Fareway Stores Careers, Benefits, Review

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.

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! 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.

Great Careers Begin at Fareway
At Fareway we value our employees and firmly believe they’re the reason for our success, now and in the future. That’s why Fareway offers benefits you’ll love today and that help you plan for the future! 

Health 
Affordable Health Insurance Options, Prescription Drug Coverage, Health Savings Account, Dental Insurance, Vision Insurance, Telehealth, Voluntary Critical Illness Insurance, Voluntary Accident Insurance

Life-Work Balance
Sundays Off, Flexible Schedules, Paid Parental Leave, Paid Holidays, Paid Vacation, Paid Absence Time Off, On-the-Job Training, Employee Assistance Program

Financial 
Employee Discount Program, Competitive Pay, Merit Based Pay Increases, Basic Life Insurance, Voluntary Life Insurance, Voluntary Dependent Life Insurance, Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance, Short Term Disability, Voluntary Long Term Disability, Dependent Care Reimbursement Account, 401(K) Savings Plan with Company Match – to help plan for your future, Student Loan Paydown

Fareway is excited to announce we have earned a 2022 Best Place for Working Parents® Designation!

Health Insurance Disclosures
Eligibility for certain benefits varies based on your position, full-time/part-time status and length of employment.

The Transparency in Coverage Rule establishes a requirement that group health plans and health insurance issuers in the individual and group markets disclose through a self-service tool made available by the plan or issuer on an internet website, cost sharing information for certain items or services from their provider.  Plans and issuers must make cost-sharing information available through machine-readable files.  Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Iowa creates and posts the machine-readable files on behalf of Fareway Stores, Inc.  The link to access the machine-readable files is available here.