32 photos: A look inside local Fareway Stores

Workers prepare the new Fareway store Monday for its grand opening on Jan. 15, 2014 in Pleasant Hill. The 132,000-square-foot store is the 107th in the grocery chain.

Assistant Meat Manager David Wisecup, left and Meat Manager Mark Kay cut top butt sirloins into 1A sirloin steak cuts at the Fareway store in Urbandale.

Brandon Morlan unpacks Old Orchard apple berry blend juice Monday, Jan. 13, 2014 at the new Fareway grocery store in Pleasant Hill.

Assistant Meat Manager David Wisecup, left and Meat Manager Mark Kay cut top butt sirloins into 1A sirloin steak cuts at the Fareway store in Urbandale.

Chad Anderson of Atlantic adjusts the misting controls in the produce department at the new Fareway store in Pleasant Hill.

Brandon Morlan unpacks juice on Monday Jan. 13, 2014 at the new Fareway grocery store in Pleasant Hill.

Codi Snider of Perry works to ensure items ring up as marked as part of the scanning coordination team on Monday Jan. 13, 2014 at the new Fareway store in Pleasant Hill.

The Fareway store at 5500 E. University Ave.

Lorri Cluney of Pleasant Hill reaches for a sample on top of the meat case Wednesday during the grand opening of the new Fareway store in Pleasant Hill.

Beverly Golob of Des Moines talks to Phil Voge of Webster City Custom Meats on Wednesday during the grand opening of the new 31,000-square-foot Fareway store at 5500 E. University Ave. in Pleasant Hill.

Teresa Weber helps her granddaughter, Kaylee, 5, try a bacon sample Wednesday morning at the grand opening of the new 31,000-square-foot Fareway store at 5500 E. University Ave. in Pleasant Hill.

Chris Irlbeck prepares roasted chickens for customers on Wednesday morning at the grand opening of the new 31,000-square-foot Fareway store at 5500 E. University Ave. in Pleasant Hill.

Devin Sullivan, 2, and Kadyn Denham, 3, from Tina's Daycare in Pleasant Hill sample ham on Wednesday morning at the grand opening of the new 31,000-square-foot Fareway store at 5500 E. University Ave. in Pleasant Hill.

Cashier Eileen Everly checks-out customers Deb Curry of Runnells, left, and daughter Crystal Curry of Ankeny Wednesday morning at the grand opening of the new 31,000-square-foot Fareway store at 5500 E. University Ave. in Pleasant Hill.

Sonja Vannoy of Altoona looks for the right zucchini in the produce department Wednesday at the new 31,000-square-foot Fareway store at 5500 E. University Ave. in Pleasant Hill. The store opened for business Wednesday morning.

Bakery workers Summer Dickeson, right, and Phyllis Johansen, both of Pleasant Hill, prepares buns Wednesday at the new 31,000-square-foot Fareway store in Pleasant Hill.

Kerry Watland of Pleasant Hill ices a cake in the bakery Wednesday morning at the new Fareway store at 5500 E. University Ave. in Pleasant Hill. The store has an in-house bakery, which the company began including in new stores about four years ago.

Nadira Ross of Urbandale orders from Chris Irlbeck at the meat counter Wednesday at the new 31,000-square-foot Fareway store at 5500 E. University Ave. in Pleasant Hill. The store opened for business Wednesday morning.

Fareway Stores Inc. cut the ribbon marking the opening of its new store at 5500 E. University Ave. in Altoona on Jan. 15.

The new Fareway store at 5500 E. University Ave. in Pleasant Hill. Photo shot Thursday afternoon Feb. 13, 2014.

The new Fareway store at 5500 E. University Ave. in Pleasant Hill. Photo shot Thursday afternoon Feb. 13, 2014.

The new Fareway store at 5500 E. University Ave. in Pleasant Hill. Photo shot Thursday afternoon Feb. 13, 2014.

Fareway Stores, Inc, management at the Fareway Store in Boone, Iowa, March 19, 2014. (L)Patrick Hagan, Sr. Vice President/Finance(glasses, red tie), Mike Mazour, Sr. Vice Pres. of Human Resources(tallest, striped tie), Fred Greiner, Pres./COO(blue tie), Craig Shepley, Chief Financial Officer(center, back), Roxanne Kanne-Roush, VP Training & Development, (front center), Scott Beckwith, Chief Administrative Officer(back, red hair), Garrett Piklapp, Esq., Sec./General Counsel(bow tie) and Reynolds Cramer, CEO, right. ((not pictured Richard Beckwith, Chairman of the Board)).

Fareway Stores, Inc, management at the Fareway Store in Boone, Iowa, March 19, 2014. Reynolds Cramer, CEO, front and center, (l-r)Roxanne Kanne-Roush, VP Training & Development, Fred Greiner, Pres./COO(blue tie), Patrick Hagan, Sr. Vice President/Finance(glasses, red tie) Mike Mazour, Sr. Vice Pres. of Human Resources(tallest, striped tie), Craig Shepley, Chief Financial Officer(purple tie), Scott Beckwith, Chief Administrative Officer(back, red hair), Garrett Piklapp, Esq., Sec./General Counsel(bow tie, right) (not [pictured Richard Beckwith, Chairman of the Board).

Fareway Stores, Inc, management at the Fareway Store in Boone, Iowa, March 19, 2014. Reynolds Cramer, CEO, front and center, (l-r)Roxanne Kanne-Roush, VP Training & Development, Fred Greiner, Pres./COO(blue tie), Patrick Hagan, Sr. Vice President/Finance(glasses, red tie) Mike Mazour, Sr. Vice Pres. of Human Resources(tallest, striped tie), Craig Shepley, Chief Financial Officer(purple tie), Scott Beckwith, Chief Administrative Officer(back, red hair), Garrett Piklapp, Esq., Sec./General Counsel(bow tie, right) (not pictured Richard Beckwith, Chairman of the Board).

Meat cutter Matt Satterwhite worked the counter of the fresh meat department at the Fareway Store located at 8450 Meredith Drive in Urbandale on Tuesday afternoon March 27th, 2012.

The fresh meat department at the Fareway Store located at 8450 Meredith Drive in Urbandale on Tuesday afternoon March 27th, 2012.

John Cramer, manager of the Fareway Store located at 8450 Meredith Drive in Urbandale, stood outside of the store on Tuesday afternoon March 27th, 2012. Cramer is a family of the store originators.

Working the counter of the fresh meat department, meat cutter Matt Satterwhite showed cuts of meat to Linda Wolfe, of Des Moines, a regular shopper at the Fareway Store located at 8450 Meredith Drive in Urbandale on Tuesday afternoon March 27th, 2012.

A teenage Fareway employee assists a customer at the Fareway Store located in Urbandale.