Sheldon, Iowa — The announcement by Hy-Vee Food Stores that they are abandoning their 24-hour per day business model will NOT affect Sheldon’s Hy-Vee store.
Starting next Monday, the West Des Moines-based grocery chain will stop keeping its stores open around the clock. Hy-Vee spokeswoman Tina Potthoff says few customers do their shopping between midnight and six A-M, so all current 24-hour stores will be scaling back their hours.
Some stores will close from 11 pm to 6 am, for others, it may be midnight to 5 am. Despite the downsizing of store hours, Potthoff says there will be no downsizing of staff.
The chain has about 83-thousand employees and is Iowa’s largest grocer. Potthoff says plenty of other types of businesses are dumping ’round-the-clock hours.
Hy-Vee’s Sheldon store curtailed their 24-hour schedule last year, and are currently open from 5 am to 11 pm. Sheldon Store Director Josh Osborn tells KIWA that the hours for Sheldon’s Hy-Vee will not change, and will remain 5 am to 11 pm.
