Fareway
Trade name | Fareway Meat & Grocery |
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Type | Private |
Industry | Retail |
Founded | 1938Boone, Iowa, U.S. | in
Founder | Paul S. Beckwith |
Headquarters | Boone, Iowa, U.S. |
Number of locations | 129 (2021) |
Key people | P. Sue Beckwith, MD, Chairman of the Board Reynolds W. Cramer, CEO Garrett S. Piklapp, President |
Products | Bakery, dairy, delicatessen, frozen foods, grocery, lottery, pharmacy, produce, meats, snack food, liquor, flowers, and Western Union |
Revenue | US$1.5 billion (2021) |
Number of employees | 12,000+ |
Subsidiaries | FarewayMeatMarket.com Midwest Quality Wholesale McGonigle's KC BBQ + Catering Brewer Foods |
Website | fareway |
Fareway Stores, Inc. is a Midwest grocery store chain based in Boone, Iowa. It operates 129 grocery store locations in Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Missouri.[1]
Fareway provides service and food distribution in the Midwest.[2]
Some Fareway stores open as early as 7:00 a.m. and stay open as late as 9:00 p.m., but all are closed on Sundays and major holidays.[3]
In December 2018, Fareway announced a new plan to help eligible full-time employees pay off their student loan debt. This benefit gives $100 a month with an upper limit of $5,000 total. This adds Fareway Stores, Inc. to the roughly four percent of companies across the nation that offer employee benefits concerning student loan debt.[4]
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- Boone, Iowa
- Privately held companies based in Iowa
- Economy of the Midwestern United States
- Supermarkets of the United States
- Retail companies established in 1938
- 1938 establishments in Iowa
- United States retail company stubs