Archive for ‘Health & Wellness’


Hy-Vee to be featured in IPTV report

Tune in to Iowa Public Television’s “Market to Market” show next Friday to see the Urbandale Hy-Vee featured in a story about the proliferation of gluten-free products in Iowa stores. Urbandale has one of the largest gluten-free sections around — two full aisles and seven refrigerator/freezer doors in the HealthMarket devoted to products free from [...]

Fruits and veggies? Yes, please!

Kids in five central Iowa schools are enjoying a fresh addition to their school lunches this year, thanks to a program sponsored by Hy-Vee and Dole. The five schools — in Boone, Centerville, Denison, Fairfield and Shenandoah — received portable salad bars that allow them to offer students a selection of fresh fruits and vegetables at each [...]

Paul Rhoads at EYC: Go “all in”

Iowa State University head football coach Paul Rhoads kicked off the 2012 Exercising Your Character event by telling the 7,000+ fourth- and fifth-graders at Hy-Vee Hall what character means in the football program at ISU: “We have three blocks that are the foundation of our football program. The first one is being smart. When I [...]

Exercising Your Character: Speakers provide motivation along with the fun

A college coach, a 13-year-old triathlete, a former NBA star and an NFL kicker shared inspirational messages with 7,000 students at the sixth annual Exercising Your Character event, held today at Hy-Vee Hall in Des Moines. Exercising Your Character is a celebration of physical fitness, good character and sportsmanship. Fourth- and fifth-grade classes from schools [...]

Website offers behind-the-scenes look at sustainability efforts

In ways large and small, visible and not-so-visible, Hy-Vee is making tremendous strides toward becoming a greener, more environmentally responsible company. Now you can track our progress for yourself on Hy-Vee 360, a new website devoted to sustainability and healthy living. Hy-Vee 360 employs colorful graphics and pop-up windows to show visitors how environmental initiatives are implemented in a typical Hy-Vee [...]