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but there are plenty of items where the price is half again as much as Fareway's. My grocery dollar is split a lot of ways - meat and basic items at Fareway, prescriptions, specials, and more specialized items at HyVee, produce at Aldi's. But if HyVee's prices were better, they'd get more of my business.

Fareway can be assholes about accepting cans and bottles. They have the machines at HyVee, so that's less hassle.

The Waterloo-Cedar Falls metro area is what, 120,000 people? There are only a couple grocery stores that are not HyVee, Walmart, Fareway, or Aldis. I'd lump Target in with that - they're no better ethically than Walmart in my opinion.

No place is perfect, as you note. I don't think HyVee pays very well, at least not lower-level employees, and being open on Sundays and holidays is convenient for consumers, but hard on workers.