Hy-Vee Grocery Store - Albert Lea, Minnesota

Michael Kortz

The golden king crab legs and lobster tails are beautiful. Forty four dollars a pound for golden king crab is cheap. You can pay hundred dollars a pound online. If I could, I would give you ten stars. Great customer service and store layout. Shop Hy-Vee for seafood. Keep up the great work and customer service. Hy-Vee rocks.

Bruce S

Hy-Vee, Inc. is an employee-owned chain of supermarkets in the Midwestern and Southern United States, with more than 280 locations and headquartered in West Des Moines, Iowa.
Departments: Bakery, Fast & Fresh, Floral, Market Grille, Pharmacy, Salad Bar, Starbucks and Wine & Spirits.
We found everything we needed, but it did take a little more time to figure it all out as we are from out of town and do not shop there consistently. I like that Hy-Vee Liquors is attached to the main store and that the wine and beer selection is well stocked.
The staff here is amazing and always ready to help. The food selection is great, fruits and veggies are fresh, the meat is good. Overall, we are very satisfied with this store.
Service options: Curbside pickup, No-contact delivery, Delivery, In-store pickup, In-store shopping, Same-day delivery.

Angela Carroll2015

This was the best experience we have ever had in a grocery store! We are planning a party and we went to the bakery first to order a custom cake and Deb from the bakery is an absolute treasure- she was fun, friendly, and knowledgeable and had our whole order done in a matter of minutes! We were blown away! Then we had to ask for directions to some of our shopping and all of the employees we spoke to were friendly. Finally we stopped at the floral shop and we didn't know necessarily exactly what we were looking for but in speaking to Shauna, she gave us options and even threw together a sample bouquet for us so we could see what we were ordering and we were so impressed- so perfect! Thank you Hyvee!

Emily Anne

Stopped on a road trip through. We called on the way, their food closed at 8, we ordered two meals, and went back to order a 3rd but 5 minutes before 8 we watched them throw all the Chinese into the garbage. Would have been nice if they waited til 8, and how incredibly wasteful! Staff was not helpful or friendly.

Lee Taylor

Hy-Vee is always fantastic. The store is bright & clean. Great management & employees. Great selection and weekly deals.

Allison Welsh

It's nice to have a grocery store close to the hotel I'm staying at. As always there are good deals and conveniences you can pick up quick so you don't have to go to another store to get the things you need.

Elisha Marin

Armed Guard, Rotten Food, High Prices

The primary customer base at this store are elderly folks on a fixed income. Despite this, Albert Lea HyVee recently skyrocketed their prices and used the proceeds to hire a balding man in body armor to stand near the potatoes with a loaded gun. It’s common at other HyVees to see the security help put carts back in place or load groceries for older customers, but this one stands around on his phone. Why he’s here is unclear, unless the intention is to portray Albert Lea as some sort of pseudo-Wild West fantasy where you shop for rotten groceries at risk of whatever the armed man would do to you if he ever looks up from his phone.

Whether you’re shopping for fly-infested pastries (photo attached), moldy figs (photo attached), inexplicably dried-up citrus (photo attached), open package meat (photo attached), or any of their other expired, past-due, or “open box” products, make sure to consider Albert Lea HyVee!

We’ve directed our business and our local community groups to stop doing business here over concerns with food quality and safety, exorbitant prices, and general discomfort with the weird rent-a-cop. I’d suggest the reader do the same.

Julia Moss Hunt

Service at meat counter was great. Check out was quick. Even tho store was busy