it is connected to and open to the main store, and you can check out in the normal lines with anything.
They just built a massive Kroger/KingSoopers out here near Erie and I-25. It has clothing and other housewares/all kinds of stuff.
My observation was that while SuperWalMart is turning into a grocery store, Kroger/grocery stores are becoming SuperWalMarts.....
I don't know where you live but obviously not in Iowa if you have Krogers nearby. Indiana?
I'm a professional cheapskate and buy mostly the same stuff all the time. I know the prices of that stuff. Most of the gas discount items are marked down from regular price or, at worst, the normal price. Example (one of my favorites): buy 5 8 oz pork chops for $10 and get 5 free plus .10 a gallon gas discount. Those chops are normally $3.25 each. I like those chops.
I never buy anything I wouldn't normally buy just for the gas discount. And if I saw an increased price for a gas item I'd call them on it.
i have, but in small town Iowa, with the old HyVee concept; these HyVee stores are not your father's Hy-Vee's
And you have to remember, too, that Minnesotans are coming into HyVee for the first time and they literally are being blown away
Ha! The problem is, NO taste! They opened one in North Liberty a couple of years ago and I ventured in for a burrito. I took it home where I fortunately had a jar of La Casa salsa and a fair amount of salt so I was able to put a little taste on it. It was big and filling but pretty much tasted like chewing on a towel. My guess is the people who like Pancheros are the same ones who rave about Caseys pizza.
Colorado; we have KingSoopers, which is Kroger under another local name (all in-store brand stuff is Kroger). GF worked at a Kroger out east while in HS/college and "knew all the drills" for how to cut $$ on shopping. I was never a believer in that, but after walking out @ half the regular grocery bill, I absolutely am converted.
Hy Vee will be fine until Fareway gets to town. Actually, I take that back, these suped up Hy Vee's fit in well for MSP. Fareway is your small town store where you buy your food at a great price and have the best meat market around, blows Hy Vee meat market away.
We used to be Hy Vee shoppers but have converted over to Fareway. Way cheaper. Still shop Hy Vee in a pinch but it's the old model Hy Vee, which is nothing special.
We used to be Hy Vee shoppers but have converted over to Fareway. Way cheaper. Still shop Hy Vee in a pinch but it's the old model Hy Vee, which is nothing special.
Love HyVee but also like Fareway. But we almost always buy groceries on a Sunday, so that naturally takes Fareway out of the equation 95% of the time.
is Fareway in Iowa only? aren't they closed on Sunday's too for religious reasons?
only a matter of time before Fareways are open on Sunday. It is now the busiest shopping day of week
I wouldn't drive down from the cities just to shop at Fareway in Faribault, but if HV and Fareway were both reasonable distances away, I'd choose Fareway, especially for the meat counter.
These are not your father's Hyvees boys. They're going to destroy Cub foods. Now I just need one within 10 minutes of my house.
Two reasons to patronize Hy-vee; being employee owned, they pay a living wage with decent benefits, including health insurance, and they are very involved in hiring the disabled. The folks that they hire with disabilities aren't just there for show; they get them involved constructively to the best of their abilities, giving them, I'm sure, a big boost in their feeling of self-worth.
Downtown hyvee is phenomenal. Was walking to a different bar with a group of friends and we stuck our head in to check it out, ended up walking around inside for 20 minutes.
This is very true in my experience. I have a cousin with a pretty significant mental disability and the job Hy-Vee has given him has been a huge boon to his life.
True from what I understand, my dad was an executive at Goodwill and he indicated Hy-Vee is a top notch partner/employer.
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