Hy-Vee through the years: a timeline

Started in 1930 by Charles Hyde and David Vredenburg, the first Hy-Vee was a small store in Beaconsfield, Iowa. A shortened version of both Hyde’s and Vredenburg’s names eventually became “Hy-Vee.”

Since then, the employee-owned Hy-Vee’s growth has skyrocketed, with the company to date operating over 285 food and drug stores under a range of formats in Iowa, Illinois, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. The retailer now generates annual sales of over $13 billion.

Click through the slides to see some of the grocer’s milestones throughout the years…