West Des Moines, Iowa — The next CEO of an Iowa-based grocery chain with stores in our area comes from just down the road, in Cherokee.
The current CEO of Hy-Vee — Iowa’s largest employer — will step down from that post on September 30th. Randy Edeker has been the chief executive officer of Hy-Vee since 2012. He has chosen Aaron Wiese to take over as CEO on October 1st.
Wiese attended Washington High School in Cherokee and received a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Northern Iowa. He started at Hy-Vee in 1993 when he was in college and over the past decade, Wiese has held a variety of executive roles in the company. He’s currently in charge of supply chains and subsidiaries. According to a news release from the company, Wiese will focus on day-to-day operations and will report to Edeker, who’ll remain as chairman of Hy-Vee’s board of directors.
Edeker, Hy-Vee’s outgoing CEO, has worked at the company for 40 years. He started as a part-time employee at the Hy-Vee store in Chariton.
Among the plethora of Hy-Vee stores in the midwest are the stores in Sheldon and Sioux Center.
