Just a reminder: Fareway Food Stores are Mormon-owned. nt

[Critters2]

[Debi]

1. Awww Crap!

:banghead:

There's one right by my house and I shop there probably 3-4x a week.

Hello Hy-Vee - guess I need to do more planning.

[IADEMO2004]

2. Do you have a link for that? nt

[Peacetrain]

3. seriously!! ??? they sell wine an beer??

I am shocked..

[cyberswede]

4. I thought they were Fundies, not Mormon...

And they're definitely Republicans.

Here's a little look-see at who they've contributed to (from city-data.com):

BOONE, IA Political Contributions by Individuals

2007 / 2008 Contributions:

F. Beckwith (Fareway Stores Inc./President), (Zip code: 50036) $1000 to NATIONAL FEDERATION OF INDEPENDENT BUSINESS/ SAVE AMERICAS FREE ENTERPRISE TRUST on 03/07/07

F. William Beckwith (Fareway Stores Inc./President), (Zip code: 50036) $1000 to BROWNBACK FOR PRESIDENT INC on 04/16/07

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2005 / 2006 Contributions:

Robert Cramer (Fareway Stores Inc./PRESIDENT), (Zip code: 50036) $1000 to REPUBLICAN PARTY OF IOWA on 05/10/05

F. Beckwith (Fareway Stores Inc./President), (Zip code: 50036) $1000 to NATIONAL FEDERATION OF INDEPENDENT BUSINESS/ SAVE AMERICAS FREE ENTERPRISE TRUST on 10/26/06

F. Beckwith (Fareway Stores Inc./President), (Zip code: 50036) $3000 to NATIONAL FEDERATION OF INDEPENDENT BUSINESS/ SAVE AMERICAS FREE ENTERPRISE TRUST on 02/07/06

Robert Cramer (Fareway Stores Inc./CEO), (Zip code: 50036) $400 to LATHAM FOR CONGRESS on 04/21/06

Cynthia Cramer (Homemaker/Homemaker), (Zip code: 50036) $1000 to LATHAM FOR CONGRESS on 04/21/06

Robert Cramer (Fareway Stores Inc./CEO), (Zip code: 50036) $40] to LATHAM FOR CONGRESS on 04/21/06

Robert Cramer (Fareway Stores Inc./CEO), (Zip code: 50036) $1000 to LATHAM FOR CONGRESS on 04/21/06

Robert Cramer (Fareway Stores Inc./CEO), (Zip code: 50036) $1000 to LATHAM FOR CONGRESS on 04/22/05

Robert Cramer (Fareway Stores Inc./CEO), (Zip code: 50036) $500 to LATHAM FOR CONGRESS on 07/05/05

FAS PAC - Fareway Stores Inc, (Zip code: 50036) $500 to FRIENDS FOR DIX on 05/24/06

Robert Cramer (Fareway Stores Inc/President), (Zip code: 50036) $1000 to FRIENDS FOR DIX on 08/29/05

MR. Robert Cramer (Fareway Stores Inc./President), (Zip code: 50036) $1000 to LAMBERTI FOR CONGRESS on 09/07/06

Robert Cramer (Fareway Stores Inc./President), (Zip code: 50036) $1000 to LAMBERTI FOR CONGRESS on 08/12/05

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2001 / 2002 Contributions:

Robert Cramer (Fareway Stores Inc./PRESIDENT), (Zip code: 50036) $1000 to REPUBLICAN PARTY OF IOWA on 07/23/02

Robert Cramer (Fareway Stores Inc./PRESIDENT), (Zip code: 50036) $1000 to REPUBLICAN PARTY OF IOWA on 08/01/01

Mr. F. William Beckwith (Fareway Stores Inc./President), (Zip code: 50036) $1000 to NATIONAL FEDERATION OF INDEPENDENT BUSINESS/ SAVE AMERICA'S FREE ENTERPRISE TRUST on 10/02/01

F WILLIAM BECKWITH (RETIRED), (Zip code: 50036) $1000 to GRASSLEY COMMITTEE on 04/03/01

F.w. Beckwith (retired), (Zip code: 50036) $200 to LATHAM FOR CONGRESS on 06/14/02

Cynthia Cramer (Homemaker), (Zip code: 50036) $1000 to LATHAM FOR CONGRESS on 09/26/02

Robert L. Cramer (Supervalue/President), (Zip code: 50036) $1000 to LATHAM FOR CONGRESS on 09/26/02

GLORIA STEAMS (FAREWAY STORES INC), (Zip code: 50036) $250 to GANSKE FOR SENATE on 04/24/02

GARY WORRALL (FAREWAY STORES INC), (Zip code: 50036) $250 to GANSKE FOR SENATE on 04/24/02

WILLIAM CURRAN (FAREWAY STORES INC), (Zip code: 50036) $250 to GANSKE FOR SENATE on 04/24/02

RICHARD BECKWITH (FAIRWAY STORES), (Zip code: 50036) $250 to GANSKE FOR SENATE on 04/26/02

JAMES MADSON (FAIRWAY STORES), (Zip code: 50036) $250 to GANSKE FOR SENATE on 04/26/02

ROBERT CRAMER (FAREWAY STORES INC), (Zip code: 50036) $1000 to GANSKE FOR SENATE on 11/04/02

ROBERT CRAMER (FAREWAY STORES INC), (Zip code: 50036) $1000 to GANSKE FOR SENATE on 06/18/01

F WILLIAM BECKWITH (FAREWAY STORES INC), (Zip code: 50036) $1000 to GANSKE FOR SENATE on 04/02/01

CYNTHIA CRAMER (HOMEMAKER), (Zip code: 50036) $1000 to GANSKE FOR SENATE on 06/18/01

F W BECKWITH (RETIRED), (Zip code: 50036) $1000 to GANSKE FOR SENATE on 02/11/02

LEOLA BECKWITH (RETIRED), (Zip code: 50036) $1000 to GANSKE FOR SENATE on 02/11/02

CYNTHIA CRAMER (HOMEMAKER), (Zip code: 50036) $1000 to GANSKE FOR SENATE on 07/16/02

FRED GREINER (FAREWAY STORES INC), (Zip code: 50036) $250 to GANSKE FOR SENATE on 07/16/02

LEOLA BECKWITH (RETIRED), (Zip code: 50036) $1000 to GANSKE FOR SENATE on 08/06/02

RICHARD BECKWITH (FAIRWAY STORES), (Zip code: 50036) $250 to GANSKE FOR SENATE on 09/30/02

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1999 / 2000 Contributions:

F WILLIAM BECKWITH, (Zip code: 50036) $500 to NATIONAL REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE CONTRIBUTIONS on 01/24/00

F WILLIAM BECKWITH (FAREWAY STORES INC), (Zip code: 50036) $2000 to NATIONAL FEDERATION OF INDEPENDENT BUSINESS/ SAVE AMERICA'S FREE ENTERPRISE TRUST on 02/11/99

F WILLIAM BECKWITH (FAREWAY STORES INC), (Zip code: 50036) $1000 to NATIONAL FEDERATION OF INDEPENDENT BUSINESS/ SAVE AMERICA'S FREE ENTERPRISE TRUST on 03/23/00

F WILLIAM BECKWITH (RETIRED), (Zip code: 50036) $500 to GRASSLEY COMMITTEE on 08/07/00

F WILLIAM BECKWITH (RETIRED), (Zip code: 50036) $1000 to GRASSLEY COMMITTEE on 08/07/00

F WILLIAM BECKWITH (FAREWAY STORES INC), (Zip code: 50036) $500 to PEOPLE FOR GANSKE on 02/01/99

ROBERT CRAMER (FAREWAY STORES INC), (Zip code: 50036) $1000 to PEOPLE FOR GANSKE on 09/25/00

F WILLIAM BECKWITH (FAREWAY STORES INC), (Zip code: 50036) $500 to PEOPLE FOR GANSKE on 07/31/00

CYNTHIA CRAMER (HOMEMAKER), (Zip code: 50036) $1000 to PEOPLE FOR GANSKE on 09/25/00

ROBERT CRAMER (FAREWAY STORES INC), (Zip code: 50036) $1000 to PEOPLE FOR GANSKE on 07/03/99

CYNTHIA CRAMER (HOMEMAKER), (Zip code: 50036) $1000 to PEOPLE FOR GANSKE on 07/03/99

CYNTHIA L CRAMER (HOMEMAKER), (Zip code: 50036) $1000 to LATHAM FOR CONGRESS on 10/04/00

ROBERT CRAMER (FAREWAY STORES INC), (Zip code: 50036) $1000 to LATHAM FOR CONGRESS on 10/04/00

F WILLIAM BECKWITH (RETIRED), (Zip code: 50036) $500 to QUAYLE 2000 INC on 02/03/99

Mr. Michael L. Campbell (Fareway Stores Inc./Accountant), (Zip code: 50036) $200 to BAUER FOR PRESIDENT 2000 INC on 11/21/00

Mr. F. William Beckwith (Retired), (Zip code: 50036) $500 to BUSH FOR PRESIDENT INC on 11/01/99

Mrs. Leola I. Beckwith (Homemaker), (Zip code: 50036) $500 to BUSH FOR PRESIDENT INC on 11/01/99

Julie Watson, (Zip code: 50036) $250 to KEYES 2000 INC on 02/29/00

Stacy Watson (Fareway Stores Inc), (Zip code: 50036) $200 to KEYES 2000 INC on 09/23/99

Stacy Watson (Fareway Stores Inc/Warehouseman), (Zip code: 50036) $250 to KEYES 2000 INC on 12/31/99

Mr. Robert L. Kramer (Fareway Stores Inc./President), (Zip code: 50036) $2000 to BUSH-CHENEY 2000 COMPLIANCE COMMITTEE INC on 11/01/00

Mr. Robert L. Kramer, (Zip code: 50036) $1000 to BUSH-CHENEY 2000 COMPLIANCE COMMITTEE INC on 12/30/00

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1997 / 1998 Contributions:

ROBERT L CRAMER (FAREWAY STORES INC), (Zip code: 50036) $250 to NATIONAL REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE CONTRIBUTIONS on 04/11/97

ROBERT L CRAMER (FAREWAY STORES INC), (Zip code: 50036) $300 to NATIONAL REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE CONTRIBUTIONS on 04/20/98

KEVIN MILES, (Zip code: 50036) $300 to NATIONAL REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE CONTRIBUTIONS on 09/12/97

ROBERT CRAMER (FAREWAY STORES INC), (Zip code: 50036) $300 to REPUBLICAN PARTY OF IOWA on 09/04/97

Mr. F WILLIAM BECKWITH (RETIRED), (Zip code: 50036) $2000 to CAMPAIGN AMERICA INC on 04/20/98

F WILLIAM BECKWITH (FAREWAY STORES INC), (Zip code: 50036) $1000 to NATIONAL FEDERATION OF INDEPENDENT BUSINESS/ SAVE AMERICA'S FREE ENTERPRISE TRUST on 03/06/98

F WILLIAM BECKWITH (FAREWAY STORES INC), (Zip code: 50036) $2000 to NATIONAL FEDERATION OF INDEPENDENT BUSINESS/ SAVE AMERICA'S FREE ENTERPRISE TRUST on 04/16/98


F WILLIAM BECKWITH (RETIRED), (Zip code: 50036) $500 to GRASSLEY COMMITTEE on 05/23/97

F WILLIAM BECKWITH (FAREWAY STORES INC), (Zip code: 50036) $500 to GRASSLEY COMMITTEE on 07/21/98

F WILLIAM BECKWITH (FAREWAY STORES INC), (Zip code: 50036) $500 to GRASSLEY COMMITTEE on 09/08/98

LEOLA BECKWITH (HOMEMAKER), (Zip code: 50036) $500 to GRASSLEY COMMITTEE on 09/08/98

ROBERT L CRAMER (FAREWAY STORES), (Zip code: 50036) $1000 to GRASSLEY COMMITTEE on 10/06/97

ROBERT CRAMER (FAREWAY STORES INC), (Zip code: 50036) $1000 to PEOPLE FOR GANSKE on 02/26/98

ROBERT CRAMER (FAREWAY STORES INC), (Zip code: 50036) $1000 to LATHAM FOR CONGRESS on 07/15/98

MICHAEL CAMPBELL (FAREWAY STORES INC), (Zip code: 50036) $225 to CAMPAIGN FOR WORKING FAMILIES on 06/05/98

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1995 / 1996 Contributions:

ROBERT CRAMER (FAREWAY STORES INC), (Zip code: 50036) $250 to NATIONAL REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE CONTRIBUTIONS on 05/30/96

Mr. F BECKWITH (RETIRED), (Zip code: 50036) $1000 to NATIONAL REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE CONTRIBUTIONS on 08/22/96

ROBERT CRAMER, (Zip code: 50036) $250 to NATIONAL REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE CONTRIBUTIONS on 12/05/95

F WILLIAM BECKWITH (FAREWAY STORES INC), (Zip code: 50036) $1000 to NATIONAL FEDERATION OF INDEPENDENT BUSINESS/ SAVE AMERICA'S FREE ENTERPRISE TRUST on 08/08/96

BILL BECKWITH (FAREWAY STORES INC), (Zip code: 50036) $200 to NATIONAL FEDERATION OF INDEPENDENT BUSINESS/ SAVE AMERICA'S FREE ENTERPRISE TRUST on 12/08/95

ROBERT CRAMER (FAREWAY STORES INC), (Zip code: 50036) $950 to PEOPLE FOR GANSKE on 06/27/96

F WILLIAM BECKWITH (FAREWAY STORES INC), (Zip code: 50036) $1000 to PEOPLE FOR GANSKE on 08/07/96

ROBERT CRAMER (FAREWAY STORES INC), (Zip code: 50036) $1000 to LATHAM FOR CONGRESS on 06/29/96

F WILLIAM BECKWITH (RETIRED), (Zip code: 50036) $1000 to PEOPLE FOR LIGHTFOOT INC on 10/11/96

ROBERT L CRAMER (FAREWAY STORES INC), (Zip code: 50036) $1000 to PEOPLE FOR LIGHTFOOT INC on 05/13/96

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1993 / 1994 Contributions:

CYNTHIA CRAMER (HOMEMAKER), (Zip code: 50036) $1000 to PEOPLE FOR GANSKE on 09/17/94

F WILLIAM BECKWITH (FAREWAY STORES INC), (Zip code: 50036) $250 to PEOPLE FOR GANSKE on 08/26/94

ROBERT CRAMER (FAREWAY STORES INC), (Zip code: 50036) $1000 to PEOPLE FOR GANSKE on 07/06/94

F WILLIAM BECKWITH (FAREWAY STORES INC), (Zip code: 50036) $200 to PEOPLE FOR GANSKE on 12/09/94

F WILLIAM BECKWITH (FAREWAY STORES INC), (Zip code: 50036) $250 to LATHAM FOR CONGRESS on 08/25/94

ROBERT CRAMER (FAREWAY STORES INC), (Zip code: 50036) $1000 to LATHAM FOR CONGRESS on 08/01/94

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1991 / 1992 Contributions:

F WILLIAM BECKWITH, (Zip code: 50036) $250 to GRASSLEY '92 COMMITTEE INCORPORATED on 01/30/92

ROBERT L CRAMER, (Zip code: 50036) $1000 to GRASSLEY '92 COMMITTEE INCORPORATED on 03/03/92

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1983 / 1984 Contributions:

ROBERT L CRAMER (FAREWAY STORES INC), (Zip code: 50036) $500 to REPUBLICAN STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF IOWA on 04/30/84

ROBERT L CRAMER (FAREWAY STORES INC), (Zip code: 50036) $500 to JEPSEN '84 COMMITTEE on 11/28/83

ROBERT L CRAMER (FAREWAY STORES, INC), (Zip code: 50036) $500 to JEPSEN '84 COMMITTEE on 02/28/84

JOAN GRANT, (Zip code: 50458) $12 to REAGAN-BUSH '84 on 02/07/84

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[progressoid]

9. I see no donations to Romney

Maybe Romney wasn't conservative enough. :eyes:

[Bluzmann57]

5. Is that why they aren't open on Sunday?

Hy-Vee is 24/7 and Fareway is closed on Sunday. I guess the "religious" affiliation explains that.

[cyberswede]

6. Yep

...and they don't sell any hard liquor, either.

Good meat counter, though. :)

[Debi]

7. Yeah...the best

which is why we go there. x(

And it's so easy to stop in on the way home to grab everything for dinner.

This is a bummer.

[chiefofclarinet]

8. Damn...

I hate Hy-Vee, Wally-Land is a whole lot worse, and there is no other really good option that is anything resembling cheap. I guess it all sucks now.

[progressoid]

10. I had heard they were very conservative but not the Mormon part.

I can't find any reference to LDS.

Wiki: Fareway is a retail grocery store chain based in Boone, Iowa. It has more than 95 stores, most of them in Iowa and a few in Nebraska and Illinois, and one in Minnesota. Founded by Fred Vitt and Paul Beckwith in 1938,<1> most Fareway locations are open from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m.,<2> although locations in Omaha, Nebraska open at 7 a.m. and close at 10 p.m. (but close at 9 p.m. during the Winter season).<3>

Services and departments such as dry cleaning and video rental are not present at Fareway stores.<1> Additionally, Fareway stores do not sell hard liquor such as vodka, gin or whiskey. Stores only sell beer, wine, malt beverages and wine coolers. Fareway sells USDA Choice grade beef, the U.S. Government's highest grade of beef that is normally available to American grocery stores, to go along with its groceries.<1>

Keeping with the original founders' religious beliefs, all Fareway locations are closed on Sundays and most holidays including Christmas, Thanksgiving, and New Year's Day; most stores close early on Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fareway

[Rambis]

11. Not Mormon

I knew the owner operator in Ames Iowa Vic and he was not a Mormon.

[Critters2]

12. Okay, I'm a big enough person to admit that I may be wrong. A judicatory

exec I know tells me this is true. He insists it is--still does. But I haven't been able to confrm it in my own googling. I've heard it from others, but those who've called me on it deserved to do so. This exec I know now says local stores may not be Mormon-owned, but the corp is. I have more research to do. I was stupid to jump the gun.

I don't suppose the fact that this is the first day in a week that I haven't had a fever wouldn't work as an excuse, would it? I should just stay in bed and offline until I feel better.

Mea culpa.

Critters

[progressoid]

14. One hates to generalize but

based on their the donations of their owners/execs, one could assume that even if they didn't financially support prop 8, they did on 'principle'.

[rurallib]

13. This is what America has become - choice usually means one of two

sometimes undesirable options.
I have written about this before. In IC as a young man there were 6 or 7 different chain groceries and a few Ma & Pa's survived. Now most towns have 2 - Hy Vee & Fareway and /or Wally.
It is the same way in nearly every category of business in the US - one dominant monster and one or two midgets that really don't offer true competition. This is what Republican laisez faire practices have wrought. Want chips? Frito-Lay or Pringles? Shampoo? Pretty much P&G. Beer? Bud, Miller, Coors (none of these American anymore BTW).
Play a little game with your self. Try to name any category with 5 viable entries and to make it more difficult make them American companies. Good luck!

[Rambis]

15. Bud

I find it funny that "mericans" are drinking rice beer not owned by a US company. To top it off the beer sucks! hope you are feeling better big boy!

[terryg11]

16. still shop there

when not doing the locally owned store here in our little town. FAreway does have the best meat counter.