Fareway Stores | Diversity Employer

Fareway Stores, Inc. is a growing Midwest grocery company currently operating more than 130 grocery store locations in Iowa, Illinois, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, and South Dakota. Fareway holds family values in the highest regard, demonstrating integrity, fairness, and honesty in relationships with customers, employees, vendors, and suppliers.

We are committed to our foundation of personalized service and quality food distribution. It is our mission to provide the highest quality, freshest product available, while treating our customers like family and valuing our dedicated employees beyond measure. Fareway is more than just a grocery store, we are an active part of the communities that we serve. We are proud to partner and engage with local farmers, businesses, and charitable organizations to help make communities vibrant. 

Fareway is a family-owned business, and a top 10 employer in Iowa, with over 12,000 employees in a seven-state region. We are committed to treating our employees like family and are always looking for new members of the Fareway family. To view current job openings, check out our careers page!

We go above and beyond to provide the highest quality grocery items at affordable prices with second-to-none customer service. You can also expect the same great products, unmatched experience, and to-your-car service that Fareway is known for, and enjoy the added convenience of ordering online, at Shop.Fareway.com.

Fareway Values 
At Fareway, we strive to uphold our company values every day, demonstrating integrity, fairness, and honesty in relationships with customers, employees, vendors, suppliers, and showcasing our commitment to community by:
 

• Providing a high quality, unmatched, full-service meat department and farm-fresh produce
• Treating our customers like family and taking pride in delighting them with:
  • Remarkably clean stores
  • Friendly and helpful staff
  • Dietitian services, recipes, and promotions
  • Personalized to-your-car carryout service
  • Efficient shopping and checkout
  • Low, competitive prices
• Valuing our dedicated employees beyond measure and firmly believing they are the reason for our success
• Supporting and partnering with local businesses, communities, and farmers
• Donating time and resources to charitable organizations
• Caring about the health of our planet and using eco-friendly practices at our stores
• Holding family values in the highest regard
• Demonstrating integrity, fairness, and honesty in our relationships with customers, employees, vendors, and suppliers
• The value of a day of rest

Fareway's policy of being closed on Sunday has been in place for as long as our company has been in existence. We believe our customers, employees, and business partners deserve a day at home with their families - free from the fast-paced life we all live the other six days of the week. As a family-owned business, we understand the importance of family time and always have this in mind when operating our stores.

The idea of resting on Sunday is something our founder, Paul S. Beckwith, firmly believed in; in part because of his religious beliefs and a story told to him by his father. Paul's father was a pioneer who traveled to new territory by wagon train. Some pioneers were in a hurry, and drove on every day, leaving behind those who stopped for a day of rest and worship. As settlers continued to move westward, families who had taken Sunday off began to catch up with those who had pushed ahead; finding broken-down wagons, lame animals, and weary people. Paul's father told him he decided that the Bible was right; neither man nor beast was made to work seven days a week.

Here at Fareway, we combine these values with our overall commitment to quality products and services. As a result, we are able to continuously provide personalized service and quality food distribution throughout the Midwest. We are proud to serve the communities our stores operate in and will continue to embody these values for years to come.

Careers

Ready to start the next chapter in your career?
No matter what position or hours you are looking for, we have the perfect role for you. From retail positions to opportunities at our warehouse complex and corporate office, there is room for everyone in the Fareway family. We offer full- and part-time opportunities in our grocery, market, and bakery departments. Retail positions are available in a seven-state region across Iowa, Illinois, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, and South Dakota. 

Fareway is a family-owned business, and a top 10 employer in Iowa, with over 12,000 employees in a seven-state region. At Fareway, we offer a wide range of benefits including competitive pay, Sundays off, flexible scheduling, and so much more! To view a full list of the benefits offered, please visit our Benefits page. We highly value our hardworking employees and offer a variety of opportunities for career growth from our retail- and corporate-based internships to our management training program.

Why Work for Fareway?
At Fareway and Fareway Meat Market, we are committed to our foundation of personalized service and economical food distribution. It is our mission to provide the highest quality, freshest product available with our dietitian services while treating our customers like family and valuing our dedicated employees beyond measure. 

We’re looking for people to join our team that embrace our values and philosophy, and truly enjoy serving others in their career. With more than 12,000 dedicated employees, Fareway is a growing grocery company that offers both rewarding careers with advancement potential, as well as part time positions. In fact, many of our retail management and corporate management members have been promoted from within and began their careers with Fareway as a part-time clerk in one of our retail locations.