The Hy-Vee grocery store at 3019 Rockingham Road, Davenport, will permanently close at 6 p.m. Sunday, June 23, store officials announced on Friday, May 10.
The company cited the location’s inability to meet financial expectations in a news release Friday. “All employees will be offered a position at another Hy-Vee store in the area, at the same rate of pay and will retain their existing benefits.”
Pharmacy customers’ prescriptions will be automatically transferred to another local Hy-Vee Pharmacy. Patients will receive a letter in the mail with additional information on the pharmacy that will serve them in the future.
The Rockingham Road store’s closure is just the latest Iowa store closure announcement for the West Des Moines-based grocer.
Hy-Vee also will be permanently closing its store at 1556 First Ave. NE in Cedar Rapids, and a Waterloo store at 2181 Logan Ave. effective June 23. Like the west Davenport store, both the Cedar Rapids and Waterloo stores are located in historically economically disadvantaged neighborhoods.
“Unfortunately, these locations have not consistently met our financial expectations and sales goals over the past several years,” Hy-Vee spokesperson Tina Potthoff said in the release. “Hy-Vee continues to be committed to the Waterloo and Cedar Rapids area through our involvement and continued investments in the local community, and we look forward to serving our customers at one of our other local Hy-Vee locations,” Ms. Potthoff added.
In Davenport, customers still have the option to use Hy-Vee Aisles Online for grocery delivery in these areas. Also, pharmacy delivery will be free to these patients.
The last Quad Cities store Hy-Vee closed was its Moline store on John Deere Road on Jan. 1, 2022.
