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HY VEE FOOD STORES. The 1987 ''Dubuque City Directory'' listed 1220 Iowa and 3500 Dodge. | [[File:hyvee.png|200px|thumb|left|]]HY-VEE FOOD STORES. In 1930 Charles Hyde and David Vredenburg founded the company when they opened a general store in Beaconsfield, Iowa. More stores were started, and in 1938, the company incorporated into Hyde & Vredenburg, Inc. Hyde & Vredenburg had fifteen stores in Iowa and Missouri at that point including the Leon (IA) Hy-Vee and Lamoni (IA) Hy-Vee. In 1945 Hyde & Vredenburg moved its corporate headquarters from Lamoni to Chariton, Iowa, after acquiring the Chariton Wholesale Company. | ||
The Hy-Vee name, a contraction of Hyde and Vredenburg, was adopted in 1952 as the winning entry of an employee contest. The first store to open under the Hy-Vee name opened in Fairfield, Iowa, in 1953. In 1960 the company became employee owned by the Employees’ Trust Fund. Its name was officially changed to Hy-Vee Food Stores, Inc., in 1963. In 1969 Hy-Vee expanded into Minnesota after acquiring the Swanson Stores chain based in Cherokee, Iowa. That year it opened its first Drug Town pharmacy in Cedar Rapids, Iowa; in 2005 all Drug Town stores were renamed Hy-Vee Drugstores in order to reflect the relationship between the chain's pharmacies and supermarkets. | |||
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The 1987 ''Dubuque City Directory'' listed 1220 Iowa and 3500 Dodge. | |||
The 1989 through 1993 ''Dubuque City Directory'' listed 3500 Dodge. | The 1989 through 1993 ''Dubuque City Directory'' listed 3500 Dodge. | ||
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HY-VEE FOOD STORES. In 1930 Charles Hyde and David Vredenburg founded the company when they opened a general store in Beaconsfield, Iowa. More stores were started, and in 1938, the company incorporated into Hyde & Vredenburg, Inc. Hyde & Vredenburg had fifteen stores in Iowa and Missouri at that point including the Leon (IA) Hy-Vee and Lamoni (IA) Hy-Vee. In 1945 Hyde & Vredenburg moved its corporate headquarters from Lamoni to Chariton, Iowa, after acquiring the Chariton Wholesale Company.
The Hy-Vee name, a contraction of Hyde and Vredenburg, was adopted in 1952 as the winning entry of an employee contest. The first store to open under the Hy-Vee name opened in Fairfield, Iowa, in 1953. In 1960 the company became employee owned by the Employees’ Trust Fund. Its name was officially changed to Hy-Vee Food Stores, Inc., in 1963. In 1969 Hy-Vee expanded into Minnesota after acquiring the Swanson Stores chain based in Cherokee, Iowa. That year it opened its first Drug Town pharmacy in Cedar Rapids, Iowa; in 2005 all Drug Town stores were renamed Hy-Vee Drugstores in order to reflect the relationship between the chain's pharmacies and supermarkets.
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"Hy-Vee" Wikipedia
The 1987 Dubuque City Directory listed 1220 Iowa and 3500 Dodge.
The 1989 through 1993 Dubuque City Directory listed 3500 Dodge.